Kingdom of Noise

I just remembered that Buried Inside played in Kingston tonight. And I missed it. Because I am stuck at work. That would have been a great s...

So I'm going to see Kylesa on May 3 with Intronaut and a couple locals (P!cked On and Tubby Custard). I am so fucking excited! It's ...

Doors for this show were at 6. I didn't show up til 8. I doubt I missed much. I caught the tail end of the set by In The Act of Violence...

I track my blog and I know people are reading this. But who? Could y'all do me a favour and "Follow Me". Like at the right sid...

Years and years ago I had a copy of Piece of Mind by Iron Maiden (I think I did). I got it from Columbia House in a 5 CD Metal Pack. I also...

Sepultura - A-Lex : The Seps will just never be the same without Max. And now that they are Igor/Iggor?-less as well, their cause is not hel...

Titan - Colossus EP: I have decided to redo my initial review of this EP because it was weak. Toronto's Titan truly come by their name ...

I think I may have discussed this album before. But since I am listening to it right now I thought I would say a few words. I really like it...

Obscura - Cosmogenesis : Sorry. Not for me.Technically, sure, yeah, they can all play their asses off. But it's too much for me. It does...

Arise and Ruin - Night Storms Hailfire : Fucking awesome. Very well produced. You can really hear the hardcore but it has a very metal feel....

I read that the new Stuck Mojo album ( The Great Revival ) was absolutely horrible. Decibel gave it a zero. I used to enjoy Stuck Mojo back ...

Hooded Menace - Fulfill the Curse : I first heard about Hooded Menace in Decibel Magazine. Apparently the band is a bit of mystery. They ha...

Cattle Decapitation - The Harvest Fl oor: Pretty good blackened deathgrind album. I'm not familiar enough with their earlier work to mak...

Kylesa - Static Tensions (Prosthetic Records, Release Date March 17,2009): I would write a full-on review but this album kicks so much ass ...

Kylesa - Static Tensions : I haven't even finished listening to it yet. But I know right now it's gonna be one of the best of 2009. ...

Serpentcult's Weight of Light came out in Europe last year, but the North American release date was in January. SO it's eligible fo...

Feb 4, 2009: Time To Laugh, Kingston, Ontario Locals Fall to Ashes opened the show. Bunch of clowns if you ask me. The 2 guitarists were ...

In my previous post, I was talking about a band named the Overlords of Chaos. I was mistaken. The ALBUM is Overlords of Chaos . The band is ...

I was listening to a band this morning, I believe named The Overlords of Chaos. The band name alone should have sent up a red flag. (which i...

In my quest to expand my metal pallet, I have been listening to some older bands that I would have dismissed a couple years ago simply becau...

I finally combed through everything I listened to that was released in 2008. It was an exhausting process and I think it took me over 2 mont...

There is something about small venues that is just better than larger ones. So when I found out how small AKA Autonomous Social Centre ( h...

Early Man - Beware The Circling Fin : Typical Early Man. Not as good as Closing In but better than most new heavy thrash inspired metal. Mi...

I was going to wait and include this with my Top Albums of 2008 but since there isn't many I thought I would just do it now anyway. In n...

I have condensed all the albums that I have listened to from 2008 down to a (not so) short list of about 67-68. I should be able to get that...

Volition - Volition: When I first started listening to this I immediately thought of Crowbar. It has a similar tone and that slow pacing. Th...

Testament - The Formation of Damnation : Remind me again why Testament was never as big as "The Big 4" of thrash? Because musicall...

When Six Feet Under first got together, I thought they were the shit. I thought Chris Barnes' voice was soooo cool. At this point, I had...

As I try to figure out what albums will make my Top 40 or so of 2008 I put them into one of 2 folders. NOPE, or I KNOW it's good. Here i...

Here is my short take on Life's Trade by Samothrace. The first time I listened to this I was not in a good place. I was really down and...