Kingdom of Noise

If you don't know Shrinebuilder, shame on you. They are the very definition of supergroup. The lineup: Scott Kelly of Neurosis, Al Ciste...

The first time I listened to Darkness Come Alive , I enjoyed it but I was in no big rush to hear it again. A couple weeks went by. At the en...

Revocation - Existence is Futile : I seriously don't understand what the big deal is with these guys. The singer is nothing special and ...

Andreas Kisser - Hubris I & II : Boring. Pointless. Not bad per se, but just unnecessary. If it wasn't Andreas Kisser, I'd have ...

3 Inches of Blood said they hadn't been to Kingston in 3 years. Arise and Ruin have been to Kingston 3 times THIS year. Whatever the fre...

Warsaw Rising picks up right where ...Of Frost and War left off. Buzzsaw riffage, pummelling drums and very distinctive tortured screaming...

I set my hopes really high for Breathing The Fire . Maybe too high. It's not that the album isn't good, it's just I expected to ...

I've been busy. I've been listening to a lot but during the time where I would be writing reviews, I've been reading. I don'...

I'm in a shitty mood today and I've been having a hard time finding something to listen to. I listened to the second half of Horizon...

I've kinda been listening to all doom stuff tonight. I started with Batillus, then OM, and I just started Culted. Not sure what I have ...

Just some stuff i've been listening to. I'm not in a "write a review" mindset right now, but I'm bored. I had a reade...

3 Inches of Blood - Here Awaits Thy Doom : This is a hard review to write. But write it I will. When you hear a 3IOB record you kind of kno...

I made the trip to Toronto last Wednesday to see the greatest band ever, live in concert. Oh yes. I'm talkin' about Clutch! They pla...

I'm taking an anger management class and my assignment is to find a song that describes how I feel. I am really bad with remembering lyr...

Toronto's Titan posted a live video of new song "Warmer Months". It slays.

I've been pretty busy this month so I haven't really posted. I have been listening to plenty of metal but I just haven't had th...

A new Shrinebuilder song (Pyramid on the Moon) is streaming on their myspace. http://www.myspace.com/shrinebuildergroup For those of you who...

Battlefields - Thresholds of Imbalance : Pretty good. A little boring in parts (tinkly guitar passages) but nice to chill to. I haven't ...

There has been a lot of talk recently about Dino Cazares. The whole Fear Factory fight, a new Divine Heresy album and what not. It got me th...

I recently came across a series of videos of Phil Anselmo speaking to a group at Loyola University. I've linked it here for you because ...

Swashbuckle - Crewed by the Damned : I'm new to this whole Pirate metal micro-subgenre. But I think I like it. I first heard of Swashbuc...

Darkest Hour - The Eternal Return : Darkest Hour went back to their old producer (Brian McSomet hing) for t his one. And yes, it harkens b...

Chimaira - The Infection : This album had the shit hyped out of it. And deservedly so. Chimaira has released some great stuff. Just every ot...

Devildriver - Pray for Villians : First of all, how fucking long IS this?! It seems to go on forever. With every song just sounding like the...

I should have been in Toronto last night. I should have been getting my doom on to Zoroaster, The Gates of Slumber and (the almighty) Serpen...

I am bored and my brain is kinda mushy so I am gonna talk about the last 2 albums I listened to. It'll be brief and not very thought out...

Sea of Bones - The Harvest : I'll definitely have to listen to it some more but it sounded pretty good on first go. Very atmospheric and...

Mantic Ritual - Executioner : Awesome! Total speed thrash!! Welcome back 1983!! Whiplash inducing!! Don't even try to keep up!! Where...

I don't have a lot of experience with Suffocation. I have heard Effigy of the Forgotten a couple times. Everything in between is unknow...

I've been on holidays so I haven't been keeping up with the blog. I will tell you this: The new Clutch rules. The new Candlemass is ...