Kingdom of Noise

October 20th, 2011. The day Bison BC returned to Kingston, ON. It was almost 3 years ago when they last (and only?) played here.  I remembe...

You may remember my theory about the relationship of ad size to band quality. The bigger the badder. Well, a few weeks ago I was reading a ...

This show was a shining moment for live underground extreme music in Kingston.  I've seen some great shows in town but we're talkin...

Inspired by this article on Metal Sucks, I've preempted by Napalm Death live review to bring you a few words about girls and metal. At ...

I've got two megabite buster for ya. Maybe 3. Or 4.   Opeth - Heritage: I've never really like Opeth to begin with. But there was ...

gmail.com hide details 1:48 PM (4 minutes ago) I should be blogging about something good. Like my second daughter starting school. But som...

My posts have been far too infrequent as of late. Part of that is because I've been following more metal writers and I honestly feel a l...

I'm going to make this short and sweet. I've already wasted enough of my precious time by actually listening to it. You may fire whe...

I knew the venue was small. There was no way I was going to miss this. What I could have missed were the openers. The first act, An Optional...

Album after album I try to like Arch Enemy but it just doesn't happen.  Khaos Legions is no exception. I have tried, unsuccessfully, to...

I only have a couple duds for ya this week. Mostly because either it's pretty kickass (Exhumed, Origin, Vastum) or I haven't even li...

Sometimes a band sneaks up on you. That band that didn't really get tons of press. So instead of you seeking out that band, you just hap...

I'm going to try and start a weekly column here at Kingdom of Noise featuring some albums that I've recently "acquired" th...

Once upon a time I remember really diggin' TGOS. I think  Conqueror may have made my Top 10 in 2008. Then came '09s Hymns of Blood a...

I'm feeling sort of uninspired as far as writing goes. But it's not that I haven't been listening to anything inspiring. Maybe i...

It's not often that an album hits me with the kind of force that No Help For The Might Ones did. I had never heard their previous work ...

You won't have to look hard to find dozens of reviews of this album. Amon Amarth get plenty of press. I'm not going to go on and on ...

Black metal can be hit or miss with me. This one is hit and miss. Stylistically, it's my kind of black metal. No keyboards. It's got...

Sometimes it's hard for me to write a review of an album that I know I am gonna love before I even hear it. Because then when I do hear ...

Sometimes I can't understand myself. Sometimes within the same sub-genre I will like one band and not like another. For example, I like ...

I'm not huge on most instrumetal. More or less because not much happens. And when something does happen, I've waited so long for it ...

When I originally thought up the concept for this post, I had only listened to each album once. ( Crisis in Utopia and Burning Fortune , re...

New York's Full Blown Chaos have started the 2011 listening season off on a good foot. Their self-titled follow up to '07s Heavy Li...

Based on the record labels of the bands that made my Top 40 Albums of the Year for 2010, I am pleased to announce the first annual Kingdom o...

40. haarp - The Filth 39. Cancer Bats  - Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones (Most Fuct Up Hair) 38. Hour of Penance - Paradogma 37. Melech...

Remember what I said about having internet access at work? Well, cancel that. They just locked it out again. It was nice while it lasted. I ...

*DISCLAIMER! All rankings are based on 3 major factors. 1. I actually have to like the album. Nothing is included because it's on everyo...

*DISCLAIMER! All rankings are based on 3 major factors. 1. I actually have to like the album. Nothing is included because it's on everyo...

*DISCLAIMER! All rankings are based on 3 major factors. 1. I actually have to like the album. Nothing is included because it's on everyo...

*DISCLAIMER! All rankings are based on 3 major factors. 1. I actually have to like the album. Nothing is included because it's on everyo...