Kingdom of Noise

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Back in April, the always reliable Gilead Media teamed with Pesanta Urfolk to release a limited (1000 copies) split 7' featurin...

  We last heard from Toronto's favourite sons of sonic destruction on 2009's Colossus EP . Which means it has been almost three...

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The latest in a string of releases on Dark Descent Records to have grabbed my attention is the third full-length album from Belgium's Em...

Last year, the band Batillus rocked my core with its shear heaviness. This year, Black Sheep Wall has done the same. I'm not afra...

 The first time I heard this band it was live as local openers for Montreal's Barn Burner. During their set, I could hear the infl...

I finally got around to watching Until The Light Takes Us , a documentary about some of the criminal activities and the people involved in t...

Remember when you were a kid and you had that group of friends that did everything together? But there was always that one guy that had ...

It's not very often I get to just sit and mess around on the internet. Seriously. But tonight I've got a couple hours covering the l...

I never really thought Biohazard would release another album. I thought they were done. The members had moved on to bigger and better boob...

I am trying not to rag on bands so much. Especially Canadian bands. But BTM's Incongruous just doesn't inspire my praise. Monoch...

Some things in life are a given. The oceans will be salty. The government will suck. And Barn Burner will put on a great show. It's nat...

Upon first listen this, the third full-length from the Stephane "Neige" Paut fronted project, appeared to me as soft and weak. Bo...

Kingston has certainly had bigger concerts than this, but to the best of my knowledge, this is the biggest METAL concert to come to town. A...

The Second Annual Record Label of the Year, as decided by Kingdom of Noise, is awarded to.....Canada's own Profound Lore Records!!   T...

As you most likely already know, Woods of Ypres frontman David Gold was killed in a car accident a few days before Christmas. I'd just ...

When I started counting down my favourite albums of 2011 I mentioned that there were a couple of albums I intentionally left off. I left the...

No album of 2011 captured me the way Diotima (Profound Lore) did. Krallice have crafted a masterpiece that at times has left me literall...

Subrosa is one of those bands I had never heard of until I saw posts about them on Twitter. Their record label, Profound Lore, was using twe...

When talking about the Batillus album I referred to it as "doom at its best". That's different than "the best doom"....

And I thought Voices of Omens was good! Obviously the 4 years that past between its release and 2011's Rest (Relapse) was time well sp...

I heard the UPS guy threw out his back when he delivered my vinyl copy of Furnace (Seventh Rule). 180g my ass! This fucker is ungodly he...

This album is a perfect example of how my personal tastes are always evolving. Back in 2009 when I heard Black Cascade , I didn't ...

I'm definitely running into some descriptory fatigue. I'm even making up words. That bums me out more than the doomy, depressive, ...

This is my Album of Second Chances. The first time I listened to Redemption ( Metal Blade ) I don't think I made it past through the...

Montreal's Barn Burner are one of Canada's best young bands. On the their second album, Bangers II: Scum of the Earth ( Metal Bl...