Kingdom of Noise

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Sunday, September 9, 2012

So...who is this?

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A while ago I downloaded an album, added it to iTunes with a bunch of other albums and carried on. Later, said album showed up as Unknown ...
Thursday, September 6, 2012

Sons of Tonatiuh - Parade of Sorrow

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Upon a short but trusted recommendation from Gruesome Greg (ie a tweet) I decided to give Atlanta's Sons of Tonatiuh a listen....
Thursday, August 23, 2012

Vulture Kult - Don't Let Rock n' Roll Ruin Your Life

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Don't Let Rock n' Roll Ruin Your Life from Saskatoon's Vulture Kult had me step outside my comfort zone. I'm more comf...
Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Offending - Age of Perversion

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This album was kind of weird to me. Not in an avant-garde, these guys are messed up, what the FUCK is going on? kind of way though. ...
Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Last Call Chernobyl - Set Adrift EP

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When my ears first beheld Set Adrift , the recently released EP from Halifax, Nova Scotia's Last Call Chernobyl, my first thought was ...
Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Huge False Tour!!

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Minnesota black metal titans False are set to embark on a huge US tour in a few weeks. Man, do I wish I could make any of those shows but i...
Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Toronto's Vesperia to release live DVD

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VESPERIA Releases New Video Clip From Upcoming Live DVD 'Untamed in Toronto!'       Every week during the month of July, Toro...
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Heads up, Western Canada!! Into Eternity tour! Laika too!

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Into Eternity to tour Western Canada INTO ETERNITY has returned! Revamped and stronger than ever, the Saskatchewan-based Canadian ext...

From the Archives

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I was digging through my email trying to find something and I came across a curious message. I sent this message to a guy I met at an all-we...
Monday, July 9, 2012

Anhedonist - Netherwards

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Anhedonia can be defined as the inability to experience pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable. So it is not without a sense o...
Saturday, June 30, 2012

Heavy Metal Haiku: Abigail Williams - Becoming

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Black night screams aloud Strings are bowed amidst the dark Atmospheric bleak
Friday, June 29, 2012

Hell/Thou split 7": Resurrection Bay

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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...
Friday, June 22, 2012

TITAN - Burn

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  We last heard from Toronto's favourite sons of sonic destruction on 2009's Colossus EP . Which means it has been almost three...
Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Fear Factory's 'The Industrialist': The Heavy Metal Haiku Album Review

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Mechanized beating Future concept riff machine Programmed to destroy www.twitter.com/MetalMatt_KofN
Sunday, June 3, 2012

Emptiness - Error

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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...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Black Sheep Wall - No Matter Where It Ends

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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...

Basalisk demo EP Review

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 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...
Thursday, April 12, 2012

Thoughts on "Until The Light Takes Us"

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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...
Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Corrosion of Conformity - Corrosion of Conformity

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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 ...
Saturday, March 24, 2012

I don't get to do this much.

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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...
Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Biohazard - Reborn In Defiance

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I never really thought Biohazard would release another album. I thought they were done. The members had moved on to bigger and better boob...
Thursday, March 8, 2012

Beneath The Massacre - Incongruous

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

BARN BURNER and guests at The Mansion, Feb. 25, 2012

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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...
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Saturday, February 11, 2012

Alcest - Les Voyages De L'Ame

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Upon first listen this, the third full-length from the Stephane "Neige" Paut fronted project, appeared to me as soft and weak. Bo...
Tuesday, February 7, 2012

GIGANTOUR (Megadeth, Motorhead, Volbeat, Lacuna Coil) @ the KRC, Kingston, ON Feb 5, 2012

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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...
Thursday, January 19, 2012

2011 Record Label of the Year

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The Second Annual Record Label of the Year, as decided by Kingdom of Noise, is awarded to.....Canada's own Profound Lore Records!!   T...
Monday, January 16, 2012

R.I.P. David Gold

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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 ...
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