Kingdom of Noise

Two tracks. Too good. Reverence to Stone from doomsters Samothrace is an incredibly powerful and transformative album. It's hea...

Deftones can be considered the survivalists of the nu-metal age. Not only because they are one of the few bands in and around that sty...

I can't say I've been a lifelong Napalm Death fan. Solely because I had never heard them prior to Enemy of the Music Business....

I must admit I am a sucker for tone. If you have the right tone, I will get on my knees and kiss your feet. I'll have to do just t...

I don't believe I have as of yet been able to fully appreciate all that is Evoken, but Atra Mors may be the (anti-)stimulus needed...

Few releases of 2012 pack as much atmospheric punch as Vessels of Light and Decay . Just as the hooded figure on the cover invites ...

Liberteer is the singular vision and execution of Matthew Widener.  BTDOYFTLOYN  is a politically charged grind album the likes of ...

I don't feel like Aeon get enough credit in the greater death metal scheme of things. Hopefully  Aeons Black  can change that. Ae...

This would be the point where I paste a link to the review I already wrote, but it hasn't been published yet. In that case, I...

I'm gonna be lazy on this one and just link to the review I already wrote. And I will do the same for subsequent entries on the co...

I was first introduced to Testament in a friend's car back in 2001 outside the bar where the staff Christmas party was happening. ...

I've been a fan of Witchcraft for years. However, I must admit that Legend didn't wow me the way I hoped it would. The five y...

What's not to like? Edmonton's Begrime Exemious rupture eardrums and speakers alike with Visions of the Scourge . Insanely rel...

   Being the first death metal album to grace my Top 40 this year, Reign Supreme from Dying Fetus proves that I'm more interested...

Few bands are as appropriately named as D.I.S. See, that acronym stands for Destroyed In Seconds and that is exactly what Becoming Wrath...

Toronto's Cancer Bats have become a perennial entrant on my Top 40 lists. Dead Set On Living . As with Bears, Mayors, Scraps and Bone...

As I have done for countless eons (well, 5 years) I'll be counting down the 40 albums that rocked my world in 2012. They aren't ...

I kept hearing great things about this Shooting Guns band but never really paid much attention. Most of the praise came from a resident o...

I meant to post this a while ago but internet issues put a kink in that plan. So without further adieu, here's a new track from the up...

I find myself typically listening to a lot of doom, sludge, black metal, death metal and various mutations and mixtures of said genres...

While I might not use the word "burgeoning" to describe the Kingston, ON metal scene, there are a number of talented band...

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 ...

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

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...

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. ...

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

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...

VESPERIA Releases New Video Clip From Upcoming Live DVD 'Untamed in Toronto!'       Every week during the month of July, Toro...

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

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...