Kingdom of Noise

Recently I've been listening to a lot of Candlemass 's Nightfall and a trio of Trouble albums ( Psalm 9 , The Skull , Run to t...

Sludgy is as sludgy does, sir! That's the kind of straight backed reaction Poisoned Altars , the newest from Lord Dying will give ...

If you've been waiting for Swedish throwback rockers Horisont to release a new album you'll have to wait a little longer. I k...

I'm not going to spend a lot of time on  The Queen of Kings  by Montreal's  Fayne . Mostly because this sort of music is tar...

He Whose Ox is Gored followed me on Twitter about a dozen times. Must have been a glitch but I never followed back. No offence, bu...

Cover design by Simon Fowler Then It All Came Down is the second work from the Wrekmeister Harmonies project spearheaded by J .R....

I try and support Canadian metal, I really do. But sometimes I get promo CDs that I have a hard time promoting. Like Egressor , the ...

I find splits to be a good way to introduce myself to new bands. Thus this 7” split from Dry Cough Records serves as my intro to the...

I usually try and review albums that are either pending release or recently released. Lucky You by Santa Cruz trio Doors to No Where ...

It wasn't the self-proclaimed “spaghetti western doom sludge” tag that drew me to King Dead . It was the fact that the instrumenta...

*enters room panting and breathless* Hey, sorry. Yeah. I had to run out and get some bellbottoms, sandals and a  new shirt  before writ...

2013 was a damn good year for metal. I didn't listen to as much as I did in 2012 though. I spent more time with albums as I tried to wr...

Try as I might there are always a few albums each year that manage to evade my ears. Sometimes it's because I hadn't heard of them....

Infection Legacy is the sophomore album by Edmonton's Death Toll Rising. Thankfully the new album doesn't have any references ...

I don't know much about Fort McMurray, AB but I know that's where Until Dawn are from and that there isn't much other ...

Oh Tuesday night shows. Your case of the Mondays hasn't worn off yet and Friday is still so far off. Do you really want to be out lat...

You can read all the magazines and websites you want searching for new music to satiate that burning desire but often it’s the ba...

If you had told me 13-14 months ago I'd be in the position I am now I would have snickered and said "Yeah. OK. Whatever." I ...

From the Emerald Isle come Chosen and their album, Resolution . This prog-minded extreme metal duo is comprised of percussionist David Mc...

I'd been looking forward to this show for a LONG time. For a number of reasons. First, Clutch is my favourite band, DURR. And it had b...