Tag Canada
Calgary’s Chron Goblin are new to me. Straight up, I’m pretty impressed. Their third album, “Backwater” has got me very interested. The current crop of good old fashioned, riff-fuelled groove rockers is strong. There’s plenty in the music press highlighting… Continue Reading →
This phrase has been uttered so many times on here that you could invent a drinking game to it, but every now and then you do get a gem of an album which really shines compared to the usual stuff… Continue Reading →
Female fronted Canadian five piece Diemonds are a hard rocking band from Toronto. The band, fronted by Priya Panda have released two albums with a real catchy and infectious hard rock sound and combined with some great live performances including… Continue Reading →
These Canadian algebraic grinders have an immense discography of 60 plus releases covering splits, full lengths, EP, demos and have been carving a name for themselves over the last decade and half with some of the most ambitious and terrorizing… Continue Reading →
Someone clearly got out of bed on the wrong side this morning and that someone is three Canadian blokes from Toronto whose pure blast of nihilistic fury would even give veteran war metallers like Diocletian a chill. Adversarial bleeds dissonant… Continue Reading →
Canadian melodic thrasher Titans Eve have released a couple of albums independently so far with the last, “Life Apocalypse”, being a thoroughly enjoyable affair of modern melodic thrash with some killer hooks and riffs. Three years later and the bands… Continue Reading →
Any fan of metal knows exactly what they’re getting when it comes to a Kataklysm album and their impressive 12th release Of Ghosts and Gods is no exception. The groove heavy riffs, thunderous blast beats and Maurizio Iacono’s signature growls,… Continue Reading →
This split showcases two Canadian bands, both have certain similarities and are particularly bonded in blood by the talents of guitarist Saint Wikk aka Erik Laboissiere who is guitarist and backing vocalist in both. There are plenty of differences between… Continue Reading →
Once in a while a release comes along and grabs you, making you sit up and take notice……. This 24 minute, 4 track EP from Canadian one man project Old Graves did exactly that with me, and after several spins,… Continue Reading →
There’ve been a lot of rule books torn up in recent years and even power metal hasn’t been immune to the occasional redraft. Taking those essential ingredients and either amplifying them beyond what any common sense would deem rational or… Continue Reading →
Snapped up by AFM after a self-released debut and a follow up on Lion music, Canadian Metallers Borealis are certainly seizing their opportunity with both clenched fists. This is the first thing I’ve heard by the band, but even the… Continue Reading →
The first thing you notice about the debut album from Canadian Prog band Third Ion is the artwork, it’s a pretty bad-ass design, bringing back memories of old game cartridges, they’ve even nailed the old school gaming font. The name… Continue Reading →