Tag Canada
From Ottawa, Ontario, come The Ember, The Ash, a one-person project I had not encountered so far. The individual who does everything here, and everything includes recording and mixing, goes by the name of 鬼, which in Japanese means “demon”… Continue Reading →
Seems to have been a while since I had some Quebecois Metal Noire to review and I really do have a soft spot for it so enter Oriflamme with their debut full length. I looked up their name and apparently… Continue Reading →
When a little known EP by the moniker of ‘Malignant Deviation’ fell into my inbox to dissect and critique I relished the opportunity as I was teased with the tag line of blackened death metal, and that is enough to… Continue Reading →
Heavy Trip – 1970’s vernacular that could mean a really bad time or a reaaaaallllllly good time depending on the intonation. This Heavy Trip are a three piece from Canada consisting of two Cole’s – one Jandrisch on guitars, the other Vibert on bass… Continue Reading →
You become numb to long band names after a while. It’s just part of being a Goregrind/ BDM/ Gorenoise etc fan. I’d like to think that such names have actually improved my reading and vocabulary skills though. So, there you… Continue Reading →
There is something in the water. Something organic that enters your body through your ear canal, travels down the eustachian tube then fills your lungs with its viscous sludge. Yeah, that’s right Olde got it going on! This is the Canadian’s third album… Continue Reading →
I honestly think that my generation might be the first to be brought up on music that we would later detest, feel free to correct me if you think I’m wrong. Most people my age grew up on a diet… Continue Reading →
You Can’t Go Back is the third full length from Toronto progressive post-everything metallers Sarin, taking them a step closer to achieving ‘beyond classification’ status. They have a sound which is difficult to define; containing elements of post-rock, post-metal, sludge,… Continue Reading →
Enchanting and mesmerising, captivating and thought provoking all in equal measures. This is black metal but done on a higher plateau. Nordicwinter have blasted out of the barren wilderness of the Canadian frozen landscapes and have delivered us a package… Continue Reading →
The old-world charm of Victoria, British Columbia, isn’t the sort of place I’d associate with “black metal surging with atmosphere and anguish, melancholy and rage” but this is what we have. With an eleven-minute track at each end of this… Continue Reading →
Is it me or is there a lot of music coming out of Belgium and Canada at the moment? It seems like every other release that drops through my letter box or inbox is from one of these two pleasant countries. (not… Continue Reading →
I doubt it will surprise anyone if there is an absolute plethora of live albums getting released in 2021 due to the very obvious music stopping in 2020. Nobody ever really envisaged the death of gigs and the very best-case… Continue Reading →