canada

Culted - Of Death and Ritual

Forever doomed, a few minutes at a time

Interview: David Hall

The visual rebel and filmmaker speaks out

Voor - 1985 demos

FREE DOWNLOAD: Fenriz-endorsed Canadian metal

Gonna Get Close to You

The ’80s had bad lighting and tall hair

Fuck the Facts - Unnamed EP

One reason why I love Fuck the Facts — aside from their soulful take on grindcore and their unfuckwithable live shows (I’ve seen them in three cities) — is how DIY they are. They book their own shows, design their own merch, and even model it when they sell it. Now comes a super-DIY project: […]

MySpace clutter, begone!

by Cosmo Lee MySpace band pages have become practically unusable. Now bands are sticking huge images at the top and Twitter feeds, videos, widgets, flashing banners, instrument endorsement logos (seriously, who cares about those?), and other nonsense everywhere else. I’ll never like a band for its MySpace design, but I’ll dislike a band for it. […]

Pyramids with Nadja - Self-Titled

by Casey Boland I’ve never been entirely convinced by most “drone metal.” Perhaps I’m reluctant to explore genres not couched in standard rock forms. But give me memorable riffs and passionate performances, and I’m satisfied. So to be wowed by the decidedly non-rock Pyramids with Nadja (Hydra Head, 2009) indicates either its superior quality or […]

Dopethrone - Demonsmoke

by Chris Rowella I might lose street cred by saying this, but who cares: I’m done seeking out the most extreme, experimental, metal/noise/ambient/prog/core/whatever floating around. At this point in my life, I know exactly what I like, and that’s what I stick to. With the resurgence of old-school death metal and bands coming clean about […]
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