When’s the last time you listened to a progressive metalcore album that was influenced by outer space? It’s probably been a while, right? Well the New Jersey based quartet Dig Two Graves is here to save the day with a new six track EP titled Deathwish. Hailing from New Jersey, Mike Reisser, Josh Brewer, Jesse Agins and Kenny Meeks have assembled to defeat some of the clichés that run rampant in most metal music. Working tirelessly since their conception in 2017, Dig Two Grave

Written by Slone Fox Post Death Soundtrack, the Vancouver-based doom metal/experimental rock duo, has released the ambitious new album It Will Come Out of Nowhere. Post Death Soundtrack cannot be held down or pigeon-holed into one single genre of music with their new album which brings to life an intricate mix of various musical genres. The newly-released album is something special, with the band releasing not only a limited edition double vinyl, but also a CGI music video fo

Hiss From the Moat is an Italian quartet who thrives off of dichotomies. Blending biblical text and black metal, the group’s fiercest form of protest thus far kicks down the gates of normality on their newest album The Harrier. The title itself refers to “a person who engages in persistent attacks on others,” or, more simply put, “He who devastates.” According to drummer James Payne, a harrier is not necessarily a physical, living person, but rather a group of concepts that h

photo credit: Dave Gaslin Colorado-based Rozu are a brand new band with a whole lot of heart. With two singles released since forming in January of 2018, the band has a lot on the horizon and are gaining momentum quickly. With each member being a driving force in their previous projects in the Denver music scene, the band joined together when their endeavors disbanded, creating a band made up of strong musicians with most of the members being singer/songwriters. The band's fi

“CHOSEN SONS” by Post Death Soundtrack is not meant to comfort you, nor does it pick you back up once it ends its musical crusade of truth. The Vancouver duo’s lead single leaves you floundering in the hopelessness of reality, with the track providing a powerful commentary on extremist groups. "In the words of member Steve Moore, "Organizations like ISIS happily recruit child soldiers online and enjoy the luxury of selective, self-referential truth. Donning their black masks

The Contortionist has been making their mark in the music community for a little over a decade. Their style is continuously evolving and shifting, making every new release an exciting journey of mystery. Releasing their latest effort Clairvoyant just over a year ago, this album is still making its rounds and is the most commercially successful one to date. Taking a more atmospheric approach to this album really allowed them to cut into the darker themes about the most somber

There is nothing new under the sun. As discouraging as this idea might be on one level, there is also an element of freedom to it. Namely, a release from the assumed responsibility to be completely original. Something which is, strictly speaking, impossible. There are only so many notes in music and only so many letters in the alphabet. What matters most is how you use them, and interpretation can be as important as originality. True originality really stems from taking bits

Unleashing the next installment of albums, Bloodbath has released filthy and vile destruction with The Arrow of Satan is Drawn. It has been four years since the latest release and it was well worth the wait. It takes the same gore-fuelled approach that Bloodbath is famous for, and decimates it with calamitous, brutal death metal. The album’s theme revolves around how humanity is a festering plague across the world, and that us humans are the downfall of everything. We will be

Imagine a hermit. A mage seeking enlightenment by cutting himself off from humanity and making his home in the forest. The source of all natural power. He communes with the gods of nature letting go of his ego as well as his rage coming to a new understanding of life. That is as close as it is possible to get to describing overall feeling of The Bleakness of Our Constant by the one-man music project Eneferens. The comparisons and allusions to other bands are both obvious and

Into Eternity utilize a vast of number of different genres to immerse the listener in a trance-like experience. There is a little bit of something for every metal fan in this album. Whether you’re a fan of classic, thrash, power, death, black, or melodic, Into Eternity manages to capture those distinctive qualities from each genre and compose something that no other band has done. With the departure of their previous singer, Stu Block, who went to join Iced Earth, Into Etern

The artwork for Total Retaliation immediately broadcasts listeners into the album’s theme. A person’s worried face reflects from smashed glass. Each edge is covered by a hand holding modern society’s stigmas, a gun, a knife, a syringe, a bottle of booze, and two hands hoisting the ends of a rope that wraps around an unseen neck. They are feelings of an individual suffocated by the copious amounts of drugs, violence, and self-loathing seen around us on a regular basis. The alb

Skyharbor has garnered a loyal fanbase in the progressive community and for good reason. The masterminds of this band have borrowed and blended a masterful concoction of genres to devise their extraordinary take on their craft. Finally, after four years we get to hear the latest effort, Sunshine Dust, which brings back familiar elements from previous efforts and combine the placidity of their ambient prog sound with their ridiculously heavy riffs. Ambient style music always r

photo by Joel Desimone On August 31, I left the Biltmore with blood dripping from a gash in my eyebrow, some more seeping from my nose, and my right eye was swelling. I’m no stranger to rowdy shows, but this was by far one of the most hectic frenzies I’ve ever been a part of. I was submerged in a sea of slam dancers, crab walkers, and furious fist-swingers who let their inner demons loose on the dancefloor as if the pounding riffs of “Stick Tight” were conducting an exorcism.

"OH WHAT A JOKE THE HUMAN RACE HAS BECOME" "POLITICAL CORRECTNESS" - MALEVOLENTS Nanaimo's own Malevolents are not just a metal band. They're every kid in their bedroom playing air guitar to their favourite song. They’re every kid blasting their favourite bands, filled with loyalty and a passion for heavy metal music. Gladiator is the title of Malevolents’ upcoming record, out August 11th. This is the band's second studio album in a three year run, with their first studio alb

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THEIR NEW ALBUM: ISOLATION With a name like Parasitic Ejaculation, the band manages to bust with putridity and repulsiveness of the name and transform that grotesque title into an audible equivalent of malodorous malady for the ears. The name is unquestionably disgusting, but that’s the best part. It has no real meaning of where it came from. It was devised by bassist, Josh Schwartz and his partner for the sake of being gruesome. Slam metal is all ab

Releasing a coalescence of metal subgenres to compose an authentic addition to their repertoire, Centauro have released the annihilating album of thrash torment, Daño Colateral, on April 21, 2018. The origin of their name pays homage to one of Mexico’s revolutionary leaders, Doroteo Arango, otherwise known as “El Centauro del Norte.” The hostility and triumph associated Arango are well attested by the arrays of aggressiveness that are exhibited by the band’s dynamic take on t

A Scar for the Wicked boasts belligerent brutality in their third album release. With The Unholy, A Scar for the Wicked completes the trilogy of soul-sucking shreddage that these Ottawa natives have so deviously been cultivating since the apocalyptic year of 2012. The forbidden fruits of A Scar for the Wicked's tortured loins infects your body and does not loosen its salacious grip until the last of their nasty riffs have been silenced. Opening with “Born From the Grave,” no

GUITARIST'S HARDSHIP WITH DIABETES SERVES AS INSPIRATION FOR ALBUM'S TITLE TRACK “Fast all the time” is the motto that Nylithia has adopted and certainly lived up to. Their energetic and eclectic writing style is establishing an extraordinary cut of thrash metal that is unparalleled within the community. The band's upcoming album, Goddamn Type I, is taking a more intimate and explicit approach to the album than preceding efforts. In the first released single, “Goddamn Type I

Artist: Dopethrone Album: Transcanadian Anger Year: 2018 Hometown: Montreal, Quebec Dopethrone have once again outdone themselves with Transcanadian Anger, constructing an album with a filthy concoction of omnipotent walls of distortion. Their signature self proclaimed ‘slutch’ sound can be described as the most repugnant and revolting noise boisterously blaring and deafening those who dare listen. Music efforts have been further intensified from previous albums which resulte

Band: Christ Air Album: Christ Air EP Released: 2018 Hometown: Vancouver, British Columbia Christ Air EP opens with a machine-gun riff created for the sole purpose of encompassing you in a relentless all-out metal assault. “Cause of Death” explores influence from the lightning speed of early 80s thrash and doomy breakdowns. The funky bass-lick from “Expose the Lie” is almost a lie in itself, as the song-style is drastically intensifies without notice, laying more of that old-