Thanks to a very busy year, it was hard to stay on top of all the releases, and write detailed reviews but I managed to gather 15 of my most liked in a succinct list. More albums and singles are on this Spotify playlist. 15. ACOD – VERSETS NOIRS (France)...
There were a huge amount of good releases this year, especially among the lesser known, more underground bands. In an effort not to have these smaller acts fall to the wayside, I figured it would be appropriate to highlight them on their own list. Check out this Spotify playlist for the full list,...
With the explosive return of live music this year, it was nice to have a slightly smaller selection of albums to sift over, and the opportunity to see a few pandemic discoveries live. I rounded up some of the albums I enjoyed and present them to you as my annual recommendations....
15 – The Zornheim Sleep Experiment – ZORNHEYM (Sweden) October 22, 2021 The single “Slumber Comes In Time” was my most played new track of the year. I absolutely loved the chipper chorus, and upbeat rhythms that complimented the dark themes of being in a mental institution. The rest of...
2021 started out as a slow year for releases, it seemed many bands were still holding on to ideas of touring, which were inevitably dashed as shit got worse than the year before. Even still, after sifting through close to 400 new albums, I managed to boil them down to...
Dieuponaday from Edmonton, Canada recently released their album From Where I Draw My Strength and it’s a fun romp that crosses the boundaries between core and metal with hints of a variety of subgenres mixed in. The first track, Amelioration hits hard with a very modern metal intro interrupted by...
There are bassists and then there are bored guitarists who settled for picking up low end duties. In terms of Canadian blackened death metal power house Plaguebringer, the former is true. Aaron Lang takes centre stage and rips tight solos with a flourish that can only be rivaled by the...
First up for NecroNovember is Necroholocaust, out of Vancouver, Canada. They recently played the inaugural Never Surrender Festival in Germany, being one of the three representatives from the great white north. After watching clips of their performance it’s safe to say the trio channeled all the evil and violence from...
Saving my personal favourite of the four for last for Month of the Goat, we’ve arrived at Blasphamagoatachrist and their release Black Metal Warfare. Comprised of members of Goat Penis (Sabbaoth and Virrugus Apocalli), Antichrist (Incenerator Of Lacerated Angels And Coffin Destruction) and Blasphemy (Nocturnal Grave Desecrator And Black Winds)...
Altars of Grief are masters of crafting absolutely beautiful blackened doom metal since 2013. The cornerstone of doom metal from the Canadian Prairies, Altars of Grief is preparing to release their second full-length Iris this year on Hypnotic Dirge Records. With lyrical themes of the well-known struggles of addiction...