Opeth Pale Communion

Published Aug 22, 2014

There have been numerous glaring indicators of Opeth's transformation from beautiful-yet-brutal death metal band to the less definable "prog...

Mastodon Interstellar Overdrive

Published Jul 11, 2014

The lumbering behemoth known as Once More 'Round the Sun is a relative anomaly in metal. Their musical linage and ability is nothing short o...

Wordless Invocation Fest with Nuclearhammer, Adversarial, Dire Omen The Pawn Shop, Edmonton AB, June 28

Published Jun 29, 2014

It was a humid, inconsistently drizzly evening in Edmonton when the Calgary contingent touched down for the second annual Wordless Invocatio...

Mastodon Once More 'Round the Sun

Published Jun 20, 2014

It seems there are two camps in the Mastodon universe: people who like Mastodon, and people who used to like Mastodon. Sitting between the t...

Mastodon Embrace Prog and Weirdness on 'Once More 'Round the Sun'

Published Jun 18, 2014

The lumbering behemoth known as Mastodon is a relative anomaly in metal. Their musical lineage and ability are nothing short of remarkable;...

Villainizer / Black Pestilence / Vile Insignia / Arsenal / Hellborn Death Engines
 Dickens Pub, Calgary AB, May 30

Published May 31, 2014

Metal is at an interesting crossroads in our hyper socio-politically aware and correct era. While the recent Inquisition controversy resulte...

Merzbow / Holzkopf & Botfly / Bitter Fictions The Palomino Smokehouse, Calgary AB, May 22

Published May 23, 2014

Noise thrives on improvisation and inconsistency; even the commercially successful acts with noise integrations, like the wildly different f...

Serpentine Path Emanations

Published May 23, 2014

The addition of guitarist Stephen Flam of kvlt death/doom legends Winter to Serpentine Path has done little to change the band; indeed, it w...

Sarcófago Rotting

Published May 23, 2014

Contextualizing and providing due credit to the legacy and continuing influence of Brazilian extreme metallers Sarcófago in a review is not...

Nile / Infernal Majesty / Auroch Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver BC, May 1

Published May 02, 2014

Vancouver's metal heads may not be overtly present in high traffic areas during daylight hours, but they come out at night and dominate the...

Triptykon Faith Under Fire

Published Apr 21, 2014

The infamous Tom G. Warrior and his inconsistent musical trajectory have thrilled, baffled, and enraged metal fans for nearly three decades....

Scythia / Viathyn / Enemyus / Skymir Lord Nelson's Bar & Grill, Calgary AB, April 19

Published Apr 20, 2014

There is something metallic coursing through the water in Calgary. As a result, over a hundred bands call the Stampede city home; more are r...

Triptykon Find Their Happy Place on 'Melana Chasmata'

Published Apr 17, 2014

The infamous Tom G. Warrior and his inconsistent musical trajectory have thrilled, baffled, and enraged metal fans for nearly three decades....

Triptykon Melana Chasmata

Published Apr 11, 2014

Tom G. Warrior has never been associated with stability. Despite his hugely influential back catalogue, the guitarist, songwriter and vocali...

Solstice Death’s Crown is Victory

Published Feb 07, 2014

It's amazing how much one little EP, and more importantly a completely different music climate, can do to reinvigorate a band. Traditional d...

Behemoth In Satan's Service

Published Feb 05, 2014

This short decade has been difficult for Polish blackened metal warriors Behemoth. On the heels of the tour following their acclaimed ninth...

Behemoth The Satanist

Published Jan 31, 2014

Polish extreme metal band Behemoth, along with their tenth studio album The Satanist, are intimately tied to vocalist, guitarist and bandlea...