Counterparts Members Unveil Emo Band You Will Always via "Brutally Honest" Video

Published Oct 06, 2020

​Emo music wrestles with uncomfortable emotions — often naked and exposed in its candour. Counterparts guitarist Alex Re took this to heart...

"It's Metal to Care": Hamilton's Vile Creature Are Bringing Radical Compassion to Heavy Music

Published Sep 30, 2020

In an increasingly overcrowded online livestream market in which bands half-ass performances — or, worse, charge fans to watch previously re...

Someone Found a Bunch of Extreme Metal Logos in 'The Last of Us Part II'

Published Jul 15, 2020

The Last of Us Part II made waves thanks to its playable in-game acoustic guitar, which allowed gamers to play songs by Soundgarden, Radiohe...

Watch Edmonton Pop Punks Calling All Captains Open for the Offspring in New Documentary

Published May 28, 2020

With shows a distant dream, pop punks Calling All Captains are taking us back to the biggest one they ever played: Edmonton's K-Days. The ho...

Weedeater's Dixie Dave Is a Cannabis Hero

Published May 27, 2020

The moniker Weedeater leaves little to the imagination about the strain of metal the Wilmington, North Carolina, band delivers. However, it...

We Got Ned Flanders-Themed Metalcore Band Okilly Dokilly to Rank Their Favourite 'Simpsons' Episodes

Published May 20, 2020

Not even Matt Groening could have foretold the advent of Okilly Dokilly. The metalcore band — or, as they call it, Nedal — comprises five me...

Hear Revived BC Speed Metal Legends Witches Hammer's First Album — 36 Years After Formation

Published Apr 22, 2020

Witches Hammer are underground legends in the speed metal — something of a cult classic for those in know. Those in the know increased signi...

Watch Vale of Pnath Embrace Black Metal Aesthetic in New "Skin Turned Soil" Video

Published Apr 15, 2020

Vale of Pnath's technical death metal took a dark shift on last year's Accursed EP. We called the release "a vehicle for Vale of Pnath to ex...

Cordyceps Betrayal

Published Apr 10, 2020

How you feel about Cordyceps will come down to your ability to stomach vocals that sound like you're emptying yours out; burping is the name...

Watch Xenobiotic's Deranged Video for "Grieving the Loss of Self"

Published Feb 21, 2020

Xenobiotic deliver dizzying dissonant death metal from Down Under, and we're talking about Perth, Australia, there — not the underworld conj...

Rain of Salvation Return with "The Sound of Triumph"

Published Feb 04, 2020

Rain of Salvation have delivered a downpour since putting out their "Call to Arms." Just under a year since dropping debut EP A War Outside...

Pirate Metal Band Alestorm Explain Why They're Touring Canada with Giant Inflatable Ducks

Published Nov 01, 2019

Metal pirates Alestorm returned to where X marked the spot only to discover the buried treasure was gone: there were no more 8-foot inflatab...

Watch Beyond Creation Shred Through "The Afterlife" at Their 'Algorythm' Montreal Release Show

Published Jun 12, 2019

Beyond Creation had their progressive/technical death metal legitimized this year via a Juno nomination for Algorythm, joining Season of Mis...

"The Summer Slaughter Tour" Is Returning to Toronto

Published May 31, 2019

Billed as "the most extreme tour of the year," "The Summer Slaughter Tour" is set to return to Toronto for the first time in years. The s...

​Ingested Announce 'Call of the Void' EP, Premiere "Mouth of the Abyss"

Published Apr 30, 2019

After dropping The Level Above Human, Ingested spent much of 2018 on the road, including a cross-Canada headline tour and further dates in t...

Thy Art Is Murder Announce 'Human Target' Album, Unveil Video for Title Track

Published Apr 26, 2019

Australian death metal/deathcore titans Thy Art Is Murder have announced that their new album Human Target will drop July 26 via Nuclear Bla...

Watch Perfect Limbs' New Video for Melodic Hardcore Track "Seeking"

Published Apr 24, 2019

Burlington, ON's Perfect Limbs haven't released a song in over a year, and even then it was just a single, not a proper follow-up to 2016's...

Watch Rhythm of Fear Thrash Through "Vortex of Torment"

Published Apr 17, 2019

Despite naming their latest EP Ritual Dementia, Rhythm of Fear pretty much guarantee you won't forget them with lead single "Vortex of Torme...

Hear Numenorean Meld the Cure and Gojira into Post-Black Metal on 'Adore'

Published Apr 11, 2019

On debut LP Home, Calgary post-black metallers Numenorean shocked with provocative cover art, though on follow-up Adore they let the music d...

Hear Dorian Gray Soar and Stomp on New Song "Save Me"

Published Apr 04, 2019

The namesake of St. Catharines band Dorian Gray is obvious, and their dual influences match Oscar Wilde's theme of living a dual life. The g...