Articles by Natalie Zina Walschots
Völur
Ancestors
PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2017
On their debut record, Disir, Toronto-based folk and doom metal band Völur explored the idea of the feminine divine via long, pulsing ambie...
Whores.
Gold
PUBLISHED Oct 28, 2016
There are lots of different ways that heavy music can be heavy. It can be aggressive, or brutal, or mean; it can be horrifying or sadistic...
Anciients
Voice of the Void
PUBLISHED Oct 17, 2016
The problem with progressive metal is that it is either transcendent or insufferable, and the line between these two extremes can be razor-...
Dangers
The Bend in the Break
PUBLISHED Oct 17, 2016
For all of their driving ambition and DIY relentlessness, hardcore punk monsters Dangers have put out precious few full-length records; The...
Epica
The Holographic Principle
PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2016
So Epica finally saw The Matrix, and it blew their fucking minds, you guys. The Holographic Principle is a concept record that revolves a...
Oathbreaker
Rheia
PUBLISHED Sep 28, 2016
Belgian metallic hardcore outfit Oathbreaker have always struggled deliciously against the shackles of the genre they operate within, prefe...
Forteresse
Thèmes pour la Rébellion
PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2016
Black metal is an inherently rebellious genre: against organized religion, against dominant hegemony, against the sanctity of life itself....
Weedeater / Author & Punisher / Today Is the Day / Sierra
Hard Luck Bar, Toronto ON, May 20
PUBLISHED May 21, 2016
Kitchener's progressive stoner metal doomsters Sierra kicked off the festivities at the Hard Luck Bar, and impressed everyone with the qual...