Articles by Bradley Zorgdrager

Discourse

Sanity Decays

PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2015

Closed Casket Activities have a gift for those whose heads are hung due to Foundation's relative inactivity: Discourse. On their debut full...

Xibalba

Tierra Y Libertad

PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2015

The place of fear Xibalba call home is the teetering tip of the pyramids adorning their two most recent LPs: 2012's Hasta La Muerte and thi...

Deafheaven

on Exclaim! TV Aggressive Tendencies

PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2015

Deafheaven closed out a wildly successful 2014 with a stint headlining a leg of the reoccurring Converse Rubber Tracks Live Tour — a...

Turnstile

Nonstop Feeling

PUBLISHED Jan 9, 2015

Whether you consider them hardcore's answer to the Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers or Rage Against the Machine, a more straightforward...

Four Year Strong / Comeback Kid / Expire / Handguns / Heart to Heart

Opera House, Toronto ON, January 8

PUBLISHED Jan 9, 2015

The calm before the storm that was brewing outside — which, for the record, held out for the majority of the pop-punk/hardcore whirlwind co...

Tombs

Exclaim! TV Aggressive Tendencies

PUBLISHED Jan 8, 2015

Blackened experimentalists Tombs' music is as gloomy as their name suggests, but crafted with a brilliant shine that's reflected in the tit...

Rich Aucoin, Tiësto and Jon Hopkins Lead Our New Year's Eve Can't Miss Concerts

PUBLISHED Dec 29, 2014

New Year's Eve is the biggest party night of the year, and this means that concertgoers will want to choose wisely when deciding how to spe...

Despised Icon

on Exclaim! TV Aggressive Tendencies

PUBLISHED Dec 17, 2014

It's been over four years since Despised Icon announced they were breaking up and spending the rest of 2010 honouring their tour obligation...