Articles by Brayden Turenne

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  Departure Chandelier

  Antichrist Rise to Power

  PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2019

  Through a veil of lo-fi production, the undeniable ring of Departure Chandelier's riffs speaks like dusty legends exhumed from the crypts o...

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  'Lords of Chaos' Tells the Brutal Origin Story of Black Metal

  Directed by Jonas Åkerlund

  PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2019

  From its inception, Lords of Chaos was the center of endless controversy and uproar. The story itself is as close to real mythology and leg...

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  Ossuarium

  Living Tomb

  PUBLISHED Jan 30, 2019

  The debut full-length from Portland, OR underground up-and-comers Ossuarium, is an example in how the little things can have great effect o...

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  Human Agony

  Goring Christ

  PUBLISHED Dec 10, 2018

  It's almost humorous that Canada is one of the most well-spoken countries in the world, and yet arguably produces some of the most hateful...

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  Goathammer

  Ceremony of Morbid Destruction

  PUBLISHED Dec 7, 2018

  Yet another blast of thunder from out of Canada's underground of extremity, Saskatoon diehards Goathammer conjure black magic and warfare i...

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  Godflesh / SRSQ

  The Venue, Vancouver BC, December 6

  PUBLISHED Dec 7, 2018

  There's a good chance that passers-by to the Venue might have suspected the beginnings of tectonic upheaval in the heart of downtown, as le...

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  Spearhead

  Pacifism Is Cowardice

  PUBLISHED Nov 20, 2018

  The facets that make up a truly dangerous force are both a broiling will for violence, as well as a calculated efficiency, both of which Sp...

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  Cantique Lépreux

  Paysages Polaires

  PUBLISHED Nov 20, 2018

  Yet another shivering gust of "metal noir Quebecois" gives further credence to the French Canadian legacy of particularly cold, atmospheric...