Articles by Connor Atkinson

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  Primal Rite

  Dirge of Escapism

  PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2018

  Primal Rite have been on an upward trajectory since their initial formation in 2016. Since touring to support three well-received EPs in th...

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  Mammoth Grinder

  Cosmic Crypt

  PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2018

  Extreme music is somewhat parched of the sort of evil sincerity that Mammoth Grinder provides. Chris Ulsh (of Power Trip and Iron Age) take...

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  Red Death

  Formidable Darkness

  PUBLISHED Dec 4, 2017

  In early May of this year, many fans speculated that Red Death had broken up. Frontman Chad Troncale took to the Twittersphere via a short...

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  Alvvays

  The Studio, Hamilton ON, November 20

  PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2017

  Alvvays frontwoman Molly Rankin's humility and affability is such that, when she greeted Hamilton's Studio last night (November 20) with an...

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  Backtrack

  Bad to My World

  PUBLISHED Nov 13, 2017

  After two full-lengths and an almost three-year absence from their once relentless road schedule, Backtrack have returned with Bad to My Wo...

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  Speaker

  Murder and Create

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2017

  The latest offering from Speaker finds the band finding a comfortable space between grimy, dense hardcore and grinding experimental metal....

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  Left Behind

  Blessed by the Burn

  PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2017

  Young fans of heavy music could likely bring their crusty older sibling to Left Behind's tour with Terror and Bent Life this month and find...

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  Winds of Plague

  Blood of My Enemy

  PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2017

  Winds of Plague's explorative and symphonic take on hardcore-infused death metal gave the band a distinctive identity while they cut their...