Articles by Greg Pratt

Nadja and Pyramids Team Up for Collaborative Album with Members of Cocteau Twins, Mineral, Khanate

PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2009

The folks at the increasingly eclectic Hydra Head Records are gearing up for yet another collaborative release, this time between Toronto's...

Cradle of Filth Speak Out After Being Pummelled with Massive Candies at UK Fest

PUBLISHED Aug 20, 2009

Flamboyant British black metal band Cradle of Filth have long been reviled for not being, ahem, "tr00" or "kvlt" enough (underground metalh...

Exclusive: Andy Swan Quits Physical and Gets Digital with the Michael Parks

PUBLISHED Aug 19, 2009

Andy Swan has decided he's no longer interested in making CDs. Maybe it was the New Year's Day move this year from long-time home of Toront...

Controversy Erupts over Kurt Cobain Plaque in Late Nirvana Singer's Hometown

PUBLISHED Aug 18, 2009

The city of Aberdeen, WA may have adopted the phrase "Come As You Are" as the town's slogan, but apparently they don't like everything home...

Immortal Blamed for Cancellation of Rock City Open Air 2009 After They Pull Out of Romanian Metal Fest

PUBLISHED Aug 17, 2009

The Romanian metal fest Rock City Open Air 2009 has been cancelled, and rumours are flying that it's the fault of Norwegian black metallers...

Cable

The Failed Convict

PUBLISHED Aug 14, 2009

For their first disc since 2004's Pigs Never Fly, Connecticut's Cable have spread their musical wings. They must have figured it's high tim...

Exclusive: Cable Give the Skinny on Their Up-in-the-Air Band Status

PUBLISHED Aug 13, 2009

We recently caught up with Connecticut sludge/noise rockers Cable to chat about their excellent new disc, The Failed Convict, a concept alb...

Down / Voivod / Danava / Weedeater

Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC August 10

PUBLISHED Aug 11, 2009

Although New Orleans stoner metallers Down were headlining this bill, in a way the night belonged to Canuck metal heroes Voivod, not to men...