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Spirit Possession is the newest project featuring Ashley Spungin of Taurus on drums and synth and Steve Peacock of Ulthar on everything else...
Articles By Jack Kelleher
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![Ulthar/Taurus Spinoff Spirit Possession Are Beholden to Their Black Metal Influences on Self-Titled LP]()
Ulthar/Taurus Spinoff Spirit Possession Are Beholden to Their Black Metal Influences on Self-Titled LP Published Jul 23, 2020 -
![Lantern Remain One of Death Metal's Most Forward-Thinking Bands on 'Dimensions']()
ReviewsLantern Remain One of Death Metal's Most Forward-Thinking Bands on 'Dimensions' Published Jul 09, 2020A regrettable effect of the old school death metal revival is too many bands hyperfocusing on one chapter of the genre's history, pigeonholi...
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![Ulthar's 'Providence' Is a Frankenstein's Monster of Extreme Metal]()
ReviewsUlthar's 'Providence' Is a Frankenstein's Monster of Extreme Metal Published Jun 11, 2020Ulthar are like a Frankenstein's monster of extreme metal genres. Their 2018 debut, Cosmovore, is a witch's brew bubbling with the rotted fl...
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![Mount Cyanide's Self-Titled Debut Is a Shaky Attempt at Metal from Toronto Psych and Noise Rockers]()
ReviewsMount Cyanide's Self-Titled Debut Is a Shaky Attempt at Metal from Toronto Psych and Noise Rockers Published Jun 08, 2020Mount Cyanide is a Toronto-based three piece featuring Nick Sewell of Biblical and members of noise rock outfit Gush Underdrive. Formed as a...
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![Revenge Stick to Their Tried and True Primal Metal Sound on 'Strike.Smother.Dehumanize']()
ReviewsRevenge Stick to Their Tried and True Primal Metal Sound on 'Strike.Smother.Dehumanize' Published May 22, 2020War metal, chaotic black metal, bestial black metal — there have been many names for Revenge's raw, primal sound. Whatever you call it, it's...
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![Ulcerate's 'Stare into Death and Be Still' Is a Pensive Evolution of Their Tech Death Sound]()
ReviewsUlcerate's 'Stare into Death and Be Still' Is a Pensive Evolution of Their Tech Death Sound Published Apr 27, 2020Ulcerate are one of those technical death metal bands that inspire debates about whether or not they're a technical death metal band. The Au...
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![Solothus Realm of Ash and Blood]()
ReviewsSolothus Realm of Ash and Blood Published Mar 27, 2020Realm of Ash and Blood is the third album from Solothus, and their first since signing to 20 Buck Spin, a fine label for death/doom concocti...
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![Warp Chamber Implements of Excruciation]()
ReviewsWarp Chamber Implements of Excruciation Published Mar 27, 2020The putrid soil of the American Pacific Northwest continues to spew out ravenous zombies of the old-school death metal revival, Warp Chamber...
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![Sutrah Aletheia]()
ReviewsSutrah Aletheia Published Mar 13, 2020It's always funny when a prog band drop an EP with about the same runtime as some full-length albums. Aletheia, from Montreal band Sutrah (f...
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![Beneath the Massacre Fearmonger]()
ReviewsBeneath the Massacre Fearmonger Published Feb 27, 2020Beneath the Massacre are one of the most technically proficient bands to come from the Quebec death metal scene. The Montreal band were a fa...
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![Anvil Legal at Last]()
ReviewsAnvil Legal at Last Published Feb 17, 2020Legal at Last is the latest album from longtime Toronto heshers Anvil. Formed in 1978, the band had a significant, if not understated, influ...
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![High on Fire Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, November 25]()
ReviewsHigh on Fire Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, November 25 Published Nov 26, 2019When Matt Pike announced High on Fire's last tour was cancelled due to concerns for his health, the frontman closed with a promise that this...
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![Blood Incantation Hidden History of the Human Race]()
ReviewsBlood Incantation Hidden History of the Human Race Published Nov 22, 2019Many old school revivalists have risen out of the death metal underground recently, but perhaps none so enigmatic as Blood Incantation. The...
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![High on Fire Are Back on the Good Foot, Finally Touring 'Electric Messiah']()
FeaturesHigh on Fire Are Back on the Good Foot, Finally Touring 'Electric Messiah' Published Nov 06, 2019Stoner metal titans High on Fire ride out on their upcoming North American tour this November — the moment their legendary guitarist and voc...
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![Nile Vile Nilotic Rites]()
ReviewsNile Vile Nilotic Rites Published Nov 04, 2019Nile have consistently stood out among their tech death peers over the course of their storied career. The ancient Egyptian-themed band earn...
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![Mayhem Daemon]()
ReviewsMayhem Daemon Published Oct 25, 2019Black metal's most notorious band return with their sixth album. Mayhem have never concerned themselves with following up albums, so while D...
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![Mortiferum Disgorged From Psychotic Depths]()
ReviewsMortiferum Disgorged From Psychotic Depths Published Oct 10, 2019Mortiferum crept onto the scene in 2017 with their acclaimed demo Altar of Decay, a malodorous broth of death/doom viscera that befouled the...
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![Creeping Death Wretched Illusions]()
ReviewsCreeping Death Wretched Illusions Published Sep 27, 2019Denton, TX death metal unit Creeping Death have been creating buzz since they dropped their first demo in 2015, the year the band formed. Th...
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![Coffins Beyond the Circular Demise]()
ReviewsCoffins Beyond the Circular Demise Published Sep 20, 2019Coffins have unearthed themselves once again to befoul society with more putrid cuts of death metal. Since the release of their debut album...
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![Nightfell A Sanity Deranged]()
ReviewsNightfell A Sanity Deranged Published Sep 12, 2019Nightfell draw on the melancholy of extreme metal, melding aspects of death, doom, black and post metal into one monolithic sound. Lying dor...
