Articles by Jill Mikkelson

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Hellfire
PUBLISHED Apr 11, 2007
Though black metal is well past its glory days, once in a while a band comes along who are actually capable of surveying atypical arrangeme...
The Devin Townsend Band
Synchestra
PUBLISHED Apr 11, 2007
Canadian metals most famous and prolific personality, Devin Townsend, has returned with the project that shies away from the pummelling fe...
Balboa / Nitro Mega Prayer
Split
PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2007
Keeping the violent spirit of mid-90s screamo alive, Balboas tortured, driven and discordant riffs provide a dramatic opening to this sev...
Leng Tch'e
Marasmus
PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2007
The self-proclaimed "Belgian razor grinders have finally perfected a sound worthy of the various genre stalwarts inspiring their creative...
Nagelfar
Virus West
PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2007
Not to be confused with the Swedish Naglfar, the currently defunct German Nagelfar are being temporarily resurrected with the re-release of...
Psyopus
Our Puzzling Encounters Considered
PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2007
Maintaining the same feverish pace and all out mayhem that theyve become known for, Psyopus have delivered yet another instalment of hallu...
Destruction / Into Eternity / Municipal Waste / Burn to Black
Opera House, Toronto ON - February 1
PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2007
By all accounts it was a very eclectic bill. Local thrashers Burn to Black started the evening with a relatively tired performance, and the...
Profundi
The Omega Rising
PUBLISHED Feb 27, 2007
Written, produced, recorded, mixed, pre-mastered and artistically designed by Jens Ryden, formerly of Naglfar, the ambitious one-man projec...