Articles by Joe Smith-Engelhardt

Noisem

Cease to Exist

PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2019

Baltimore grind outfit Noisem created waves of hype when they emerged on the death metal scene as teenagers with their debut record, Agony...

Daughters / Big Brave / Container

Lee's Palace, Toronto ON, March 10

PUBLISHED Mar 11, 2019

The hype built for Daughters' tour in support of their critically acclaimed album, You Won't Get What You Want, can't be understated. Ever...

How a Media Studies PhD Birthed Misery Index's New Album, 'Rituals of Power'

PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2019

On Friday (March 8), Misery Index will release their sixth full-length album, Rituals of Power, a record that focuses on the idea of the "p...

Misery Index

Rituals of Power

PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2019

Misery Index have hit a point in their career where they are comfortable playing all kinds of death metal: grind, melo-death or straight fo...

Crystal Lake

Helix

PUBLISHED Feb 13, 2019

Despite being around since 2002, Japanese metalcore band Crystal Lake haven't quite popped off in the metal mainstream. Maybe it's because...

Mastiff

Plague

PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2019

If you're looking for an up-and-coming band to deliver raw, sludgy grindcore, look no further than UK band Mastiff. Their second full-lengt...

God Mother Are Picking Up Dillinger Escape Plan's Mathcore Torch

PUBLISHED Jan 25, 2019

At God Mother's recent show in Toronto supporting their sophomore album, Vilseledd, vocalist Sebastian Campbell flung himself around the ro...

Incite

Built to Destroy

PUBLISHED Jan 25, 2019

It'd be easy to write off Incite as nothing more than a thrash project hyped up on having Max Cavalera's son on vocals, but Built to Destro...