Articles by Joe Smith-Engelhardt

God Alone

God Alone.

PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2019

Plenty of post-metal bands have been diving into elements of prog metal, black metal and more over the past several years, but few manage t...

Stray From the Path

Internal Atomics

PUBLISHED Nov 5, 2019

Over their past few albums, Stray From the Path have fully embraced their Rage Against the Machine-worshipping take on hardcore, and while...

Edmonton's Winterruption YEG Reveals Initial Lineup with GZA, Ezra Furman, No Age

PUBLISHED Nov 4, 2019

Edmonton is getting a brand new festival this winter with Winterruption YEG, and organizers have revealed the artists joining their inaugur...

Ed Roman Explores Dyslexia in Animated "Red Omen" Video

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2019

Ontario-based indie-folk rocker Ed Roman manages to blend everything from folk, rock, pop, country and even more across his musical spectru...

Rage Against the Machine Announce 2020 Reunion Shows

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2019

People have been begging for it for years and it's finally happening — Rage Against the Machine are reuniting.  Rumours started after an I...

CASTLEBEAT Drops Nostalgic Video for "Telephone"

PUBLISHED Oct 31, 2019

Lo-fi dream-pop project CASTLEBEAT is the brainchild of California musician Josh Hwang and firmly follows the DIY work ethic. Hwang writes,...

Norma Jean

All Hail

PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2019

Norma Jean have been steadily pumping out near-perfect albums of noisy, sludge-oriented metalcore for nearly 20 years and continued evolvin...

Fit for an Autopsy

The Sea of Tragic Beasts

PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2019

After showing tremendous growth on their last album, The Great Collapse, Fit for an Autopsy outed themselves as one of the best deathcore b...