Articles by Mark Tremblay

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  Black Wizard

  Livin' Oblivion

  PUBLISHED Mar 16, 2018

  Black Wizard have returned with Livin' Oblivion, a mean, visceral thrash record; they take the stoner roots developed on 2016's New Waste,...

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  Vile Creature

  Cast of Static and Smoke

  PUBLISHED Feb 27, 2018

  Vile Creature, a doom two-piece from St. Catharines, ON, return with a tale of society's nuclear destruction in Cast of Static and Smoke. T...

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  Corrosion of Conformity

  No Cross No Crown

  PUBLISHED Jan 8, 2018

  Corrosion of Conformity are a band with two distinct eras: as a hardcore trio, and a stoner metal powerhouse as a four-piece ensemble. Ask...

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  Minors

  Atrophy

  PUBLISHED Dec 11, 2017

  With new album Atrophy, Windsor, ON sludge/hardcore four-piece Minors have submitted a welcome late addition to heavy music in 2017. What c...

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  Norilsk

  Le passage des glaciers

  PUBLISHED Nov 24, 2017

  French-Canadian purveyors of grief and suffering, Norilsk, return with their latest offering Le passage des glaciers. The album finds the b...