Articles by Mark Tremblay

The Acacia Strain Are Unafraid of Reinvention on 'Slow Decay'

PUBLISHED Jul 22, 2020

Only a year after previous album It Comes in Waves, the Acacia Strain return with their newest offering, Slow Decay. Pushing further into s...

IRN's Doom Metal Is as Potent as Ever on Self-Titled EP

PUBLISHED Jul 6, 2020

Toronto doom institution IRN return with their latest offering. The band take some new atmospheric approaches on this self-titled EP, which...

Vile Creature Reimagine What Doom Metal Can Be on 'Glory, Glory! Apathy Took Helm!'

PUBLISHED Jun 17, 2020

Glory, Glory! Apathy Took Helm! is an album of contrasts. For every dark and morose moment, there is an equally bright and melodic counterp...

Toronto's Lilim Demolish Metal Genres and the Patriarchy on 'Weighted Ghosts'

PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2020

Toronto-based patriarchy-smashing metal giants Lilim return with their sophomore album Weighted Ghosts. With a wide array of blast beats, t...

Ritual Dictates

Give In to Despair

PUBLISHED Apr 6, 2020

Ritual Dictates, the brainchild of former 3 Inches of Blood members Justin Hagberg and Ash Pearson, unleash their debut, and it houses a wi...

Pale Mare

II

PUBLISHED Apr 2, 2020

Pale Mare, one of Toronto's best local acts have returned and with their signature brand of sludge and stoner metal being incorporated into...

Old Man Gloom

Seminar IX: Darkness of Being

PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2020

With Old Man Gloom, there is nothing left to prove and nothing that should be unexpected. That said, here comes the surprise release Semina...

Eye Flys

Tub of Lard

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2020

From members of Full of Hell and Backslider comes stripped-down and loose project Eye Flys. Tub of Lard, their full-length debut, goes for...