Articles by Max Morin

Konvent

Puritan Masochism

PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2020

When a band get signed to the mighty Napalm Records with only a four-track demo to their name, you know they've hit something gold. Konvent...

Annihilator

Ballistic, Sadistic

PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2020

If Annihilator don't get your heart pumping, call a doctor. Few bands sound this pumped on their first album, let alone their 16th, but the...

Ether Coven

Everything Is Temporary Except Suffering

PUBLISHED Jan 8, 2020

Bleak, disturbing, dystopian, apocalyptic — all words that describe Ether Coven's Everything Is Temporary Except Suffering. That makes it a...

An Essential Guide to the Who

PUBLISHED Dec 10, 2019

Virtually every rock band of the last 50 years owes the Who a debt they can never repay. Apart from the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, the...

Astaroth Incarnate

Ascendance

PUBLISHED Dec 6, 2019

EPs have found new life in the age of streaming, acting as perfect packages for the attention-deficit generation to discover new music. Ast...

The Who

WHO

PUBLISHED Dec 6, 2019

Whatever you think of the Who's recent dark patch — Roger Daltrey's voice problems, Pete Townshend casually saying he "Thanks God" that Kei...

Tool

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto ON, November 11

PUBLISHED Nov 12, 2019

The Class of '05 has dominated rock music in 2019. Rammstein, Slipknot and Green Day ended long hiatuses, while Rage Against the Machine an...

Astaroth Incarnate Drop "I Am Fire / I Am Death (Omega)" Lyric Video

PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2019

Taking one look at Astaroth Incarnate, you know exactly what you are in for. Named after a Biblical demon, the Toronto-based crew have been...