Articles by Natalie Zina Walschots

Exclaim!'s 2014 in Lists:

5 Metal Acts From Joking to Not Joking

PUBLISHED Dec 19, 2014

Mocking metal is easy, but authentic parody is hard because the truth is always more over-the-top than any caricature. Between the endless...

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Peter Jackson

PUBLISHED Dec 17, 2014

The official hashtag being used to promote the third instalment of director Peter Jackson's The Hobbit trilogy is #onelasttime. It's been 1...

Gwar / Corrosion of Conformity / American Sharks

The Opera House, Toronto ON, December 9

PUBLISHED Dec 10, 2014

Despite the fact that the sound booth at the Opera House is set at least two thirds of the way to the back of the room, separated from the...

Skinny Puppy / Front Line Assembly / Haujobb / Youth Code

Metropolis, Montreal QC, November 29

PUBLISHED Nov 30, 2014

If there was a theme for this particular night at Metropolis, it was release, deferred and denied. The night began with the pleasant promis...

Devin Townsend

An Alien Among Us

PUBLISHED Nov 4, 2014

Through a combination of extraordinary talent, sheer force of will, and completely disarming weirdness, Canadian composer, vocalist, multi-...

Gwar Frontwoman Vulvatron Is Having None of Your Petty Human Sexism

PUBLISHED Nov 3, 2014

Where once the future of Gwar seemed so uncertain, from the ashes of intergalactic tragedy there has risen, like a blood-spewing phoenix, t...

Devin Townsend

Z²

PUBLISHED Oct 28, 2014

There are few records that have been anticipated as keenly as the sequel to Devin Townsend's completely unexpected, utterly hilarious inter...

Shooting Guns

PUBLISHED Oct 14, 2014

Many artists favour difficult recording equipment, things that are challenging to interface with, quirky gear that is constantly breaking d...