Articles by Natalie Zina Walschots
The Wounded Kings
Consolamentum
PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2014
Based in Dartmoor, England, purveyors of crushing doom the Wounded Kings always do an exquisite job of conjuring a grey, oppressive atmosph...
AVICHI
Catharsis Absolute
PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2014
AVICHI is the creation of multi-instrumentalist Andrew Markuszewski, a solo black metal project that strikes a balance between deceptive co...
Lvcifyre
Svn Eater
PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2014
If Sauron started a band with the Nazgul instead of waging war on Middle Earth as an outlet for the spurting, magma-like power of his hatre...
Waldgeflüster
Meine Fesseln
PUBLISHED Jan 10, 2014
While ostensibly a solo black metal project, the most recent release from Germany's Waldgeflüster (which translates to "forest whisperings"...
Ephel Duath
Chemical Reaction
PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2013
Italian progressive metal alchemists Ephel Duath, led by guitarist and composer Davide Tiso, have been in a dramatic state of flux for some...
Messe des Morts III
Katacombes & Théâtre Plaza, Montreal QC, November 28-30
PUBLISHED Dec 2, 2013
Something terrible and wonderful has been stretching its Lovecraft-ian tentacles throughout the Montreal metal scene — an energy that...
Ephel Duath
Hemmed By Light, Shaped By Darkness
PUBLISHED Nov 18, 2013
In Elvish (as it appears in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings), Ephel Duath refers to the Mountains of Shadow that form the Western and Southern...
Psalm Zero
Force My Hand
PUBLISHED Nov 18, 2013
Psalm Zero is the product of an unlikely musical union between guitarist Andrew Hock of black metal alchemists Castevet and bassist Charlie...