Articles by Natalie Zina Walschots

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  Glorior Belli

  Gators Rumble, Chaos Unfurls

  PUBLISHED Oct 31, 2013

  Combining sludge, doom and blues in a blasted cauldron, and firing it with the infernal heat of black metal, French alchemists Glorior Bell...

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  Cara Neir

  Portals to a Better, Dead World

  PUBLISHED Oct 31, 2013

  Blackened punk duo Cara Neir may have been spawned of the Texas heat, but even considering this there is a hellish, unexpected conflagratio...

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  Toxic Holocaust

  Chemistry of Consciousness

  PUBLISHED Oct 31, 2013

  The first thing that grabs the listener when diving into thrash-punk metalheads Toxic Holocaust's fifth studio album (amid a plethora of de...

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  Axeslasher

  Anthology of Terror, Vol. 1

  PUBLISHED Oct 31, 2013

  If heavy metal has a character flaw, generally speaking, it's the fact that for a genre that loves the grandiose, the performative and the...

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  Northumbria

  All Days Begin As Night

  PUBLISHED Oct 31, 2013

  Toronto-based experimental drone duo Northumbria have created something extraordinary. Calling on guests like Theologian and Famine to alte...

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  Whores.

  Not the Easiest Band Name to Google

  PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2013

  Atlanta, GA-based noise rock outfit Whores. approach composition like a butcher approaches a carcass: without pity, but efficiently, with s...

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  Skeletonwitch

  Serpents Unleashed

  PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2013

  Athens, ON-based thrashers Skeletonwitch have become considerably more epic on fifth full-length Serpents Unleashed. In terms of aesthetic...

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  Devin Townsend

  The Retinal Circus

  PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2013

  On October 27th, 2012, Devin Townsend performed a spectacular one-off show at the Roundhouse Theatre in London, UK. Featuring an extensive...