Articles by Natalie Zina Walschots

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  Red Fang

  Whales and Leeches

  PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2013

  There's a soft, almost jolly quality to a great deal of metallic stoner rock, a kind of introspectiveness and sweater-soft fuzz that can ge...

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  So Hideous

  Last Poem/First Light

  PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2013

  Back when this NYC-based quartet were still known as So Hideous, My Love, their debut EP, To Clasp A Fallen Wish With Broken Fingers, creat...

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  Inquisition

  Obscure Verses for the Multiverse

  PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2013

  Black metal duo Inquisition (composed of guitarist/vocalist Dagon and drummer Incubus) have held a steady line-up for the last 17 years. Th...

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  Biipiigwan

  Something for Everyone, Nothing for Anyone

  PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2013

  Noisy, sludgy and drenched with sharp, meaty textures, the latest full-length from Ottawa, ON-based devastators Biipiigwan has all the torq...

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  Lamb of God / Killswitch Engage / Testament / Huntress

  Kool Haus, Toronto ON, October 22

  PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2013

  This show, which kicked off a trek the four bands are undertaking throughout the U.S. and Canada, heralded an auspicious beginning for the...

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  Motörhead

  Aftershock

  PUBLISHED Oct 22, 2013

  Reviewing Motörhead is a bitch. If metal has royalty, Lemmy Kilmister is unquestionably the king, and what more can be said about a group t...

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  Ihsahn

  Das Seelenbrechen

  PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2013

  The fifth solo record from multi-instrumentalist/composer Ihsahn plunges into much deeper, stranger waters than the artist has explored pre...

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  Circle / Mamiffer

  Enharmonic Intervals (for Paschen Organ)

  PUBLISHED Oct 15, 2013

  Often, collaborative efforts result in a fusion of the aesthetics of the participating bands, juxtaposing each group's strengths and styles...