Articles by Natalie Zina Walschots

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  Windhand

  Soma

  PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2013

  Chiselling space for itself between occult rock and doom metal, the second full-length from Richmond, VA's Windhand is defined by spooky co...

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  Anion

  Without Solace

  PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2013

  The previous release from Vancouver, BC's Anion was a grotesque, loping seven-inch of sludgy hardcore, Carrion King, full of curdled aggres...

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  A Storm of Light

  Nations to Flames

  PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2013

  New York City's A Storm of Light have departed somewhat from the post-metal tag that defined their previous releases with fourth full-lengt...

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  Satyricon

  Satyricon

  PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2013

  Hailing from Oslo, Norway (the same tumultuous black metal community that birthed both legendary bands and some of metal's most infamous cr...

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  Tyr

  Valkyrja

  PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2013

  The sound and style of Týr's seventh full-length record — the sweeping ballads, stirring battle songs and driving riffs dovetailing w...

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  Spread the Metal Festival

  The Opera House, Toronto ON, September 7

  PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2013

  The problems that would come to plague the second incarnation of Spread the Metal festival (last year, the event took place in Halifax and...

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  Constellation: A Night in Toronto featuring Esmerine, Matana Roberts, Saltland, Jerusalem In My Heart

  The Great Hall, Toronto ON, September 5

  PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2013

  Walking into the Great Hall as Radwan Ghazi Moumneh performed as Jerusalem In My Heart against a backdrop of flickering, verdant projection...

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  Vista Chino

  Transcending the Past

  PUBLISHED Sep 3, 2013

  In 2010, several founding members of legendary desert rock band Kyuss, including drummer Brant Bjork, bassist Nick Olivieri and singer John...