Articles by Natalie Zina Walschots

Kvelertak / Torche / Wild Throne

Opera House, Toronto ON, April 20

PUBLISHED Apr 21, 2016

Despite the fact that the crowd was still sparse at the Opera House when they took the stage, Wild Throne put on a vibrant and high-energy...

Napalm Death / The Melvins / Melt Banana

The Opera House, Toronto ON, April 19

PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2016

The lineup outside the Opera House was still snaking around the building when Japanese noise demons Melt Banana took the stage, and inside...

The Body Make "the Grossest Pop" on 'No One Deserves Happiness'

PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2016

As time marches on, something seemingly impossible is happening: the Body are getting weirder, as evidenced by their new album No One Deser...

The Body

No One Deserves Happiness

PUBLISHED Mar 16, 2016

It was Julia Kristeva who first explored the idea of abjection, in her book The Powers of Horror, referring to the specific feeling of revu...

Xibalba

Ah Tza!

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2016

Mayan black metal band Xibalba, also known as Xibalba Itzaes (and not to be confused with California-based extreme metal band Xibalba, thou...

Eight Bells

Landless

PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2016

In a culture so heavily invested in fulfillment and excess, most of us don't spend enough time exploring the inherent loveliness of lacking...

Toothgrinder Explore Mental Health on 'Nocturnal Masquerade'

PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2016

New Jersey post-hardcore warrior poets Toothgrinder are no strangers to addressing mental health issues in their music. Their last EP, Schi...

Ghostlimb

Difficult Loves

PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2016

It might be a strange thing to say about an album of complicated, frenetic hardcore, but the writing in Difficult Loves is its greatest str...