Articles by Natalie Zina Walschots

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  Årabrot

  Årabrot

  PUBLISHED Sep 3, 2013

  Since appearing on the noise rock scene like a dark star in 2001, Årabrot have been steadily raising stakes and expectations. Their most re...

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  Festival de Musique Émergente/Emerging Music Festival

  Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Rouyn-Noranda, August 29 - September 1

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2013

  The Emerging Music Festival began out a kind of selfishness, according to founders Sandy Boutin and Jenny Thibault, and Director Mathieu Jo...

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  Watain

  Doors Open

  PUBLISHED Aug 27, 2013

  In every aspect of their aesthetic approach, from their sound to their performance and even to their physical appearance, Swedish black met...

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  DevilDriver

  Winter Kills

  PUBLISHED Aug 26, 2013

  Canadians are used to the idea that weather can be a hostile, even deadly force. Although they hail from Santa Barbara, CA, melodic death m...

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  Vista Chino

  Peace

  PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2013

  Despite the album title, the road to the Vista Chino's full-length debut has been anything but peaceful. Originally entitled Kyuss Lives!,...

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  Northless

  World Keeps Sinking

  PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2013

  While Milwaukee, WI's Northless prefer the tones and textures of sludge metal, the weight of all that toxicity can't quite smother the powe...

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  Ghoul

  Intermediate Level Hard-Core

  PUBLISHED Aug 20, 2013

  Hailing from "Creepsylvania," notorious splatter-thrash monsters Ghoul have offered up a collection of punk and hardcore covers for their l...

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  Ephemeros

  All Hail Corrosion

  PUBLISHED Aug 20, 2013

  Portland, OR-based funeral doom congregation Ephemeros understand that not everyone mourns the same way. Some surrender to the weight of gr...