Articles by Natalie Zina Walschots

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  Gris

  À l'Âme Enflammée, l'Äme Constellée…

  PUBLISHED Jul 9, 2013

  Black metal most often explores the conceptual landscapes of ugliness and disgust, the infernal and the grotesque. The deep distortion push...

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  Erimha

  Reign Through Immortality

  PUBLISHED Jul 9, 2013

  Montreal, QC-based symphonic black metal act Erimha incorporate death metal into their sound, much the way major influencers Dimmu Borgir a...

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  Shroud Eater

  Dead Ends

  PUBLISHED Jul 9, 2013

  While their debut full-length, 2011's Thundernoise, gestured towards a promising depth and intelligence of composition, it's five-song EP D...

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  Blood Ceremony

  Victorian Victors

  PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2013

  Toronto, ON-based occult rock battle mages Blood Ceremony have built a reputation for spellbinding live performances and grand, gothic comp...

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  Fuck the Facts

  The Horrors of Freedom

  PUBLISHED Jul 4, 2013

  Ottawa-based grindcore iconoclasts Fuck the Facts have built a reputation over the past 15 years for their punishing tour schedule, prolifi...

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  Hivelords

  Cavern Apothecary

  PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2013

  The debut full-length from Philadelphia's Hivelords is a study in heaviness. Their gut-ratting, doom-laden sludge prefers to disembowel rat...

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  Manegarm

  Legions of the North

  PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2013

  Swedish pagan metal warriors Manegarm offer up seventh album Legions of the North at an incongruous time of year. While the record evokes v...

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  Kingsblood

  Trudging Through the Field of Crows

  PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2013

  Columbus, OH is an unlikely place to find a ravenous Viking horde, but from such humble geography Kingsblood have sprung. Their seven-inch,...