Articles by Natalie Zina Walschots

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  TesseracT

  Altered State

  PUBLISHED May 24, 2013

  UK-based progressive wizards and djent pioneers TesseracT have gone through a particularly challenging series of line-up changes over the c...

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  Retox

  YPLL

  PUBLISHED May 24, 2013

  Formed in 2010, Retox are one of the latest violent outlets for Justin Pearson, founding member of the Locust and Three One G Records. Foll...

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  Blood Ceremony

  The Eldritch Dark

  PUBLISHED May 24, 2013

  The spooky, deeply magical wonder that is The Eldritch Dark is Toronto, ON-based Blood Ceremony's third full-length record, and unquestiona...

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  Kvelertak / Black Tusk / Beards of Prey

  Annex Wreckroom, Toronto ON, May 22

  PUBLISHED May 24, 2013

  Toronto rockers Beards of Prey started off the night playing to a relatively sparse audience at the Annex Wreckroom, but the booze-soaked,...

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  METZ/ Odonis Odonis/ Soupcans

  Lee's Palace, Toronto ON, May 17

  PUBLISHED May 18, 2013

  The sold-out show at Lee's Palace began when Toronto's own scrappy, scummy garage punk outfit the Soupcans set off a line of pop caps at th...

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  Gaytheist

  Hold Me... But Not So Tight

  PUBLISHED May 17, 2013

  At the filthy intersection between crusty garage punk, fuzzed-out sludge metal and deliciously sloppy hard rock dwell Gaytheist. Based in P...

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  Nadja

  Flipper

  PUBLISHED May 13, 2013

  Toronto, ON-based drone/shoegaze project Nadja are prolific enough, and consistent enough, to tackle a wide variety of experimental and one...

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  Dillinger Escape Plan

  One of Us is the Killer

  PUBLISHED May 10, 2013

  The fifth full-length from mathcore giants the Dillinger Escape Plan, One of Us is the Killer is an example of experimental aggressive musi...