Articles by Natalie Zina Walschots

Zozobra

Savage Masters

PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2013

Zozobra (which translates to "anxiety" in Spanish) is also the name of a massive effigy that's burned every year at the Fiestas de Santa Fe...

Pristina's Brendan K. Duff Talks the Long and Troubled Road to 'Hopeless•Godless'

PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2013

Brendan K. Duff, singer and lyricist for metallic hardcore band Pristina, did not want the band's new album, Hopeless•Godless, to be anothe...

Orchid's Curse

Words

PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2013

Based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Orchid's Curse have been making a name for themselves in the underground metal scene since the release of Vo...

Kvelertak

Meir

PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2013

Norwegian blackened metal and hardcore punk band Kvelertak arrived with a bone-snapping din in 2010 with the release of their self-titled d...

KEN Mode Discuss the Making of 'Entrench'

PUBLISHED Mar 25, 2013

Entrench, the latest album from Winnipeg metallic hardcore and noise-rock warriors KEN Mode, has some mighty high expectations to live up t...

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey [Blu-Ray]

Peter Jackson

PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2013

The opening instalment of Peter Jackson's adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's first novel set in Middle-Earth is remarkable both for its technic...

Shai Hulud

PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2013

Shai Hulud have been a respected name in metallic hardcore and punk since they were founded in 1995. Named for the giant sand worms that ap...

Inter Arma

Sky Burial

PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2013

The moniker Inter Arma roughly translates to "war time" and is a part of the larger phrase inter arma enim silent leges, or "in times of wa...