Articles by Natalie Zina Walschots

Yoshiko Ohara

Ringing in Our Wrists

PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2013

This is the first offering from Yoshiko Ohara, of recently disbanded experimental doom metal group Bloody Panda. Having also collaborated w...

Pristina

PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2013

Known for their searing live performances and examining the darker aspects of human nature in their style and lyrics, metallic hardcore mis...

Intronaut

Habitual Levitations (Instilling Words With Tones)

PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2013

Los Angeles, CA-based progressive metal scientists Intronaut are known for their complex songwriting, heavy jazz influence and eclectic ton...

Batillus

Concrete Sustain

PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2013

Named after a super-tanker that hauled oil for Shell in the '70s and '80s, Brooklyn, NY's Batillus honour their namesake on latest release...

KEN Mode

Entrench

PUBLISHED Mar 15, 2013

The fifth full-length record from Winnipeg, MB-based metallic hardcore noise rock warriors KEN Mode was bound to be subjected to ridiculous...

KEN Mode

Lightning Rod

PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2013

"It builds character, right?" There is a grin in drummer Shane Matthewson's voice as he teases his brother Jesse, guitarist and vocalist fo...

Paganland

Wind of Freedom

PUBLISHED Mar 4, 2013

Ukrainian metallers Paganland have taken their time releasing a full-length. After forming in 1997 and releasing a demo in 1999, they would...

Pristina

Hopeless*Godless

PUBLISHED Feb 27, 2013

There's a line in Gaston Leroux's original romantic horror novel, Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, wherein Christine, upon hearing one of the Phantom...