Articles by Natalie Zina Walschots

Atriarch

The Ritual of Passing

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2012

Portland, OR-based, doom-soaked, gothic death rock-drenched outfit Atriarch have had a dizzyingly prolific year. Their debut album, Forever...

Meek Is Murder

Into The Sun Where It Falls Off The Sky

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2012

The line between genius and insanity fascinates Brooklyn, NV noise lovers Meek Is Murder, who've situated their music as firmly as possible...

Epica / Alestorm / Insomnium / System Divide

Opera House, Toronto, ON, October 31

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2012

There were essentially two shows taking place at the Opera House on Halloween night. There were the acts on stage, of course, with bands wh...

Dragged Into Sunlight

PUBLISHED Oct 31, 2012

There isn't a great deal of aggressive music that profoundly disturbs the listener in a primitive, primal way, an aspect that causes the ha...

Neurosis

PUBLISHED Oct 31, 2012

While terms like "genre-defining" are thrown around a bit to easily in a great deal of music journalism, there can be no question that, fro...

Sparrows

Mark of the Beast: Indoctrination

PUBLISHED Oct 31, 2012

Dallas, TX-based Sparrows, who refer to themselves as "deathened black metal," have created a curious, malevolent chimera with Mark of the...

Dragged Into Sunlight

Widowmaker

PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2012

There isn't a great deal of aggressive music that profoundly disturbs the listener in a primitive, primal way, an aspect that causes the ha...

Neurosis

Honor Found In Decay

PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2012

While terms like genre-defining are thrown around a bit to easily in a great deal of music criticism, there can be no question that, from t...