Articles by Natalie Zina Walschots

Marduk

PUBLISHED May 25, 2012

Ever since lead guitarist Morgan Steinmeyer Hårkansson founded Marduk in 1990, his band has sought to twist and mutilate the darker reaches...

Absu

Club Sonar, Baltimore MD May 24

PUBLISHED May 25, 2012

Occult-obsessed metal band Absu brought a tinge of the mythological to the first night of Maryland Deathfest, as the scent of incense seeme...

Agalloch

Club Sonar, Baltimore MD May 24

PUBLISHED May 25, 2012

Portland, OR's black-and-folk legends Agalloch knew exactly what their audience was hungry for. After snarling through a vicious rendition...

Meshuggah / Baroness / Decapitated

Sound Academy, Toronto ON May 17

PUBLISHED May 18, 2012

There was no easing into this show, dipping a tentative big toe into the heavy metal pool and gradually becoming accustomed to the temperat...

Memories of an Old Man

Nowhere Seems To Be Here

PUBLISHED May 18, 2012

When a band employ words like "ambient" and "experimental" to describe their sound, it's easy to assume their sound will be something nebul...

Philm

Harmonic

PUBLISHED May 17, 2012

Any time a member of Slayer is involved with a new project, it's going to attract attention. The member in question is Dave Lombardo, and t...

Wholy Failure

Avalon and Everything After

PUBLISHED May 17, 2012

Broken Limbs is a new label, choosing to release strange, intelligent records that have an itchy, uncomfortable quality that gets under the...

Wild Hunt

Before The Plane Of Angles

PUBLISHED May 10, 2012

This is the debut full-length from Wild Hunt, eclectic prog rockers based in Oakland, CA. Their moniker is drawn from a common myth structu...