Articles by Natalie Zina Walschots

The Love Below

PUBLISHED May 10, 2012

The Love Below are a particularly vicious hardcore outfit based in Redlands, California. Founded in 2008, the band have enjoyed a partnersh...

Behemoth / Watain / The Devil's Blood / In Solitude

Opera House, Toronto ON May 8

PUBLISHED May 9, 2012

There are moments when you suddenly understand popular culture's perception of heavy metal as something dark, grimy, profane and grotesque....

West of Hell

Spiral Empire

PUBLISHED May 8, 2012

Not many bands have an origin story featuring as much travel as West of Hell. The group initially formed in West Auckland, NZ in 2002 as a...

U.S. Christmas

Bad Heart Bull

PUBLISHED May 8, 2012

Bad Heart Bull is, or, rather, was, the debut album from doom-folk band U.S. Christmas (who now go by the name USX), based in the Appalachi...

Burning Love

Black Widow

PUBLISHED May 8, 2012

Burning Love are one of those acts that are greater than the sum of their parts. At first glance, they appear to be a relatively new hardco...

Oddland

The Treachery of Senses

PUBLISHED May 8, 2012

Oddland are a progressive metal from Turku, Finland. Though they formed in 2002, the group admit they didn't get serious until their third...

Brendon Small

Brendon Small's Galaktikon

PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2012

Brendon Small is the mastermind behind the animated television series Metalocalypse and, by extension, virtual death metal band Dethklok. S...

Mares Of Thrace

On the Road

PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2012

What makes a pilgrimage different from a journey is the implicit process of transformation. For Thérèse Lanz of Calgary doom-noise duo Mare...