Articles by Natalie Zina Walschots

Mares of Thrace Discuss the Balance Performativity and Complexity with 'The Pilgrimage'

PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2012

Calgary noise-doom duo Mares of Thrace always strive to record music that accurately captures their live sound. But when it came time to ma...

Vesperian Sorrow

Stormwinds of Ages

PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2012

Vesperian Sorrow are a symphonic black metal band that hail, unusually, from Austin, TX. They formed in 1994, but adopted their current nam...

Mares Of Thrace

The Pilgrimage

PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2012

Canadian doom/noise duo Mares of Thrace, based in Calgary, AB, feature guitarist/vocalist Thérèse Lanz (who plays a custom built baritone g...

Author & Punisher

Ursus Americanus

PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2012

When a record has been described as "mechadoom," listeners pay attention. Author & Punisher is a one-man project, engineered and performed...

Ufomammut

Oro: Opus Primum

PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2012

Ufomammut are an experimental metal act based in Italy. Their name is a portmanteau of U.F.O. (the abbreviation for "unidentified flying ob...

The Isosceles Project

Bridges

PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2012

The Isosceles Project are a progressive, instrumental metal band from Toronto, ON, made up of Eric Euler (guitar), Scott Tessier (bass) and...

Æges

The Bridge

PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2012

Converging in Southern California, Æges have the feel of a super-group, in an underground sense, featuring Mark Holcomb (Undertow) on guita...

Graf Orlock

Los Angeles

PUBLISHED Apr 10, 2012

Graf Orlock (named after the character in early cinema masterpiece Nosferatu) are a grindcore band from Los Angeles, CA. They have been lab...