Articles by Natalie Zina Walschots

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  DRUDKH

  Eternal Turn of the Wheel

  PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2012

  Eternal Turn of the Wheel is the ninth studio album from black-and-folk, Ukrainian metal band Drudkh. The band have always been deeply insp...

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  Pith

  Fore

  PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2012

  Halifax, Nov Scotia-based extreme metal band Pith unleash four-song EP Fore. Much like "cleave," "pith" is a dual-pronged word that refers...

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  Biipiigwan

  Nibaak

  PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2012

  Based in Ottawa, ON, Biipiigwan's new EP, Nibaak, follows up their full-length, God's Hooks, released in March 2010. Nibaak was recorded, m...

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  Shroud of Despondency

  Pine

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2012

  Shroud of Despondency are a black metal act from Wisconsin, which isn't something you hear terribly often. Their second album, Pine, opens...

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  Profetus

  ...To Open the Passages in Dusk

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2012

  Hailing from Tampere, Finland, funereal doom metal band Profetus deliver a crushing blow with their second full-length release, ...To Open...

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  Förgjord

  Sielunvihollinen

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2012

  This is the third full-length from Finnish black metal act Förgjord. The album title, Sielunvihollinen, means "enemy of the soul," and it c...

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  T.R.A.M.

  Lingua Franca

  PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2012

  Lingua Franca is the debut record from T.R.A.M., a "super-group" featuring Andrian Terazzas from the Mars Volta on saxophone, flute, bass c...

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  Children of Bodom / Eluveitie/ Revocation / Threat Signal

  Sound Academy, Toronto ON February 26

  PUBLISHED Feb 27, 2012

  The Sound Academy filled up early, providing a large and enthusiastic audience for Threat Signal's opening set. The Hamilton, ON-based, met...