Ebonylake – In Swathes of Brooding Light

December 20, 2011

Drugs are often thought to be the only thing in the world that can open the windows of your mind, but screw that sentiment. Dropping acid might have you mistake the neighbour’s cat for Quetzacoatl, but tears all of your

Ebonylake: The Eclectic Duo

December 17, 2011

The past few years, I’ve been getting into avant-garde in metal so I was really happy when the chance to interview a band like fell into my lap. These guys were great to interview, I had a really fun time

Abandon – Monsters EP

December 2, 2011

Autumn is an interesting season. The surrounding greenery takes on a more rustic form, and the soft winds that engulf your body are rather cool, but not too cold; a prelude to the coming winter. The dead leaves that lay

Interview With The Black Lanterns

September 25, 2011

are an energetic band that fuse punk rock, heavy metal and a liberal dose of unbridled rage into a highly potent amalgam of furious commotion.  Their self-produced debut EP has all the hallmarks of a band that is coming into

August 30th – September 19th Recommendations

September 19, 2011

I have some treats for you today from multiple genres and countries. Yeah, I’m all over the place this time and I’m also.. um.. two weeks late with this post? Damn, sorry about that. Life’s been kinda hectic, but I’ll

Andrew Kay: The Evolution To Digital

September 3, 2011

Since the advent of the digital age, many things have changed and evolved into some interesting new creatures. It’s not that much of a surprise that music would be affected by this and I don’t mean in the sense of

Interview: Caretaker

August 12, 2011

In the year 2011, it’s pretty rare to hear of a band that’s been pushing heavy and doing anything they can do make it while still playing music. Caretaker has been doing this music thing since 1998 and with no

Grit Of A Lifer

July 26, 2011

is all about grit. Right from the music to the lyrics to the vocals, it’s old school thrash with some stoner/sludge/doom (take your pick) mixed in. Even the band name is grimy slang originating, from what I’ve gathered, as a