Latin is an ancient language that now provides endless naming possibilities for rock and metal bands alike. Take for example Victory Records artists Carnifex (Latin for...
Rewind to September 2004, and Orchid’s Curse released their EP Goodbye is When the Casket Closes.... Fast forward four years to present day and the band...
The use of MySpace and other similar sites has made it easy for bands to spread their music and names around the world. Ultimately this oftentimes...
In Vancouver resides an artist named Maqlu. She's best known for doing remixes for bands such as Jakalope and Left Spine Down among others. When she...
What is that? A flood on the horizon? No wait, it’s The Prestige. Hailing from Montreal, Quebec, these rockers have ridden the waves of rock and...
Growing up in Whitby, Ontario there was always one band that everyone was talking about in school - Protest The Hero, who was dominating the local...
When I talked to Mary And The Black Lamb vocalist Lindz Riot she explained to me that "Emily" was about a friend who passed away a...
How many musicians are willing to travel from England to America just to join a metal band? Maybe not too many, but vocalist Chris Clancy did...
May of 2010 marked the release of Oceana’s album Birth.Eater/Clean Head. This record, a compilation of two previous releases, Birth.Eater and Clean Head EP is an...
April 11, 2009 I went to a show at the Wing Shack in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. There I saw a grindcore show featuring F.A.T.O., The Unborn...
Canadian’s identity as a people of politeness conjures up images of poppy Canadian music like Sum 41, Avril Lavigne or Stereos. Little does the world know...
After about 5 hours of sleep I was back to Parc Jean-Drapeau for the second day of Heavy MTL. I quickly got myself to the front...
Thanks to the internet one can easily discover a variety of both signed and unsigned bands from all over the world. I would estimate that 95%...
15 years ago a metal band, who would later gain worldwide fame, was born from Alaska’s harsh tundra. Today, with four successful albums under their belt...
When people think of metal bands they tend to think of heaviness, speed, complexity and aggressiveness. Though these may be the typical criteria most metal bands...