Articles by Jack Kelleher

Mount Cyanide's Self-Titled Debut Is a Shaky Attempt at Metal from Toronto Psych and Noise Rockers

PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2020

Mount Cyanide is a Toronto-based three piece featuring Nick Sewell of Biblical and members of noise rock outfit Gush Underdrive. Formed as...

Revenge Stick to Their Tried and True Primal Metal Sound on 'Strike.Smother.Dehumanize'

PUBLISHED May 22, 2020

War metal, chaotic black metal, bestial black metal — there have been many names for Revenge's raw, primal sound. Whatever you call it, it'...

Ulcerate's 'Stare into Death and Be Still' Is a Pensive Evolution of Their Tech Death Sound

PUBLISHED Apr 27, 2020

Ulcerate are one of those technical death metal bands that inspire debates about whether or not they're a technical death metal band. The A...

Warp Chamber

Implements of Excruciation

PUBLISHED Mar 27, 2020

The putrid soil of the American Pacific Northwest continues to spew out ravenous zombies of the old-school death metal revival, Warp Chambe...

Solothus

Realm of Ash and Blood

PUBLISHED Mar 27, 2020

Realm of Ash and Blood is the third album from Solothus, and their first since signing to 20 Buck Spin, a fine label for death/doom concoct...

Sutrah

Aletheia

PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2020

It's always funny when a prog band drop an EP with about the same runtime as some full-length albums. Aletheia, from Montreal band Sutrah (...

Beneath the Massacre

Fearmonger

PUBLISHED Feb 27, 2020

Beneath the Massacre are one of the most technically proficient bands to come from the Quebec death metal scene. The Montreal band were a f...

Anvil

Legal at Last

PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2020

Legal at Last is the latest album from longtime Toronto heshers Anvil. Formed in 1978, the band had a significant, if not understated, infl...