Category Archives: Music

Acrania – Fearless

by Dæv Tremblay

Acrania (not to be confused with the more popular but less interesting Acrania from the UK) is a Mexican progressive thrash/death metal band, the selling point of which is their unique incorporation of latin jazz rhythms. They’ve released their first EP in 2007, and then went on to release full-length, Fearless is their third and latest LP and it came out in April of this year.

Jazz, samba, bossa, and salsa are intertwined with more regular thrash and death metal riffs as an integral part of their sound, rather than just a gimmick used for infamous “jazz interludes” and other … Read more

Deviant Process singles Unconscious from upcoming album Paroxysm

by Dæv Tremblay

You’re still craving for technical progressive death metal in the vein of Augury and Beyond Creation? Crave no more, for Quebec’s Deviant Process is here with strong independent bass lines, soul-crushing riffs and stampeding drums. They premiered the song Unconscious on PRC Music, from the album Paroxysm, that will come out in… March 2016. Well, that’s a fucking long time to wait! That’s like 6 months!!! Ughh… At least, the song is damn solid and shows great promises. Since the band is close to home for me, maybe I’ll be lucky enough to see them live and maybe hear … Read more

What October has in stores for us

by Dæv Tremblay

I’ll just write here what I’m excited for in October. Keep in mind that this is only the music that I know will come in the next month, as of now. There will certainly be a lot of other awesome finds throughout the month! Also, if I miss anything, or want to share a band/album you’re excited for that comes out in October, please comment below!

First of all, Slice the Cake‘s album Odyssey to the West was supposed to be released in April of 2015, but was then delayed indefinitely. Maybe, just maybe, October is the right month? … Read more

So Hideous – Laurestine

by Dæv Tremblay

So Hideous have carved a name for themselves in the post-metal scene with their focused and well-written first album “Last Poem/First Light”, just last year. They’re returning with Laurestine, out October 16th on Prothetic Records. Let’s talk more about the band and the album, now.

They seem to take the compositional process in the opposite way of most bands nowadays. Each composition starts on piano. Then comes the orchestral arrangements, and only then are added the guitars, bass, drums, and vocals. That makes for very emotional music that doesn’t rely on riffs or pretty much any other metal trope … Read more

Nylithia finally announce Hyperthrash!

by Dæv Tremblay

After years of waiting – the album was first announced and teased in 2011 with the song Trainsaw – Hyperthrash now has an official track listing and release date: 21 November 2015. I’ll put the track listing below. There’s also a new song, “Razor”, to stream. However, in my opinion, it’s not as good as any of the others that the band already showed us: Trainsaw, Immersed in the Maniacal, Vein of Creation, and Hyperthrash, but it’s still a really good tune.

You can pre-order the album now on their bandcamp page, or wait patiently for the songs to stream … Read more