OSR: April 4th, 2016

by Dæv Tremblay

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Well, that was quick! On this 4/4 day, let me share with you my latest discoveries!

After their 2012 album Demur, Visions return with Shake the Earth, and they’re not kidding. This is most probably their best work to date: melodic, progressive, hardcore, full of energy, good vibes, and great production! The album comes out on May 30th. I really like where they are taking their sound. Oh, The Mercury Tree… I’ve known then since their previous album, Countenance, but Permutations is nothing you should overlook. Through the years, they’ve developed their personal brand of progressive, avant-garde, art… Read more

OSR: April 3rd, 2016

by Dæv Tremblay

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Let’s recover from the April’s Fool cringefest.

Since Primal came out, Entheos secured themselves a place amongst the very best progressive technical death metal bands out there. With The Infinite Nothing, they only hit the nail deeper and harder, with a 50-pound sledgehammer. This is no joke.

Out on April 15th, Death Lullaby‘s new album, Wormz, is a pretty good, djenty metalcore album. It does suffer a bit from being too similar from song to song, but they do have their own flavour to their compositions. Throatpunch City‘s colourful and humoristic nature comes to life more… Read more

A Compendium of April’s Fool Jokes in the Music World, 2016 Edition

by Dæv Tremblay

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Alongside many actual releases, like Babymetal’s, Entheos’, and Iamthemorning’s new albums, many a prank will be made that day. Here I will list the better ones, in my opinion. This article will be continually updated until I’ve included all the April’s Fool Jokes I want! If you see a good one, email it to us or comment below.

I: A Face Odyssey
Throatpunch City has just released an actually very good joke EP of three songs, named Two Thousand and Punch: A Face Odyssey. Not only is the pun pretty good, the music is somewhere between The Mars Volta … Read more

Monthly Recommendations: March 2016

by Dæv Tremblay

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Here is what we think is the best music to come out in last month!

Krighsu is Wormed‘s latest venture into scientific jargon and brutal death metal. The concept album is just more of what Wormed has been known for, and we appreciate them for that. Have your lyrics sheet at hand, if you want to decipher the guttural sounds of Phlegeton, and be ready to be crushed by the unrelenting riffs of Krighsu. “The Psychic Planetarium, in the end, marks a new step forward in the progressive metal genre by insisting even more on technicality but… Read more

OSR: March 31st, 2016

by Dæv Tremblay

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Yesterday’s OSR by Dillon reminded me that I’ve got a bunch of new records to show you guys!

Let’s start this off with the Occult Anarchist Propaganda of Book of Sand. I’ll cover this one deeper in a double review of this and his other release, Elegy, which both came out around the same time. This one is probably his most standard black metal release to date and might be enjoyed by sane people, even!
Secondly is the folk and mixed doom metal of Stangala with their new album, Klañv, which came out on March 24th. It’s a… Read more