Sound Asleep – Midget Porn & Clockwork Surgery

by Dæv Tremblay

The weirdest thing about this EP from Montreal’s heavy prog trio Soundasleep isn’t their cover art, depicting a plugged Melolontha melolontha (a cockchafer) with the band’s name written on its chitinous thorax, neither the fact that they always seem to carry their birthday suit around, because they never know when they’re gonna need it right. It is rather this little encryption at the back of the cover art, at the very bottom of the page: “SPORT 3D GLASSES, BITCHES”.

Wait, what? What does this even mean, dudes? If I have the chance to interview these guys, please remember me to … Read more

Nunslaughter – Goat

by Dæv Tremblay


If Satan ever held auditions for a house band, Nunslaughter (that’s Nun Slaughter, not Nun’s Laughter!) would be in the top three finalists.  The long running death metal act has dubbed their music as “Devil Metal” and it’s easy to see why.  Their lyrics make Deicide look like Stryper in comparison, with song titles like “The Guts of Christ”, “Jesus is Doomed”, and “I Hate Christians” pretty much affirming where they stand in regards to the Church.

One interesting thing about the band is the fact that they still use the old school death metal vocal style, not growling but … Read more

The Rise of Ockham’s Razor and the Fall of Rationality

by Dæv Tremblay

Dark times have arrived, the land of infinite beauty which is called music has been clouded by a swarm of simple-minded opportunistic insects, who call themselves the Billboard.

Ockham has never dug his blade so deep in the fields of culture, and from the crowds, some odd ones will rise and defend the beauty of music. Some will call them misfits, and some will call them crazy… Deranged, disturbed, insane…

But I call them heroes.

Those who stand before those who have become blind, or rather deaf, to the truth, to the beauty. Those who relentlessly try to awaken their … Read more