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Presiding over the frozen tundra of Ontario atop his mighty polar bear of war, Steve seeks out the metal that he claims, “has a sweet groove, dude.” His musical tastes were raised by his father upon the likes of Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, and Dio, but it wasn’t long before he began tuning his ears to darker and stranger avenues. Finding solace within the domains of prog, stoner, and power metal, he continues to make expeditions into genres unexplored, delving into their history while keeping an eye peeled on the horizon for rising stars.

MuckRaker – Karmageddon

With a band name like MuckRaker and an album called Karmageddon, I expected some backwater, hillbilly, redneck bullshit. Although a quick search found that “muckraker”...

Product of Hate – Buried in Violence

Let me tell ya, trying to find substantive information about Product of Hate was next to impossible. I caught glimpses of self-generated hype for...

Fall – The Insatiable Weakness

In crossover genres I generally expect that the music will sound as if the elements from each parent genre were thrown in a blender to create...

Innerwoud – Mirre

One of the qualities I look for in music is variety. Ambient and drone bands can have difficulty crafting a varied performance because of...

Caligula’s Horse – Bloom

Progressive metal, as the name implies, involves advancing the sound and trying new, sometimes experimental concepts. Caligula’s Horse follow this ideology to the letter,...

Sacral Rage – Illusions of Infinite Void

Wearing your influences upon your sleeve can be perceived in a negative light when they are followed so closely that the work appears as...

Gentlemans Pistols – Hustler’s Row

Despite forming in 2003, Gentlemans Pistols only released their debut album four years later. Now, four years after their second album, we see the release...

Dawn of Destiny – To Hell

To Hell starts off strong with a sinister edge in the tone and the feeling of a crushing weight building up. Heavy guitar work that...

Mantric – Sin

While Mantric (made up entirely of former Extol members) pride themselves on not being comparable to other acts, Sin is reminiscent of Devin Townsend’s Accelerated Evolution....

Operation: Mindcrime – The Key

Progressive music and concept albums have been bound together many times before. From Jethro Tull’s Thick As a Brick to Dream Theater’s Scenes From...

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