Asher Media
Fall of Stasis – A Brutal Chronology Begins
From the heights of Canada comes a new force of blistering cold and northern darkness in the form of Montreal’s Fall of Stasis. The fall was formed in 2014 with intent of creating unidentifiable original music with an eclectic, progressive, symphonic punch to the ears. Their demo came in 2017 with this year’s new full length The Chronophagist teetering with black metal influences and heavy prog. J...[Read More]
Anarcheon – Scary Tale
Vancouver’s vampiric valets to the heavy and musically macabre, Anarcheon have released their new story-telling EP Scary Tale A three-song effort narrating the blood lust fueled tale of a familiar waiting for her dark lover to turn her with horrific, violent results. The creepy, groovy brood, take their lyrics describing the change from luring lady to savage beast. Seduced by the idea/fantasy of s...[Read More]
Summoner’s Circle – Lovecraft Lore Conjures All
Summoner’s Circle is a six-piece band of dark brooding personalities, channeling their darker, character selves into their music, creating music for the horror appreciating mind and outer cosmos. Live they’re a loud, ominous act, willing to sacrifice anything, moving, crawling or otherwise for a memorable evening. The Knoxville sons and daughters have paved their way changing and experimenting to ...[Read More]
Sanguine Glacialis – Blackening the Depths
From the chilling woods of Montreal, Quebec comes the five-person experience known as Sanguine Glacialis. Helmed by modern day scream queen, growler and operatic virtuoso Maude Théberge they’ve experimented on two albums, Dancing With A Hanged Man and their Pitch Black Sight EP, along with recent release 2018’s Hadopelagic. They’ve brought all manner of influence, slamming together uncomfortable b...[Read More]
Arsenic Addiction – Wielding the Poisoned Pen
It’s true that metal can come from anywhere, including the flats of Salt Lake City, Utah. Since 2006 the members of Arsenic Addiction have made Victorian themed metal, kicking back bohemian style, in costume, spelling out rituals in music, lyrics and personal lives. Vocalist/keyboardist Lady Arsenic has led the charge, with her dark brooding presence and controversial, unique, and till recent priv...[Read More]
Phantom High – The Band Behind the Mask
Take your favorite ‘70s or ‘80s masked movie killer, add a few bloody drops of true crime, some In This Moment visuals, the inspiration of Father Alice and a very creative, perhaps over active imagination and you have Toronto’s masked musician Peril Erinyes and the macabre energy and imagery of Phantom High. Though she could be Michael Myers non-cinema sibling, for the life she’s had and sto...[Read More]
Raider – Guardian of the Fire
Canada has unleashed the newest thrash onslaught in Waterloo Ontario’s five-piece Raider. Their new full-length “Guardian of The Fire” is eight tracks of raw, old-school thrash modernized for today’s hungry headbanging youth holding the ingredients of their ‘80s and ‘90s forefathers. Perpetual speed, noise and a nuclear assault on the ears and senses was the goal attained. With first single “Boun...[Read More]
KOSM – Cosmonaut
Inspired by the sounds and work of Tool, Mastodon and A Perfect Circle among others Vancouver prog group KOSM have created their own musical H.P. Lovecraft influenced cosmic horror-sci-fi story. Their debut centers on a cosmonauts transformation through time and space, breaking the chains of earthy confines, ascending to an immaterial and omnipotent being. The work of Frank Herbert and Roger Zel...[Read More]
Sleep In Heads – On The Air
Atmospheric Ukrainian based five-piece Sleep In Heads will release their six-song album On The Air March 1. The uniquely progressive metal is led by ear-caressing vocalist Sonya. The band’s moniker comes from her name, roughly translated from Ukranian/Russian to ‘sleepyhead.’ Comprised of Sonya Sleepyhead (vocals), Serj Thorzhevskyi (guitars), Natali Dzizinska (violin), Fann Manerny (bass)...[Read More]
Dustin Behm-The Beyond
Dustin Behm has translated an unlimited amount of musical ideas through fingers to guitar with new release The Beyond. There’s no telling where his fretboard thoughts and fantasies will go, note to note, riff to riff, but he’s recorded 13 songs with insanely complex sound tapestries built to show what he’s capable of on the neck. With solos and note clusters that sound perfectly laser cut w...[Read More]
Terrifier – Weapons of Thrash Destruction
Vancouver BC’s, Terrifier marked 2011 with their thrash debut Destroyers of the Faith. They may have borrowed a few words from Priest but they adapted their sound according to the rules and ramming speed pits of early West Coast thrash. They’ve sounded their war cry grabbing handfuls straight from the white hot molten furnace, hurling fistfuls of liquid metal lava to any and all non-believers and...[Read More]