Live Review – Static-X Tuesday, July10, 2007 Richards on Richards, Vancouver BC I woke up this morning with a collar bomb around my neck and rightfully so. The detonation device? Static-X. They exploded on to the stage at Richards for the first date of the second part of their tour to support their outstanding new […]

CD Review – A Perfect Murder War Of Aggression Victory     A certain audible growth has grasped our home grown Quebec-Core bands’ writing process, not that is entirely original, but indeed  A Perfect Murder have come close to putting out … A Perfect Album. Straight –laced metalcore, which is relentless in the brutality dept. […]

CD Review – The Horrors Strange House Polydor/UMG   The moment I popped this in, I was taken back to early 80’s Montreal at a show featuring The Gruesomes. Black Trash Au-Go-Go I called it. Odd – their latest web banner uses that exact word (gruesome) to describe one of their videos . Britain’s The […]

CD Review – Dance Club Massacre Feast of the Blood Monsters Metalblade A brazen barrage of digi-core tyranny envelopes the latest outing from Chi-Town’s own Dance Club Massacre. Like the similar sounding Genghis Tron or Pig Destroyer, this troupe goes beyond the realms of death and ventures deep in the hard drive of your heart. […]

Film Review– Bug Directed by William Friedkin   Lionsgate/Maple Pictures         We would have to agree; this is by far the best cocaine –induced psychosis film since Sweet Nothings. Ashley Judd portrays a coked up alcoholic waitress who’s agitated state becomes incurably hostile with “pop-ins “ from her ex Jerry, played gracefully […]

  CD Review- King Diamond Give Me Your Soul…Please Metalblade/UMG     Given the lubricity that shrouded the classic EP by Mr. Diamonds’ original group Mercyful Fate, he seems to have pulled out all the stops on this latest release from Metalblade Records. Written and produced mostly by partner Andy LaRocque, the King regains his […]