Posted on May 25, 2011
By Chad Huculak
Music, The Latest
The Germans sure seem to appreciate Edmonton’s metal scene. After retro-metal powerhouse Striker signed to German label Iron Kodex for its 2010 album Eyes in the Night, local shredders The Order of Chaos have been picked up by Germany’s Killer Metal imprint. The Order of Chaos will unleash its sophomore effort Burn These Dreams with […]
Posted on May 18, 2011
By Chad Huculak
Music, The Latest
The Cancer Bats don’t seem to care much for being at home. If you follow the Toronto-based hardcore band, you’ll notice they come through town just about every few months. But their frequent treks across the continent aren’t always smooth. “We’re just sitting in an intersection. We’re blocking the whole intersection because our (vehicle) got […]
Posted on May 13, 2011
By Chad Huculak
Music
You have to admire Into Eternity guitarist Tim Roth for not losing sight of the fact that it’s the music that’s important. If he didn’t have that focus, going through a complete band membership turnover — and then some — could make even the most commited metalhead hang up his axe. The latest change has […]
Posted on May 11, 2011
By Chad Huculak
Music
Local Celtic-rock heroes Captain Tractor have had a love-hate relationship with the Internet. In the mid-90s, the band was hailed for getting online before its peers. Four years later, they were thrown into a sea of debt, thanks in part to illegal downloading. Today, as the sextet readies the official release of its new disc […]
Posted on May 4, 2011
By Chad Huculak
Culture, Front Slider, Music
Europe has spawned many extreme metal acts who extol the virtues of their Viking forefathers. Singapore’s Rudra is taking a different angle: they’re bringing ancient Eastern philosophy into the mix. The band plays a style it refers to as Vedic metal, which fuses black metal, death metal, and Indian classical music with lyrics derived from […]
Posted on May 1, 2011
By Chad Huculak
Music
Do you believe in magic? If you answered No, you might need a sprinkling of Pixie dust from drummer David Lovering. When Lovering isn’t on the road with his reunited, iconic alt-rock band the Pixies, he makes his living as a magician. “If you think being a musician is hard, being a magician is 50 […]
Posted on April 29, 2011
By Chad Huculak
Music
Long-time California pop-punk scene-makers Strung Out have influenced a generation, but if Jordan Burns sounds a little wistful that the band didn’t hit the pop-culture big time with a little more oomph forgive him: he’s the band’s manager and drummer. “There’s numerous bands. I mean, Blink 182 – Tom Delonge used to have a Strung Out […]
Posted on April 22, 2011
By Chad Huculak
Music, The Latest
These days, Nero are fronting a swell of popularity for back-track beats and remix thumpin’ that gets the dance floor jumpin’. The UK DJ’ing duo are headlining the Starlite Room’s Bassic Examination End of Exams Party Monday night. The concept of thumping subwoofers seems like just the right amount of fun – although DJ/producer Joe […]
Posted on April 20, 2011
By Chad Huculak
Music, The Latest
Raise your devil horns with pride. Holy Grail singer James Paul Luna says Canadian metal crowds are superior to those in his native United States. In fact, after a couple years of touring and some high-profile festival gigs in Europe, he says we’re right up there with the metal-loving Europeans. “In the States, people will […]
Posted on April 16, 2011
By Chad Huculak
Music, The Latest
Tyler Butler’s new album Winter King, a gorgeous, melancholy ode to Edmonton’s frozen season, was primed to be released smack-dab in the middle of the deep freeze. But things don’t always work out how they should. At least there will still be some filthy snow left on the ground when the local singer/songwriter releases the […]
Posted on April 13, 2011
By Chad Huculak
Music, The Latest
Local singer/songwriter Phil Holtby doesn’t seem like the type who would shred fretboards like a madman in death metal band Skies of Strife , or in his prog-rock act Ides of Ruin. But his quiet, reserved personality is a perfect match with his latest project – a lo-fi, “weird folk” solo act he calls, simply, […]
Posted on April 9, 2011
By Chad Huculak
Music, The Latest
It doesn’t have to be this way. I know we have our differences. But we can be together. Art Szabo is hellbent on uniting Edmonton’s producers, promoters, and musicians of all styles into one big, happy family. “This is something that I’m really passionate about. Because the landscape in Edmonton has to change,” says Szabo, […]
