Enthroned Obsidium

Published Apr 10, 2012

There are two things you can always count on from Belgium's Enthroned: a steadily changing line-up and great black metal. Obsidium is the ba...

Converge / Loma Prieta / Burning Love / Vilipend Mod Club, Toronto ON April 6

Published Apr 09, 2012

Toronto's music scene occasionally features an anomaly known as the "early show." Starting at 6 p.m. and finishing by 10 p.m., the early sho...

Pick Your Side Let Me Show You How Democracy Works

Published Apr 03, 2012

Most of the time, when people talk about Pick Your Side, they mention the connection to the band's other projects. Jeff Beckman was previous...

Countdown to Oblivion Discography

Published Apr 03, 2012

If you were going to describe Toronto's punk scene today, two words inevitably come to mind: Fucked Up. Fucked Up have made the city (and co...

Weregoat Unholy Exaltation of Fullmoon Perversity

Published Mar 27, 2012

Upon first listen, it's hard to tell if Weregoat are performance art or just the metallic droning of a mentally deranged trio. After careful...

Wretched Son of Perdition

Published Mar 27, 2012

Wretched are one of those groups you want to hate, but just can't. Everything they put out is so slickly produced and so full of Auto-Tune-y...

Black Breath Sentenced to Life

Published Mar 25, 2012

For some reason, Seattle, WA still brings to mind timid, sad Kurt Cobain types from the mid-'90s. You know the kind, with long, greasy hair...

Ministry Relapse

Published Mar 24, 2012

We're a long way from 1981, when Ministry first broke on the scene as a dark, goth-y, synth-pop, new wave band. Singles like "(Everyday is)...

Junior Bruce The Headless King

Published Jan 31, 2012

Junior Bruce are like A389's fun cousins from down South ― while most of the label's releases are supercharged, shadowy black thrash p...

Unholy Majesty Unholy Majesty

Published Jan 31, 2012

Margate is a sleepy town on England's East coast. If it sounds remotely familiar, it isn't because you've been there, but because T.S. Eliot...

Young and in the Way Amen/I Am Not What I Am

Published Jan 31, 2012

Young and in the Way's new double-vinyl release are sort of a reissue, but also debut, since neither of the releases it contains has receive...

Poison Idea Darby Crash Rides Again: The Early Years

Published Jan 29, 2012

Thirty years ago seems like the span of time we should be using to refer to the days of the Beatles or Pink Floyd or some sort of nostalgia...

Liberteer Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees

Published Jan 29, 2012

Experimentation is the lifeblood of any genre. For any cultural production to evolve, take on new meaning and become relevant to the march o...

Loma Prieta I.V.

Published Jan 17, 2012

San Francisco, CA's Loma Prieta are one of the most exciting hardcore bands to come along in some time. Since 2005, they've managed to defy...

Pact The Dragon Lineage of Satan

Published Jan 03, 2012

Pact (as in, "Hey, let's make a pact with Satan!") are dead serious about black metal, and they have the album art to prove it. A Satan goat...

Integrity Kingdom of Heaven (The Araca Sessions)

Published Dec 31, 2011

Integrity are one of those bands that have lived up to their name. Despite a tumultuous career, they've continued to release material with p...

Whores. Ruiner

Published Dec 20, 2011

Ruiner is the debut release from Atlanta, GA's Whores., bringing all the best elements of a big city band that also happen to hail from the...

Pale Creation Twilight Haunt

Published Dec 13, 2011

Pale Creation's Twilight Haunt hasn't really seen the light of day since its original release in 1999, so A389's reissue is a welcome move f...

Enforcers End of Time

Published Dec 13, 2011

Hailing from Montreal, Enforcers are a new addition to A389, a label that finds the best thrash and hardcore bands, even if they're in a fro...

Anne Dream Punx

Published Dec 13, 2011

Somehow, Portland, OR's Anne found their way on the likes of Baltimore's A389's roster for their latest twelve-inch, Dream Punx. The band ar...