THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.

THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.

metal

  • By October 4, 2011

    Atlanta-based psychedelic metal heads Mastodon continue to step out of their comfort zone on their fifth album The Hunter.

    The Hunter has some truly great moments; it’s too bad they’re shrouded by some mediocre attempts by the band to step outside their comfort zone into more accessible areas. I respect what Mastodon tried to do with this album and when it works it works extremely well, but all too often The Hunter tends to shoot itself in the foot.

  • DFA and Untimely Demise playing together again

    By September 8, 2011

    In Saskatoon, bands usually last one or two years. This is not the case for thrash acts Untimely Demise and DFA, two of Saskatoon’s badass metal bands, who have teamed up to bring us some of the most brutal shows our town has ever seen.

  • Black metal: fun for the whole family!

    By March 31, 2011

    Yes, there is some merit to the belief that black metal is a morally-corrupting, soul-rotting, quasi-melodic path to hell. But I can’t help but feel that this is ”” for the most part ”” a gross misconception, a wrongful conclusion many reach as a result of it’s glossy, provocative image.

  • REVIEW: The Rising by Harmful Effects

    By January 6, 2011

    Headed by the powerful vocals of Madison Erhardt, Harmful Effects are a local metal act that have recently released their first album, one wrought with vast cross-genre experimentation and backed by an impressive and furious symphony of instrumentation.

  • Requiem of Existence is brutal, in a really good way

    By September 30, 2010

    By combining the technical ferocity of death metal with the gloomy undertones of melodic metal, local quintet Requiem of Existence (formerly known as Uninvited Burial) have raised the bar for home-grown metal acts.

  • The mighty Cumshots of Norway

    By February 24, 2010

    The Cumshots is more than just a band name, it’s a mission statement. The Norwegian metal band’s shows are violent, the lyrics suicidal and the music like a harder Deep Purple.