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Basic Instinct

If you’re a fan of getting lost in sludgy, wall-of-sound metal, Basic Instinct’s debut album is for you. At least, that’s the impression that Equinox…

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Tempest

“Since we’ve come back from the tour, I don’t know what it is, but I feel like we’ve been playing to different people, playing to new people, and things are opening up a little bit.”

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Deafheaven @ Sled Island

In the smallest hours of the morning on June 26, Deafheaven, the final headliners to perform at Sled Island, took stage at The Royal Canadian…

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Hits and Misses

“The medium for punk has always been vinyl. So it has never gone away, in my mind.”

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Witch of the Waste

“What really worked is we all hate each other and have nothing in common. So we all just did our own thing, completely in a…

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On the Air: Power Chord

On the air since 1985, Power Chord is Vancouver’s longest-running heavy metal radio show. Co-founded by Gerald “Rattlehead” and “Metal Ron,” the show has undergone…

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Ancients

As Ancients sit in the control room of The Hive Creative Labs in Burnaby, mid-way through recording their debut album, the four members of the…

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Powerchord 25th Anniversary!

25 years ago two people who went by the names of Metal Ron and Gerald Rattlehead came together and created the greatest heavy metal show…