By: Mark Tremblay
Cancelled – “Tenebrific” (Cambridge, Ontario)
“Tenebrific” CD//DD track listing:
1).
Restitution
2).
Head Over Handlebars
3).
Social Impressment
The Review:
“Tenebrific” is the brain child of Fuck the Facts/Greber bassist
Marc Bourgon.
He trades in furious grind core for a more spacey/introspective solo album.
These three sorrowful jams focus on self-deprecation, and personal-reflection.
“Restitutions” is a modern spin on
doom metal. Sparse drums are layered with thick bass-lines and synthesizers.
The electronic elements of the music are really what bring everything to life,
and bring together everything surrounding it.
We
then move onto “Head Over Handlebars” which introduces clean vocals from Marc Bourgon;
something not previously heard with any of his other projects. This song has
more of a “National” influence than anything in relation to heavy music.
As
a bass player, Marc
Bourgon’s bass passages are catchy and not over done. Each song on this EP features a bass line
that that gets stuck in your head. If this EP featured any guitar, it would
feel like a hindrance to the music.
Die Hexe – “Coven” (Toronto, Ontario)
“Coven” DD track listing:
1).
Tough Love
2).
Black Crown
3).
Unrest
4).
Distress
5).
Buried
6).
Coven
7).
Comanche
The Review:
Die Hexe
are
a sludge metal/hardcore/ post metal band that fill all of your desires from
each genre. Their album “Coven” is a no-frills
exploration of everything within these genres.
“Coven” is a concept record
about loss that flows effortlessly from one movement to the next. Die Hexe strike a perfect
balance between crushing heaviness, and beautiful melodies that is reminiscent
of Deafheaven’s “New Bermuda”. Very rarely do you hear a
heavy band play with dynamic tools, like crescendos and decrescendos, so effectively.
This
EP is neatly compacted into under fifteen minutes, and is a must for anyone for
anyone who enjoys sophisticated heavy music.
“Coven”
is available here
