Tag: Alienatör

NEWS: Alienatör return to the land of regret…

From the land of regret the dark, powerful, honest and intense new album from Canadians Alienatör has spawned a new music video, this time for the title track. The follow up to 2019s “Pariahs” finds the band expanding from a two to a three piece with the arrival of drummer Simon Paquette as they blend

Review: “Regrets” by Alienatör

Oh how times change but somethings remain the same. Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canadians Alienatör wrote their last album “Pariahs” as two piece, combining Sludge Metal with Hardcore Punk and Noise Metal in a full on cathartic release back in 2019 but the World has turned since then. Now in 2022 they return armed with “Regrets”

NEWS: Alienator have no remorse and no regrets?

Darker, more focused and more intense is how  Canadian Sludge Metal acr Alienatör are describing their upcoming new record. Running on themes which weigh heavy on the head, including alienation, grief, pain and disgust at the state of the modern world, the album was composed during the claustrophobia of the 2020 election and the global pandemic.

NEWS: Alienator let the blood flow…

…back in the September of 2019 we reviewed “Pariahs” by Alienatör, a Sludge Metal act from Thunder Bay in Ontario Canada who combine Punk, Hardcore and Noise Metal into their stripped down and raw remains of a package. 25th November will find the band returning like Kings with “Regrets“, an album which sees them expanded

Review: “Sleepwalker” EP by Old Bones

Formed by a trio of friends from Long Island New York who have played together in various projects over the last 20 plus years, Old Bones (Anthony Dallolio – Guitar/Vocals, Dan Walsh – Bass/Vocals and Johnny Dadabo – Guitar/Vocals) pooled their influences in Mastodon, Opeth, Gojira, Eagles of Death Metal, Devin Townsend Project and Russian Circles to

Review: “Ghost Stories I” by Red Tongue Ghost

Hailing from Chicago Illnois and calling themselves Blackened Stoner Metal, Red Tongue Ghost are a trio comprising Lihp (Vocalist/Bassist), Bor (Guitarist/Backing Vocals) and Rej (Drums) who have embraced their inner Norwegian ancestors and taken up traditional Black Metal names. Each member is a veteran of the Chicago Metal scene and forming this new project in

Review: “Simulation” by Dirty Casuals

A Sludge Doom Metal quartet residing in  Cork City Ireland and emerging in late 2015, “Simulation” is the September 2019 Rebel Recordings follow up the 2018’s “Light And Dark Matter” EP from Dirty Casuals. A myriad of shows (including Weddings!) has helped establish Liam Whitnell, Samvel “Sammy” Hovhannisyan, Jim Spillane and Rory Taylor as regulars

Under The Influence #17: Alienator on “Houdini” by Melvins!

“Houdini” marked the major label debut for Melvins in 1993 with Atlantic Records taking advantage of the fan base they had built up with their previous Boner Records independent release “Lysol” the year before. Commercially their biggest success and arguably their most accessible release, it is also an album that has a backstory associated with

Review: “Pariahs” by Alienatör

Alienatör are a Sludge Metal band from Thunder Bay Ontario Canada who want simply one thing. To destroy your mind. Guitarist and vocalist Brad King writes the lyrics while the band as a whole write the music with Josh Hogan handling Drums, Percussion and Back-up Vocals leaving Sean Skillen to play Bass. The full debut