Canada's Black Magick Inner Circle
The notion of contrast is a foundational element to all that is substantial. The negative space begets the bodies alive within it, and the darkness of void only makes the light held inside shine that much brighter. This law of …
Lesly Pierre Paul was born in 1990 in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. For a bit more than a decade, he has pursued the arts and carved out a name for himself as a prolific painter, focusing heavily on his motherland’s natural and …
As much as we think we know of the inner machinations of existence, the greater truths yet elude us, and we can only grasp and wonder at what logic, if any, directs those strange and ethereal winds. The age of …
Luke Tromiczak is a name that exists in hushed tones on the fringes of the underground in one of the least celebrated, but most vibrant musical countercultures in North America. Meanwhile, he has become one of the the defining voices …
For the creative mind, sometimes ignorance or lack of comprehension breed the most original ideas. Where there are no concrete facts, neither is there anything to weigh at the heels of inspiration, no definitive answers …
Heart of Lead comes to us in the early stages of 2019, the first full length from the Icelandic black metal duo comprised of two former members of Draugsól. KALEIKR will inevitably be classified as black metal, …
March on, march on! The bells of Corsica ring again and the demon of wrath returns. Departure Chandelier brings forth the violence and despair of the Napoleonic Wars into the 21st century, bellowing the eternal …
The ‘Night of Death and Doom’ has come to be an anticipated staple of the Vancouver underground – a labor of love meant to both promote amazing bands from all over and perpetuate that fervent …
Between August and October 2018, we had the immense pleasure of having a back-and-forth correspondence with Nicholaj De Mattos Frisvold. This was the final interview conducted before we took down the Covenant Magazine in order …
Editor’s note: Ultra Silvam is a band that we have kept a close eye on since their initial blistering demo took control of our lives for the better part of 2017. It is with great …
The implements are assembled, an array of reactants that, to any but the alchemist, would seem too unstable or incompatible for integration into this grand scheme. But the alchemist can see it, how the pieces …
In a time where we are seeing the resurgence of true death metal, and the devil’s grasp tightens upon the earth, new albums in the genre are hitting with a swarm of the restless dead …
The time for sacrifice and conquest is at hand once more, and Huitzilopochtli demands blood to stave off the night eternal. Blue Hummingbird On The Left have answered the call in glorious fashion with their …
Cast your inward eye to the jagged peaks of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Sharp, cold, and snow-capped peaks reach upward for the sun and dominate all that sits below their grandeur. Far below these mountaintops …
