February 2024 in Review

With January 2024 out of the way let’s revisit all of the happenings from February 2024. March and April 2024 will be coming soon!

Biggest Stories
– Nameless Friends to Play The Rockhouse on February 27th, 2024
– RPM Challenge 2024 Starts Today

New LPs Released
– Bodydouble – Lullabies for an Anxious Mind

New EPs Released
– Floorwalker – Floorwalker
– The Lurk – The Lurk
– Metaphora – Metaphora

New Singles Released
– Blitzgeek – “Flux”
– Killer9000 – “My Least Favourite Things”

New Live Albums Released
– Mistwalker – Basement Dwellers

New Demos Released
– Disciplinary Action – R.N.C. Demo
– QLOI – The Tuvaq Demos

New Music Videos Released
– Disposition – “Crisis Averted”

Album Announcements
– Guntmold – Untitled New LP
– Jigger Reveals Artwork for Upcoming New LP
– Ratpiss – Four Humors
– Securitron – Post-Apocalyptic Eras

Reviews
– C.A.R.E. – Creating a Righteous Energy [by Akhenaten]
– Carnage – Free at Last [by Akhenaten]
– Falter – Salt in the Soil [by Akhenaten]

New Merch
– Heavy Metal Karaoke Reveal New T-Shirts and Tote Bags

We also released Episode 63 of the Heavy NFLD Official Podcast, New Metal from Newfoundland IV, in which I recount some of the newer releases that have dropped from Newfoundland and Labrador bands in the past few months.

Albums Archived
The Beer Patrice – Can’t Talk to Fish [Single / Punk]
The Beer Patrice – Who are the Beer Patrice? [LP / Punk]
Breaker – Breaker [EP / Pop Punk]
Breaker – Do It Yourself [EP / Pop Punk]
Death Ray – Murder Mouth [Single / Sludge Metal]
Fennway – Demo 2015 [Demo / Melodic Hardcore]
Fennway – Julianne [Single / Melodic Hardcore]
Hot x Proxy – Fake It [Single / Hard Rock]
Hot x Proxy – Mean to Me [Single / Hard Rock]
Hot x Proxy – The Operator [Single / Hard Rock]
Hot x Proxy – Tonite [Single / Hard Rock]
Mistwalker – Basement Dwellers [Live EP / Black N’ Roll]
Not Friends – Demo 2012 [Demo / Hardcore Punk]
Not Friends – Stowaway [EP / Hardcore Punk]
Securitron – Post-Apocalyptic Eras [LP / Thrash Metal]
The Strangled – Dead Music [EP / Punk]
The Strangled – Disconnected [Single / Punk]
The Strangled – Straight to Ghost [EP / Punk]
Twerp – Just a Little [EP / Grunge]

~ Akhenaten

January 2024 in Review

This year has been crazy in a lot of ways, mostly in terms of my own life getting in the way of trying to maintain regular updates on this blog, but still we soldier forth! The slow march of time won’t stop me from catching up on all the stuff I missed, so here’s the in review segment for January of 2024.

Biggest Stories
– Andrew Grimes Joins Disposition
– John N. Roach Parts Ways with Sons of an Eastern Moon

New LPs Released
– Neko Suicide – Alien Abduction Techniques
– Todd What? – Todd What? [Remaster]

New EPs Released
– Guntmold – Blackened Infection
– WXO – Stardust: Coda

New Singles Released
– Killer9000 – Buck/Hog/Elk
– Lil Dirtbag – Kenopsia (Wasted On U)
– Nemophilist – The Forest Was Silent and Clear

New Demos Released
– Bloody Wallop – Demo
– Brandon Monkey Fingers – Raw Shitty Punk Demo 2023
– Casualty – Demo
– Glass Jaw – Eat Shit
– JRNL – Demo One
– JRNL – Demo 2

New Compilations
– Feral Cat Records – Fogtown United, Vol. 1

Album Announcements
– The Hellfire Club – Volume III
– Nuthouse – Prosperity

Album Reviews
– Despertá – Despertá [by Akhenaten]
– Jaded Truth – Bitter [by Akhenaten]
– Knarl – Bad Luck [by Akhenaten]
– Lil Dirtbag – It’s Been Too Real [by Akhenaten]
– Mistwalker – Oceanic Heritage [by James Titford]
– The Skeats – The Skeats IV [by Akhenaten]
– Wiremouth – EP2 [by Akhenaten]

Other Stories
– Triton Reveal New Logo

New Merch
– Guntmold Reveals New Patches

We also released Episode 62 of the Heavy NFLD Official Podcast in which we recount some of the best heavy music to come out of Newfoundland and Labrador throughout 2023.

Albums Archived
– Aaiesieux – A.C.U. Volume 1: How to Kill an Idea [LP / Harsh Noise]
– Aaiesieux – A.C.U. Volume 2: Hubris, as Shown by the Audience [LP / Harsh Noise]
– Aaiesieux – The Monster Mash Vol. 1 [Compilation / Harsh Noise]
– Bad Plan – EP 2016 [EP / Hardcore Punk]
– Guntmold – Blackened Infection [EP / Blackened Thrash Metal]
– Guntmold – Munging [Single / Blackened Thrash Metal]
– Icefog – Firharbour [EP / Dark Ambient]
– Lithops – ((BendeR)) [LP / Dungeon Synth]
– Neko Suicide – Neko Suicide Suicide Neko [LP / Harsh Noise]
– Nemophilist – The Forest was Silent and Clear [Single / Dark Ambient]
– Nemophilist – The Nightlight Man [EP / Dark Ambient]
– Outta the Basement – Outta the Basement [LP / Hard Rock]
– Pretty Little Flowers – 11:39 – 2:20 [Single / Drone]
– Pretty Little Flowers – A Tribute to Hoedh [Single / Drone]
– Pretty Little Flowers – Betrayal in August [Single / Drone]
– Pretty Little Flowers – Litani Til Satan [Single / Black Metal]
– Pretty Little Flowers – Pretty Little Flowers [Single / Drone]
– Pretty Little Flowers – Truly Alone [Single / Drone]
– Pretty Little Flowers – Wits End [Single / Drone]
– Scary Haunted Castles – Those Damn Castles are Scary [Single / Dungeon Synth]
– That Night a Forest Grew – Demo [Demo / Metalcore]
– Wet Cheeze Delirium – Live at Bar None – November 10th, 1999 [Live LP / Noise / Experimental]
– Wretched Invention – Wretched Souls [EP / Groove Metal]

Killer 9000 Reveal New T-Shirts

St. John’s avant-garde / jazzcore band Killer 9000 have revealed new t-shirts that feature the band’s logo in white against a black backdrop. The shirts will be available at the band’s show tonight at the Peter Easton Pub alongside The Order of the Precious Blood, Of the Black, and Kaspam Cult.

~ Akhenaten

The Order of the Precious Blood Announce 2024 Atlantic Canadian Tour

St. John’s blackened / experimental hardcore outfit The Order of the Precious Blood have announced a new tour. Coming up this April, this marks the band’s second excursion off the island since their formation. The group will be playing a series of shows across Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick.

The tour dates are as follows:

• April 19th, 2024 @ Peter Easton Pub – St. John’s, NL
• April 20th, 2024 @ Gower Street United Church – St. John’s, NL
• April 25th, 2024 @ Radstorm – Halifax, NS
• April 26th, 2024 @ The Shred Shed – Miramichi, NB
• April 27th, 2024 @ Xeroz Arcade and Bar – Moncton, NB
• April 28th, 2024 @ The Bitten Moon – Glace Bay, NS

The band will be joined by the following acts on each date:

• Peter Easton Pub: Kaspam Cult, Of the Black, Killer 9000
• Gower Street UC: Alter, Nerve Shack, Brandon Monkey Fingers, Mir, Smoke Signals, Jigger
• Radstorm: Pale Ache, Pavel Stroke, Thousand Knives

The supporting acts for the Miramichi, Moncton, and Glace Bay dates have not yet been announced and there are no posters for these dates as of yet either.

Here are the posters for the two St. John’s dates and the Halifax date:

~ Akhenaten

Killer 9000 Release New Single “My Least Favourite Things”

St. John’s jazzcore / mathcore / progressive punk outfit Killer 9000 have released a new single entitled “My Least Favourite Things”. This new track is a bit different from the band’s other material as it’s much more of an abrasive noise tune than the jazzy punk they’ve released thus far. This new song was recorded as part of the 2024 RPM Challenge and was released through Bandcamp on February 6th, 2024.

You can listen to “My Least Favourite Things” through our Bandcamp embed below.

~ Akhenaten

Killer9000 Releases New Single ‘Buck/Hog/Elk’

St. John’s jazzcore / mathcore / avant-garde punk band Killer9000 have released their first demo. Following the live recording the band released last year, Killer9000 have dropped Buck/Hog/Elk. This demo features two tracks and was recorded in March of 2023 and released through Bandcamp on January 19th, 2024.

You can listen to Buck/Hog/Elk through our Bandcamp embed below.

~ Akhenaten