Canadian Black Metal – Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen

Sound Of The Day : Unreqvited

18 Jun 201618 Jun 2016 wyrdwordsandeffigiesLeave a comment

I'm always a but skeptical when it comes to post BM, but I was pleasantly surprised with the sounds from Canadian project Unreqvited. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqsZZJzHjrE

Sound Of The Day : Sanctuaire

1 Jun 20161 Jun 2016 wyrdwordsandeffigiesLeave a comment

Here, have some Sanctuaire. Really fucking decent black metal from Québec. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1CAAyoV6w8

Sound Of The Day : Sorcier Des Glaces

14 Mar 201614 Mar 2016 wyrdwordsandeffigiesLeave a comment

Excited to bring you North, the new album from long-running French Canadian black metal band Sorcier Des Glaces. You will not be disappointed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdGdVuXpSJs

Sound Of The Day : Old Graves

20 Jan 201620 Jan 2016 wyrdwordsandeffigiesLeave a comment

Make space in your head this evening for Old Graves - atmospheric black metal from Canada. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lWN6UB9YdI

Sound Of The Day : Ether

16 Jan 2016 wyrdwordsandeffigiesLeave a comment

It's been a good, long while since I've featured some black metal from Canada. So I'll change that today, and introduce you to Ether, a depressive project from Quebec. The track you're about to listen to has been taken from their second full-length album Hymns of Failures. It might take a few listens for it… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Ether

Sound Of The Day : Spectral Wound

6 Oct 2015 wyrdwordsandeffigiesLeave a comment

Since being introduced to Canadian black metal project Spectral Wound recently, I've been relishing their powerful, raw yet utterly mesmerizing sound. Winter Light from the 2015 debut full-length Terra Nullius has ownership of my ears today.

Sound Of The Day : Harrow

17 Sep 2015 wyrdwordsandeffigiesLeave a comment

Canadian black metal project Harrow have been haunting me today with the track Pathways taken from their 2015 release Fallow Fields. It's been a long time since I've featured black metal from Canada, so it feels good to be posting music from a band creating far away and across the Atlantic.

Sound Of The Day : Kafirun

9 Apr 2015 wyrdwordsandeffigiesLeave a comment

Black metal project Kafirun from Vancouver have taken ownership of my attention today. The track you're about to be introduced to is entitled Salvation Through Sin and is taken from their 2015 EP Glorification of Holy Death. For a band which has only been around since 2014 they have a really strong, accomplished sound.