Review + Photoset: The Real McKenzies + The Dreadnoughts​

The real Mckenzies & The Dreadnoughts with territories and class action Photoset: Facebook Instagram Envelope BAGPIPERS, BEER, AND BLISTERING CELTIC PUNK   Dickens Pub in Calgary was packed with rowdy fans on March 22, 2025, as The Real McKenzies and The Dreadnoughts took the stage for a night of bagpipes, sea shanties, and pure punk […]

Review: Oceans of Slumber’s “Where Gods Fear to Speak”

Review Review: Oceans of Slumber’s “Where Gods Fear to Speak” Facebook Instagram Envelope Oceans of Slumber’s Where Gods Fear to Speak offers a haunting, post-apocalyptic soundscape, taking listeners on an emotional journey that merges raw intensity with delicate introspection. This album—characterized by beautifully cathartic and poignant lyricism, and enhanced by tones, melodies, vocals, and raw […]

News: Lunar Ring Media // 2024 Showreel

Brand new video content News: Lunar Ring Media’s brand new showreel is here! Facebook Instagram Envelope It’s here! The showreel we’d hoped to develop much earlier in the year is now live on our YouTube channel.  Colletively, 2023 and 2024 have been some of the most fulfilling months of our lives. Writing, producing, post-producing and […]

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Hanabie / Left to Suffer

Photoset + Review: Hanabie. with Left to Suffer Ever heard of harajuku-core? In the ever-diversifying world of metal and its many sub-genres, it takes something extraordinary to stand out. Enter Hanabie: an all-women band drawing on the distinct aesthetic of Tokyo’s famous hub of fashion and youth culture, infusing something a bit different into an […]

Review + Photoset:
Decapitated / Septicflesh / Kataklysm / Allegaeon

Photoset + Review: Cancer Culture Tour: Decapitated with Septicflesh, Kataklysm, and Allegaeon Continuing a packed concert season, controversial Polish death metallers Decapitated stormed the stage with Septicflesh, Kataklysm, and Allegaeon at Calgary’s Back Alley Nightclub earlier last week. While the venue left a few things to be desired, each band in the lineup left fans […]

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Amon Amarth / Cannibal Corpse / Obituary / Frozen Soul

Photoset + Review: Metal Crushes All: Amon Amarth with Cannibal Corpse, Obituary, and Frozen Soul If the dwarves and pirates (see Wind Rose and Alestorm) didn’t quite cut it for you, Sweden’s most notorious metal vikings Amon Amarth invaded and subsequently pillaged Calgary’s sold-out Grey Eagle Event Centre last month. Joined by fellow 90s death […]

Review + Photoset:
Wind Rose / Xandria

Photoset + Review: Dwarves and Metal Queens: Wind Rose with Xandria The world’s first and (possibly) only self-identified Italian dwarf metallers Wind Rose played a sold-out MacEwan Hall with German symphonic metal outfit Xandria in Calgary last week, and we had the chance to check it out! We’ve collaborated with Metal-Rules.com to photograph and review […]