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Metz –“Acetate”
Canadian pigfuck aggressors Metz will return with their second LP this May. As predicted, it will be called II. Opening track and lead single "Acetate" is as brutal as we've come to expect from this...
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Metz –“Spit You Out”
Toronto scuzz-assailants Metz will put out their sophomore Sub Pop release II in early May, and we've already heard the record's debut single "Acetate." Today, Metz are sharing "Spit You Out," a...
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Metz –“The Swimmer” Video
Toronto sludge-monster power trio Metz are a day away from releasing their mean-as-fuck new album II. And after sharing the early tracks "Acetate" and "Spit You Out," as well as a stream of the whole...
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Album Of The Week: Metz II
This is one of those weeks where there's just an insane array of good music, where it feels like you're shorting seven other albums if you pick a single one and name it the best. This could've gone any...
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Hear Fucked Up’s Damian Abraham Interview Metz’s Chris Slorach
If you aren't listening to Fucked Up frontman Damian Abraham's Turned Out A Punk podcast, you totally should be. Once a week, Abraham brings talks to some musical luminary about growing up within punk...
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Artist Portraits From Outside Lands 2015
This weekend marked Outside Lands' eighth year taking over the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Headliners this year included Elton John, the Black Keys, and Mumford & Sons, but the real draws...
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METZ –“Eraser”
METZ released their second album worth of brutal punk earlier this year, appropriately called II, and they're already back for more with a new single. The Toronto band's intensity seems better suited...
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METZ –“Spit You Out” Video
METZ released their second album's worth of hardcore bangers, appropriately titled II, earlier this year. They're a band whose energy thrives in live performances, so they've been on tour pretty much...
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Metz –“Eraser” Video
Toronto post-hardcore brutalists Metz released their great II album last year, and they're about to drop a non-album 7" single called "Eraser" on us. As Brooklyn Vegan points out, they just dropped the...
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Metz & Swami John Reis –“Caught Up”
Last year, Metz, the furious Canadian post-hardcore power trio, gave us their clanging, banging, utterly badass album II. And now, as an encore, they've teamed up with a kindred spirit to record a...
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Other Views From The 6: Dilly Dally’s New Remix EP Shines Light On Toronto’s...
It was a school night in 2011 at Toronto DIY punk venue the Garage. Dilly Dally were scheduled to play dead last, and they were only supposed to do 20 minutes. They played for 35. If that’s not punk as...
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METZ Tease LP3 (Probably)
Metz haven't put out an album since 2015's badass II, but that might be about to change. The Toronto post-hardcore power trio have just shared a 30-second teaser video featuring trippy visuals,...
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Metz –“Cellophane”
A couple of months ago, Toronto noise-punk power-trio METZ teased a possible new album, the follow-up to 2015's utterly badass II. And today, they've come out with "Cellophane," and absolute...
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Metz –“Drained Lake”
Next month, the brutalist Toronto power trio Metz are coming back with their new album Strange Peace the follow-up to 2015's utterly raucous II. We've already posted the relatively catchy first single...
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Metz –“Mess Of Wires”
Canadian rock heavy hitters Metz have shared an absolute blitzkrieg from their upcoming Strange Peace. The abrasive and electrifying album opener "Mess Of Wires" is one of those songs that mark Metz as...
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Stream Metz Strange Peace
In an era of political turmoil and widespread angst, Metz’s Strange Peace provides a timely coping mechanism. The Toronto-based noise punks’ third album is a thrashing 36 minutes of sonic catharsis...
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Metz –“Drained Lake” Video
The Toronto post-hardcore bashers Metz released their feverish album Strange Peace earlier this year, and now they've made a very strange video for the driving, punishing single "Drained Lake." In the...
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Utrecht’s Le Guess Who? Isn’t Like Any Festival You’ll See In The USA
These days, whenever all the big-name American festivals start to announce their lineups for the year, there's inevitably a certain, noticeable same-ness. It's a consequence of those festivals becoming...
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30 Essential Noise Rock Tracks
Grind. Skronk. Pigfuck. Seemingly every word associated with noise rock sounds incredibly unflattering out of context, and even in context doesn't fare much better. Before noise rock had a name, rock...
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Keanu Reeves On His ’90s Rock Group Dogstar: “I Guess It Would Have Helped If...
Keanu Reeves is the subject of a new GQ cover story today tied to the impending release of John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum. It's got proper Keanu quotes like this one, about the Chateau Marmont in...
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Metz –“Pure Auto” Video
First, the important news: Motherfucking John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum is out tonight. Keanu Reeves is going to decapitate a guy while riding on horseback. He is going to have a swordfight in the...
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Metz –“Call Of The Wighat” (The Cramps Cover)
San Diego label Three One G has put together a Cramps covers compilation for their hundredth release. In the past, they've also done tribute albums for Queen to honor their 20th release back in 2002...
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Metz –“Acid”&“Slow Decay”
Today is one of the days that the good people at Bandcamp, in an effort to make things easier for musicians dealing with the current pandemic absolutely fucking up their livelihoods, are waiving their...
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Metz –“A Boat To Drown In”
Toronto noise-rock heroes Metz have a new album dropping this fall, their first set of new music since 2017's Strange Peace (though last year they also released their Automat rarities compilation). The...
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Metz –“Hail Taxi”
Metz, Toronto's greatest bone-crunching noise-rock power trio, will release their new album Atlas Vending this fall. Last month, the band announced the new LP, and they dropped its first single "A Boat...
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The 5 Best Songs Of The Week
Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week (the eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight). This week's countdown is below, and you can listen...
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METZ –“Demolition Row”
We haven’t heard too much from Metz since they released 2020’s Atlas Vending. That changes today, though, as the Toronto hardcore group have announced a new split 7″ with UK punk torchbearers Adulkt...
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Weird Nightmare –“Searching For You”
Alex Edkins has been leading the muscle-monster Toronto noise-rock trio Metz for a long time, and that band is still firing along; their new split 7″ with Adulkt Life comes out on Friday. But now...
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Weird Nightmare –“Lusitania”
Last month, Metz’s Alex Edkins unveiled a new project called Weird Nightmare and shared its first-ever single, “Searching For You.” His debut Weird Nightmare album is out in May, and today he’s back...
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Weird Nightmare –“Wrecked” (Feat. Bully)
Next month, Metz’s Alex Edkins is releasing his first album as Weird Nightmare, and he’s shared two songs from it already, “Searching For You” and “Lusitania.” Today, he’s sharing another new single,...
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METZ –“Come On Down” (Feat. IDLES’ Joe Talbot) &“Heaven’s Gate”
Next month, METZ are headed out on a tour to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their self-titled debut album. Today, they’re sharing two tracks: “Come On Down,” a brand-new one featuring IDLES frontman...
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Weird Nightmare –“So Far Gone”
Earlier this year, Alex Edkins, frontman of the great Toronto noise-rock power trio METZ, unveiled his new solo project Weird Nightmare and released his self-titled debut album. Weird Nightmare’s music...
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Weird Nightmare –“Our Love Will Still Be There” (The Troggs Cover)
Weird Nightmare is the solo project from Alex Edkins, frontman of the great Toronto noise-rock power trio METZ. Under the Weird Nightmare name, Edkins makes music that’s considerably more tuneful than...
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New METZ/Holy Fuck Side Project Noble Rot Shares Debut Single “Casting No Light”
New side project alert! For many years, Alex Edkins has been the leader of the kickass Toronto noise-rock power trio METZ. Last year, Edkins started a solo project called Weird Nightmare and released a...
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