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In tribute to the fallen God Cronos, Ferris plays through Venom's debut full length - Welcome to Hell. Hype offered to the very first live show of new Vancouver act Aphotic Void and the show they played that evening with Erosion, Waingro, and The Nausea. Rounded out with a couple slabs just acquired from the great Matterhorn Records. RIP, Mr. Lant

Coleman is at the helm for the third and final night of Covenant XI. With specific focus on the Saturday lineup, we do a deep dive on the headliners, Germany's The Ruins of Beverast, as well as Spite, Barshasketh, Tsalal, and Zulxexeku. Closing with a shoutout to a few killer BC bands on the festival lineup, Living Evil and Ahna; and lastly, a feature on the upcoming Messa show at the Cobalt with...

Ferris and Jim Fear are joined in-studio by Phil Feiss of the Covenant collective to host special guest Sturla from Lokabrenna. They play through Lokabrenna's 'Acephalic Apocrypha' and have a meandering and thrilling discussion about the artistic process. With our remaining minutes, we do our best to hype the fest one last time. The torches are ready to be lit. See you all on Thursday, at the prec...

An Epic and Blistering 100% canadian content show Crushing Doom and Rippin' Greasy Metal Opener with Anciients and there 10 year Anniversary of Voice in to the Void and Mortuary Cave with their first album Darkness Echoes. Franklin, Crimson Funeral and Burnt Lung to crush your souls. Then the greasy Metal of Luger, Powerload, The Death Wheelers and Iron Kingdom. All Hail The Black Goat and Listen...

Jim has his last in-studio show for the foreseeable future.

Spent the last month listening to so much music following new bands and checking what happening with bands i have loved for years and I put this show together. Starting with a strong Canadian start Pale Horse Ritual, Witchrot and Earth Altar and then the dope doom lords Earthbong with their brand new track Third Eye. Got some great Crusty Sludge to bring that new summer music vibe to the Canadian...

Coleman is back with a huge feature on this years INFEST in Edmonton, Alberta! We go thru the stacked-as-hell lineup, as well as: recent gigs highlights from Evoken in Belgium (!!!) and The Templars return to Vancouver after 22yrs; a pit stop at this weekends Loud Qathet fest in Powell River; and a happy 40th bday shoutout to ME to close out the show with a likewise 40yr old Slayer classic. AAAAAA...

It's Ian at the controls for another onslaught of headbanging mayhem! We kick it off with a primer of upcoming Vancouver shows starring Exhumed, Elder, Blackwater Holylight and Ruins Of Beverast, along with local luminaries like Decadence, Witches Hammer, Egregore and Living Evil! We'll also recap some of my favorite releases of 2026 with barnburners from Frog Mallet, Desecrecy, Frozen Soul and Cr...

It's Ian at the controls for another onslaught of headbanging mayhem! We kick it off with a primer of upcoming Vancouver shows starring Exhumed, Elder, Blackwater Holylight and Ruins Of Beverast, along with local luminaries like Decadence, Witches Hammer, Egregore and Living Evil! We'll also recap some of my favorite releases of 2026 with barnburners from Frog Mallet, Desecrecy, Frozen Soul and Cr...

Jim is in the studio with a pile of Canadian heavy metal to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Canadian animated cult-classic film Heavy Metal and the enduring, ever-present influence of the Loc-Nar - the sum of all evils, with a power that infects all times, all galaxies, and all dimensions.

Ferris again, back for part 2 of the Covenant XI pre-fest coverage. With the daily lineups solidified, Ferris rambles through highlights of the acts night by night. Essential listening for all maniacs thinking of attending. Don't forget to buy tickets! covenantfestival.ca

On this Episode Oldirty Hick and Jim Fear meet and play a show together starting with the anniversary of Ozzy's passing with so deep live cuts and a Demo of the Wizard Then we go back and forth with some of our favourite releases from this year so far. Check out our selections and ALL HAIL THE BLACK GOAT!!!

Emissaries from the throne of the Covenant collective descend into CiTR studios to join host Ferris for part 1 of this year's pre-fest coverage. Shawn, Phil, and Montreal native Arnaud from the great Gevurah discuss the past, present, and future of their workings as they stroll through a playlist of approaching highlights. Listen!

Join Ian and Cass for this blistering fourth of July celebration of some of our most beloved American regional scenes! From Seattle grunge to Bay Area Thrash, From LA hardcore to southern sludge and Florida death metal, we'll dip our toes into all of it! Not to be outdone, we'll also pay tribute to the thriving metal and hardcore scene we have right here at home in Vancouver too, and we'll get hyp...

Join Ian and Cass for this blistering Fourth of July celebration of some of our most beloved American regional scenes! From Seattle grunge to Bay Area thrash, LA hardcore to southern sludge and Florida death metal, we'll dip our toes into all of it! Not to be outdone, we'll also pay tribute to the thriving metal and hardcore scene we have right here at home in Vancouver too, and we'll get hyped fo...

Big Brave holding the grief while making space for Hope. But it is pretty fuckin grim out there so here some music to suck the life out of you in the best way. Like seriously Sleep with out Matt Pike aint Fuckin Sleep and I will prove it and suggest Earthbong as a the new Smokers Delight.

Ferris back to rip through a largely Canadian stack of fresh tracks. Includes a feature on Sunthema, an upcoming 4-way split from I, Voidhanger and Rubeus Obex. New Mal Criado gets a full playthrough. Ferris inaugurates a new segment: "Today's Today is the Day of the Day".

Jim is joined in studio by Luke Meat (former music director at CITR, former vocalist of STORC, current vocalist of Bat Leather) to hang out, celebrate Pride month as well as National Indigenous History Month, talk about going to shows blindly, promote Bat Leather opening for Unsane in Calgary, and the Napalm Death show at The Pearl on June 14th in Vancouver.

Coleman highlights some upcoming local shows and hails Satan on this most unholy of days. Lots of classics on this one. Rejoice!

The Ol’Dirty Hick and DJ Sparkle Farts bring you a heavily laden Canadian metal music from thrash, to Trad metal and doom and sludge sprinkled with lots of feminine Rage. Witch Club Satan, Milkmaid, Castle, Crimson Funeral, Truster and Twin Temple and then some new music from Monolord, Iron Kingdom, Seum, W.M.D. All Hail the Black GOAT! ????

Ferris fucks up bigtime off the top - you'd think he'd have it figured out after 5 years, but you'd be wrong! The silver lining to this idiocy is that a great track gets played twice in a row. New stuff, upcoming stuff, gigs, and capped off with a humble tribute to a 20 year old masterpiece.

Jim and Coleman join forces for the first time LIVE in studio! Kicking off with brand new Darkthrone, running down some of the stacked-as-hell gigs for this years' unofficial Modified Ghost Fest, a few selections from Saskatoon's inaugural Poached Records Punk Fest, and closing out with a few legendary tunes in honor of the 16th anniversary of Ronnie James Dio's death. Raise the horns!

Ian and Cass take you on a sonic odyssey of drone, doom, occult, stoner and space rock favourites, including crushing new vibrations from Sunn O))), Faetooth, Blackwater Holylight and Spell, and we'll enjoy some chaotic garage psych from Frankie & The Witch Fingers for Cass's Corner! The second half of the show features decimating new bangers from Gutvoid, Cryptic Shift, Genghis Tron and Neuro...

Ian and Cass take you on a sonic odyssey of drone, doom, occult, stoner and space rock favourites, including crushing new vibrations from Sunn O))), Faetooth, Blackwater Holylight and Spell, and we'll enjoy some chaotic garage psych from Frankie & The Witch Fingers for Cass's Corner! The second half of the show features decimating new bangers from Gutvoid, Cryptic Shift, Genghis Tron and Neuro...

Jim and Ferris are joined in studio by Mayo from The Invisible Orange and OrangeTickets.ca to give you a rundown of all the shows happening this summer. The boys also pay tribute to the late, great Slayer guitarist/lyricist Jeff Hanneman on the 13th anniversary of his passing.