CiTR -- Powerchord

Crushing and raw! Gorge on bloody offerings from Exxul, Lysergic, Gutvoid, Egregore and The Silver and bear witness to upcoming rituals in the drowning city. Glacial Mutilation and Fuck February Fest return for the second time and murmurings of a Covenant begin to stir.

Coleman returns with his first show of 2026, with a few late '25 releases and some brand new stuff this month from The Ruins of Beverast, Turpitude, Beholder and more. Plus spots on a string of upcoming punk shows from Nightfeeder, Bootlicker, Languid, and The Exploited. Closing out with a couple 10yr anniversaries from Cobalt and Mizmor, aaaand of course plenty more devastasting, brutal sounds fo...

Ferris' favourite releases from 2025.

The Ol'Dirty Hick is coming in with some speed metal to get things going, brand new Sacred Leather to open from King Volume Records then some Midnight and sliding in to greasy dirty metal with Ball and their satanic breeding. Then the slow crush of Eathbong's live version of Fathead. This whole set is heavily laden with the feminine powers of metal from Doom, Sludge, Black Metal, Screamo, and fant...

Jim and Ian join forces on the first show of 2026. Prepare for unrelenting metal assault!

Goodbye 2025! The final show of our 40th year on the air concludes with Coleman running down a few of his faves from the year, some other AOTY entries from various blogs and publications, a run-down on a deadly NYE punk show at the Cobalt, and a couple other late year releases. Thanks everyone for tuning in! See you in '26 \m/

Marking the terminus of prolonged katabasis, Jim ascends the throne once more to mock the feeble Christ-God and deliver a slab of metal to tear your mind asunder.

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Coleman is back after a few months away, with a brief feature on a Sunshine Coast two-er from Death Sentence, and a whole slew of new music from all over...Scorching Tomb, Vollmondprozession, Nephasto, Dagger, a double feature on two projects from one mastermind, Magus Lord and Lamp of Murmuur, plus plenty more.

Simon from Scalding joins Ferris in-studio for an in-depth playthrough and discussion of their recently released Nuclear Winter Spell. Second half of the show dives into a dynamic throatslashing playlist, expertly compiled by the band's frontman. Hostile winter. Hellscape. Bloody tundra. Storms ablaze.

Ian's up with a slate of deadly riffs from awesome new releases by local luminaries like Grave Infestation, Hedonist, Ruinous Power and Shattered Throne!!! We'll also survey releases from such far-flung heavies like Sijjin, Castrator, Crypta, Wretched Blessing, and even preview Kreator's newest upcoming full-length. We'll get thrashy for Cass's Corner with Bangover and Black Goat Spell, and get hy...

Ian and Cass comin' at you from "the House of Pestilence" on this episode, enjoying a sick day at home with some putrefying riffage from a slate of recent releases from Imperial Triumphant, Phantom, Grave Infestation and Shattered Throne, among many more!! We'll also throw a couple colossal slabs of doom metal from local heroes Tribunal and San Fran sluggers Hell on to the fire, then get far-out w...

Back to ordinary programming this week, Ferris gets into some upcoming gigs and releases. Tributes offered to fallen gods Michael Herrell of Today is the Day and Jurgen Bartsch of Bethlehem. Thanks for listening!

Back to ordinary programming this week, Ferris gets into some upcoming gigs and releases. Tributes offered to fallen gods Michael Herrell of Today is the Day and Jurgen Bartsch of Bethlehem. Thanks for listening!

Back to ordinary programming this week, Ferris gets into some upcoming gigs and releases. Tributes offered to fallen gods Michael Herrell of Today is the Day and Jurgen Bartsch of Bethlehem. Thanks for listening!

Ian welcomes the spooky season with a selection of his favourite holiday classics! We kick it off with a ghoulish punk rock anthem from the Misfits, and then blast through some vicious local luminaries including the newest from Hedonist's debut full length, followed by an exhumation of an entire graveyard's worth of iconic doom from Pentagram, Electric Wizard, Candlemass and Black Sabbath. We'll a...

Coleman returns to talk upcoming gigs from Dispossessed, Severed Arm, Xul, Erosion, and Dead Congregation; plus a whack of killer new tunes from Vesperal, Hadopelagyal, and more.

This time joined by Shawn, Rob, and Phil from the Covenant collective, host Ferris rips through a playlist of offerings from the artists performing at Covenant X. Paired with Part I, a full 4 hours of programming devoted to the barely contained beast conjured by these underground devotees. A worthy prerequisite for faithful witnesses.

Jim is back in the hot seat this week to debrief about the Baroness show at the Rickshaw Theatre last night, and a pile of new tracks from bands in Vancouver to China and all over Europe. Get those horns up!

Ian's joined by Cass in studio to play a triumphant tribute to three dearly departed metal masters, Nisse Karlén, Brent Hinds, and Ozzy Osbourne. Plus, we'll be talking about a whole schwack of upcoming shows on this episode of Powerchord, including Haunt, High On Fire, Baroness, Die Spitz and the mighty Covenant Fest 2025! Get into it.

Coleman pays a delayed tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne and his legacy, a local gig with Hail to the Void and others, some new jams from Ismere, Evoken, and more. RIP Ozzy!!!

Shawn from Covenant and Mayo from Invisible Orange join Ferris and Jim in the sinister studio to discuss this year's Covenant Fest. Part one of a two-part series, this episode details the first two nights of chaos. Study! Indulge. Prepare.

After a visit from the Rock n Roll Doctor Jim turns Red and Blue talking about the upcoming Baroness show at the Rickshaw Theatre on September 12th, where the band will be playing both albums in their entirety. Jim also got the new Hedonist record in the mail and gives the record it's maiden spin on the air in all of it's glory (keep an eye on this one, it's sure to be on a BUNCH of year end lists...

Jim is in the hot seat with a birthday wish for Ferris, a goth/darkwave set, and some of the doomiest doom you've ever doomed. Smoke 'em if ya got 'em!

The metal world is still reeling from last week's loss of Mr. John Michael Osbourne, so needless to say, today's episode is all Sabbath and Ozzy. Ian is your host, and he's got plenty of classic Ozzy originals, some live stuff and some covers to pay tribute too... ALL HAIL THE PRINCE OF FUCKIN' DARKNESS!