Death Metal MusicMusic and Culture on the Edge

With 40 ranks and 2,500 pipes, the Boomeria pipe organ (Around Town) can be really, really loud. But that's actually the whole point of organs; what else can you use to rock out in a cathedral, a movie theater or a sports arena?

Vancouvers dungeon metallers are so dark they can kill your comic book enemies. by Alison Lang "When I started playing music, the ambition was always to do it for a living---it's still something I want to be doing," says Cam Pipes. Over the phone from a pitstop in Wawa, Ontario, the 3 Inches of Blood singer comes off as a pretty serious customer. Not stern, not mean---just serious. It may seem ...

When she released her debut album The Virginian in 1997, Neko Case had the pipes and sex appeal to become a breakout country star, but her brains and background would lead her in a less commercial, far more creative direction. With each subsequent record, Case has sharpened her craft and infused more of her musical influences, trimming off a good deal of the twang from her early work and ...