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GRAVEWURM  INTERVIEW   Graveworm is a cult underground band that has been in the scene forever. I was happy when Patrick submitted this interview for Canadian Assault. I go back a ways with the man in this interview. We have been in touch off and on... [Read More]   DEATHSTORM “As Death Awakes” CD (I Hate Records)   These Austrian thrashers used to go under the name Damage, releasing a couple demos in 2008 & 2009, before changing their name and releasing an ep and a mini-LP through I Hate. This brings up...  [Read More]   DAMNATIONS HAMMER “Disciples Of Hex” CD (I Hate Records)   As I understand it this album was released on a limited run of 100 CDRs, then the mighty I Hate Records picked it up, had the band re-record the bass and some guitar solos were added, then re-mixed for...  [Read More]   OCEAN CHIEF “Sten” CD (I Hate Records)   Take your average doom metal song, slow it down a bit and stretch it out and you start getting an idea of this Swedish bands sound. There are four songs on here, but do not worry you get your albums worth my... [Read More]

KOZELJNIK “Null: The Acheron Of Multiform Negation” CD (Paragon Records)   Well this is cool to receive. I have not gotten anything from the awesome Paragon Records in a long time. They are old friends of mine, but we just kind of lost touch lately. Anyway... [Read More] DECREPITAPH / HUMILIATION "The Carnal  Slumber / Enemy's Perimeter” Split 7” EP (Eldrich Lunar Miasma / Dybuk Records)   Here is a new vinyl split release featuring California's Decrepitaph & Malaysia's Humiliation... [Read More] SPEKTR “Cypher" CD (Agonia Records)   Spektr have created a very interesting but also kind of disturbing and morbid sounding release at the same time. The French band mixes elements of experimental black, industrial and even... [Read More] IMPIOUS BAPTISM “Wrath Of The Apex Predator” CD (Hells Headbangers Records)   Australia's Impious Baptism is a one-man band consisting of J. Who is no stranger to creating and playing in quality metal bands. In the past, J...  [Read More]

SEX WISH (1976) Directed by Victor Milt Some of you guy’s may disagree but today’s prono’s suck! Yup, fuck you too! Well, you know sometimes I will find something out of the ordinary. Anyway, back in the 70’s and the early... [Read More]   WATER POWER (1977) Directed by Shaun Costello He it is, the infamous Gerard Damniano’s XXX enema rapist flick starring the one and only Jamie Gillis. I can’t think of a better picture suited for the likes of the vile Gillis. This picture till this day has...  [Read More]   BLOODSUCKING FREAKS (1976) Directed by Joel M. Reed The movie starts off with a so-called magician named Sardu and his midget side kick, putting on a show of women being tortured to death. The audience eats it up and does not realize the horror they are watching...  [Read More]   SHAUN OF THE DEAD (2004) Directed by Edgar Wright I know there are a lot of horror fans who were not into this because they thought it was a shot at the genre, like we can laugh at those who watch them. But it is not and the more I learn about the creators the... [Read More]

The Editorial rambling of old metal fan... A man is never too drunk, so long as he can hold onto one blade of grass and not fall off the face of the earth. Well it is about fucking time I wrote something new in this space. The thing is I have not been spending as much time on this site as I probably should. Yeah I have been still adding updates here and there (mostly reviews). I could be more frequent with it. I will endeavor to step it up a bit. But what the hell right, us old goats have families, children and all kinds of other shit that needs our time and attention. Canadian Assault is still very important to me though and has been going for nearly 15 years now! It will keep on the march, ever vigilant and pissed off. So partly what I was getting at is another reason I have spent a little less time on CA, is because I strengthened and re-rediscovered my love for film. I just can not seem to get enough of it lately and it is an ongoing obsession that I do not see waning any time soon. My love for movies and especially movies of the horror / gore / cult & exploitation variety. Those sick, mean, gory flicks and also I am getting into the 70s exploitation movies pretty hard lately, the grindhouse stuff and roughies and that sort of thing. I have always been into that but not at this level. It is like a fire that needs to be continually stoked with more firewood and fuel. One of the ways I am getting my fix these days is through horror, exploitation and cult movie podcasts. If you have not gotten into the podcast scene too much, well then you are missing out. There is some amazing ones out there. They remind me in some ways of the old print metal fanzines. Not always the content, but the spirit of the thing and camaraderie. I wanted to throw some banner type links up here (see below) for any and all interested or curious about this and steer you towards a few of the best ones out there. For now I am going to throw out three of my favourites. Exploited Cinema is headed up by two hosts, Bat32 resides in Michigan and Jdog is from my homeland of Canada. These two put out a great podcast and there is no sleazier, greasier, filthier un-politically correct podcast in existence. If you love exploitation, horror, action, roughies, blaxploitation etc... films but enjoy all things on the seedier side, hookers, beer soaked, misogynistic tinged areas of cinema. Then these two fiends will light up your life like a spliff and entertain you for hours on end. "Just remember if you are going huff paint, huff with a spotter... The Grease is going to get deep!".   ***UPDATE - Jdog had to leave the podcast and his replacement believe it or not is ME!! Hopefully I do not suck. Click the banner above and listen! Bloodbaths & Boomsticks are a fairly new podcast but you would never know it, they hit the ground running. This one has 3 great hosts, my friend Cory G who is into everything but is an action movie hound and knows his shit in that genre, Kyle Poling is a killer gravel voiced guy, great sense of humour, he keeps the show moving along nicely and does a superb editing job and lastly Tim Gross, who is a Fullmoon movies fanatic, has great knowledge and insight, some of you might know him from the movie review books he has published (search Big Ass Book of Gross Movie Reviews on Amazon). This podcast has some of everything, cult / action / comedy / horror / exploitation movies, raunch, great back and forth banter where they rip on each other and just have a good time, and so will you listening to it. Check it out now! Profondo Cinema which is a podcast that really covers the spectrum of what I talked about before and a few things that probably fall outside of it as well. They get into horror, gore, cult movies and the two hosts are fascinating to listen to, intelligent, they know their shit and the editing is pretty slick with some great original podcast promos. If you love old Romero zombie movies like the original Dawn Of The Dead or better yet worship it like I do. Then look no further I do not know that there is anyone on the planet that knows that movie and all that surrounds it better than JScott and Axl. You will get addicted to this one. You have been warned. Cheers, Dale   r

The Canadian Assault print issue zineography:   I am not selling the back issues any longer. I will try to keep putting more content from the old issues on this site. So it will kind of cancel out the need for them anyway. Cheers ~ Dale   ISSUE # 1:   The debut issue is xeroxed and contains 56 pages and has inteviews with: Infernal Majesty, Stratorvarius, Fleshgrind, Tenebrae, Rotting, Eternal Darkness Recs/magAZINE/DistrIBUTION, Arch Enemy, a 2 page Venom tribute section and more...   ISSUE # 2:   the sophmore release with the following interviews: Gorguts, Incantation, Intestine, Headache Described fanzine, Lust, Quo Vadis, plus more. It is pro-printed on high quality newsprint and is 48 pages. Also it has new feature the killer quotes section that takes juicy quotes from all over the underground scene and reprints them. A ton of reviews and many other surprises.   ISSUE # 3:   pro printed on newsprint but added this time is a glossy black & white cover! the Interviews include: Skinless, Athotorgh, October 31, United Guttural Records, all 3 female editors of Metal Mafia fanzine, Darkthrone, Pegazus & lots more. Again we have the Killer Quotes section, a ton of reviews, Ancient album reviews. Articles on Canadian deathrash legends Disciples Of Power and big jugged porno actress Christy Canyon. All of this and much more in a 52 page package on high quality newsprint with a black & white glossy cover.   ISSUE # 4:   the historic sPlit issue with Eternal Darkness with their 13th issue. you get 2 dedicated underground fanzines for the price of 1!! It has a black & white glossy cover, pro-printed at a immensely packed 68 pages! Some of the cult interviews included are: Pagan Records, Nunslaughter, Immolation, Kaamos, Damnation Records, Unpure, Rites Of Thy Degringolade, Lust, Vulpecula, Ultra hot porn actress Shane and A FUCKING TON MORE!!!! Including a pictorial of the almighty Venom!! Diehard features such as Killer QuOtes and Ancient Album Reviews.   ISSUE # 5:   Issue 5 comes in a half-size form, pro-printed with black & white glossy cover and is 68 fucking pages! Interviews include Denial Of God, Rebaelliun, Tales Of The Macabre zine, Destruktor, Disgorge, Necrodeath, Svartsyn, Dekapitator, Urgrund, Desecration and a shitload more!! Including 2 porn actress interviews!! As well as kult features returning like Ancient album reviews, Killer Quotes, Ye Olde flyer pages (Including cult OLD flyers from Sacrifice, Slaughter, King Diamond, Necrovore, Repulsion etc...   ISSUE # 6:   100 packed Half size pages of damnation, alcohol & metal lust! Everything you expect from Canadian Assault is here. the  Interviews include: Bloodstorm, Thornspawn, Leather ?N Spikes zine, Gospel Of The Horns, Bestial Mockery, Darkness Eternal, Slaughter and tons more.   ISSUE # 7:   FEATURES INTERVIEWS WITH DEEDS OF FLESH, GRAND BELIAL'S KEY, WITCHBURNER / IRON BONEHEAD RECORDS, PAINIAC RECORDS, POSSIBLY THE LONGEST INTERVIEW EVER WITH NUNSLAUGHTER! ALSO A RE-PRINT OF AN OLD BLASPHEMY INTERVIEW PRE-FALLEN ANGEL OF DOOM COURTESY OF ETERNAL DARKNESS 'ZINE! FEATURES ALSO THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF THE NOW NOTORIOUS ROUNDTABLE OF RANTING & RAVING INSANITY...   ISSUE # 8:   YES WE DECIDED TO TRY AGAIN THE SPLIT ISSUE THING, THIS TIME WITH MY CANADIAN BRETHREN, CATH AND HER MIGHTY LEATHER 'N SPIKES. SEEMED NATURAL SINCE THIS IS BOTH ZINES 8TH ISSUE. 116 FULL SIZE pages with b&w glossy cover! INTERVIEWS ARE: Pentagram (US doom legends!), Destroyer 666, Abigail, Lust, Cobalt, Insision, Hellflame Productions, Goatfire, Terrorama, Misery?s Omen, Drakkar Productions, Possessed (yes a new one), a new PC killing brutal Ranting Roundtable...   ISSUE # 9:   INTERVIEWS INCLUDE: Terrorama / I Hate Records, Nocturnal / Deathstrike Records, Victimizer + more! WE HAVE GONE BACK TO OUR ROOTS WITH THIS FINAL PRINT ISSUE, It is PHOTO-COPIED BUT this time but with excellent presentation of photo's / graphics and a cardboard full colour front and back cover! A ton of reviews, demos, horror flicks, a big vinyl review section, fanzines and many other surprises!

WHO IS CANADIAN ASSAULT? WELL LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING YOU NOSEY, PRETENTIOUS MOTHERFUCKER! Please Read below to find out...

Dale Roy Dale Roy Creator / Writer / Editor & Webmaster of all things Canadian Assault Yes the name was taken from the almighty Venom What is there to tell really? I started out with fanzine writing at the start of the 90s writing for fanzines like Atheist Anthems, Devourment of Souls, Growling Brutality and a bunch more but the main one I wrote for was the notorious Canadian zine The Sepulchural Voice - just a great fanzine with a fuck you attitude. I remember for a while in the early 90s we were banned by Century Media and others for the lewd behaviour exhibited within. Anyway I decided to do my own thing in late 1997 and work on Canadian Assault issue 1 began in earnest and the debut seen the light of day and the dark of night in early 1998. Oh yes I am an old man, I have a wife now, two children, a house, a mortgage and all that fun shit. But I still keep soldering onward, like old man river. Enough about me enjoy the fucking zine and support the scene!                                                                                  Top 10 Album playlist: PANDEMONIUM - Misanthropy 2012 PROFANATICA - Disgusting Blasphemies Against God 2010 MOTORHEAD - Another Perfect Day 1983 DARKTHRONE - A Blaze In The Northern Sky 1992 DISMEMBER - Indecent & Obscene 1993 ABAZAGORATH - Self Titled 2012 CD EP JUMALHAMARA - Resignaatio 2010 THE OBSESSED - The Church Within 1994 IMMORTAL - Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism 1992 DIO - Last In Line 1984 Top 5 Demo / 7" / Live playlist: AUTOPSY - Dead As Fuck: Live in '91 + '93 MORNING STAR - Inside The Circle of The Pentagram Demo 1996 PROFANATICA - Weeping In Heaven 1991 EP IMMORTAL POSSESSION - Delicacy of Disease Demo 1992 NECROMANTIA - From The Past We Summon Thee 7" ep 1995   Patrick Schroeder Assistant Editor of Canadian Assault  You already know Patrick, if you read the reviews section. I first met Patrick when he started ordering Canadian Assault print zine, and also from my fanzine distro, this was probably about a decade ago or so (Yes we are both old goats in this scene!). Since then we have gone on to become very good friends and metal brothers. Patrick picked up the mantle writing for fanzines and creating a couple of his own, such as the great Painful Reality & Primitive Ways zines.  As you can see, from the title above, Patrick has accepted my invitation to become a permanent part of Canadian Assault. He is the new Assistant Editor of CA and you will continue to read his reviews and now Patrick will also be handling a lot of band interview duties. Which is a great honour for me and also frees me up to concentrate more on reviewing and updating & doing layouts for this site. Welcome aboard brother!! Be sure to check out Patrick's own webzine as well (see link below). It is a great zine in it's own right and in some ways a companion to Canadian Assault. So go over there and read, any labels or bands feel free to send promos to Patrick for review, he is an honest and supportive guy who lives for the UG scene and some of his reviews will appear on both sites, so double exposure. Winter Torment webzine     Mark Sugiyama   Being a life long metal head at my core, I am a weird dichotomy of interests, both musical and otherwise.  I witnessed my first concert at the ripe old age of 9 (KISS at the Seattle Coliseum on the Dynasty Tour).  It's been down hill ever since. I like what I like.  Period.  I consider myself an open minded metal musician.  I know it's "kult" to hate mainstream music, to kill trendies and all that, but I take artists and their music for what it is; music.  I have no problem playing a Goat Vomit demo at one moment, an old Demon album the next.  Metal music is my foundation and always will be.     Do I fit in with the Canadian Assault of old and new?  That remains to be seen.  But I can tell you this.  You may not agree with my reviews but I will always call it as I see it.  From a fan and a musician's point of view.  I'm glad to be here! -Mark mark@seattlenextdoor.com