metal
Dip into a real hell with Gadfly instead of imagining sham ones
Peak Web February 19, 2024By: Kimia Mansouri, SFU Student A three-member punk rock band has been sending earthquakes throughout Vancouver’s metal scene, and they plan to release a new album this summer. Named after a book by Ethel L Voynich, Gadfly is an unlikely phenomenon that rose out of the smoke of resistance, spreading the ashes of doom metal, Persian metal, punk, and heavy rock onto the stage. Holding the Molotov, Homa Khoshnavas on lead vocals and guitar, along with Nigel Young on drums and vocals and Raine Menard on bass, have redefined the metal genre in the local scene. While Young tended to…
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Alternative music has a misogyny problem
Peak Web July 19, 2023By: Isabella Urbani, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of sexual harassment, grooming, sexual assault of minors, misogyny, and queerphobia. There are a few ways in which women are generally framed in alternative music — usually rock, punk, and metal. They’re…
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