Sinopsis
On the air since 1985, Powerchord is Vancouver's longest running metal show! Covering all sub-genres across the harsh landscape of heavy metal, old and new alike. New releases, local bands, the obscure, the classic, and everything in-between.Two hours of absolute brutality every Saturday from 1-3pm.
Episodios
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In Sickness And In Death
21/11/2020 Duración: 02h01sIan brings crushing new doom hymns from Heron, Bong Wizard and Sons Of Otis to this episode of Powerchord. We'll blast away the November blues with paint-scouring death metal from Extremity, Vastum and Cosmic Putrefaction, and rep the still-simmering Vancouver metal scene with Ceremonial Bloodbath and Vital Spirit. We'll also play new rippers from heavyweights Napalm Death and Boris, and dig a classic tack from Exciter's 1983 debut record Heavy Metal Maniac out of The Graveyard! Join us...
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Entropic Self Immolation
14/11/2020 Duración: 01h58minSome real posi-vibes on the show today! We welcome new music from Fuck the Facts, Thou and Emma Ruth Rundle, Pallbearer, Eternal Champion, and Of Feather and Bone; we celebrate another great streaming event at the Rickshaw with local faves Empress and Heron; we mark Remembrance Day and the 40th anniversary of Ace of Spades with a double-dose of Motorhead; and last but definitely not least, we finally get to say goodbye to that vile piece of shit in the oval office with some Neckbeard Deathcamp! GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE!
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Nocturnal Hell
07/11/2020 Duración: 02h00sThe time change has come and gone, so welcome to the part of the year where it's perpetually dark and raining and miserable! Dark, heavy weather calls for heavy sounds, so we start this episode off with a ripping track from Vancouver's own Ceremonial Bloodbath and their monstrous new album The Tides Of Blood. Brutality and wanton destruction is the order of the day as we play tracks from some of 2020's best death and black metal releases, including new music from Embodiment, Cultus Profano, Wake, Cirkeln and Afterbirth. We'll get into some ripping blackedned thrash with Deathwitch, Kafirun and Nervosa, as well as new music from thrash masters Warbringer. We'll also dig up some classic tracks from Canadian tech-death masters Gorguts and Cryptopsy, and then get doomy with crushing dirges from Gospel Of Death, Lares, Elder Druid and the almighty Electric Wizard. Plus, we will honour the victims of war throughout the world with a special Remembrance Day tribute including songs by Bolt Thrower and Memoriam, and di
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Halloween 2020
31/10/2020 Duración: 02h01minColeman gets spooky with Halloween classics from the Misfits, Helloween, King Diamond and more; plus new music from Wake, Ceremonial Bloodbath, Ape War, Skaphe, and heaps more.
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Obsidian Night
24/10/2020 Duración: 02h00sWe'll get into the most metal-ful time of year by kicking off the show with a dose of gothic gloom from UK doom legends Paradise Lost's majestic new album Obsidian. Some of 2020's most crushing doom, including Heron, Mendozza, Dopelord will make an appearance as well, and then we'll lay waste with some hyperspeed blackened war metal from Revenge and Tyrant's Blood. New music from death and black metal heavy hitters like Krallice, Necrot, Paysage D'hiver and ULTHAR will make an appearance as well, along with pagan occult-inspired proto-doom hymns from Jex Thoth, Spell and Blood Ceremony, and some festive Halloween jams from Skeleton, Cauldron and Witch. Plus, we'll dig a classic track from Venom's legendary debut album Welcome To Hell out of The Graveyard. HAIL!!!!
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Legions Arise
17/10/2020 Duración: 02h01sToday's show is a celebration of all things pagan, wyrd and spooky! We'll begin celebrating the season of decay with a track from the epic doomy power metal unit Valkyrie off of their first new album in 5 years. We'll set the mood for the Halloween season with witchy tracks by proto-doom and heavy occult rock shamans like Witchcraft, Blood Ceremony, Jex Thoth and Witch Mountain. We also have new music to play for you by Pale Divine, Cirith Ungol, Skeletal Remains, Ceremonial Bloodbath, and lots more! We will play an extended track from Artamentus off their harrowing funeral doom masterpiece Stygian, and we'll cap the show off by digging a track from legendary Danish band Mercyful Fate out of The Graveyard. Crank the volume!
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Every Walk A Quarantine
03/10/2020 Duración: 02h01sLet's celebrate the start of the spooky season! On this episode, Ian brings death metal deliverance with new music from Napalm Death, Ulcerate, Cerebral Rot and Vader! Hardcore heavy-hitters KEN Mode, Fucked Up and Trap Them will make an appearance, and we'll also play a suffocatingly dark new track from miserable sludge masters Primitive Man. Plus, we'll get into the spirit of the season by digging a track from Swedish gothic doom titans Candlemass out of The Graveyard! Let's rock.
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Every Walk A Quarantine
03/10/2020 Duración: 01h59minLet's celebrate the start of the spooky season! On this episode, Ian brings death metal deliverance with new music from Napalm Death, Ulcerate, Cerebral Rot and Vader! Hardcore heavy-hitters KEN Mode, Fucked Up and Trap Them will make an appearance, and we'll also play a suffocatingly dark new track from miserable sludge masters Primitive Man. Plus, we'll get into the spirit of the season by digging a track from Swedish gothic doom masters Candlemass out of The Graveyard! Let's rock.
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Morbid Exaltations
26/09/2020 Duración: 01h59minColeman sets the pace at "dark and bleak" early on in this show with a disgusting slab of funeral doom courtesy of Atramentus. Spotlights on new splits from Encoffinate/Abscess Lord and Antediluvian/Heresiarch; more New Zealand heat from Temple Nightside and Vassafor; two outstanding benefit comps in support of Black Lives Matter, and other great jamz!
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The Crushing Tide
19/09/2020 Duración: 02h01sBlast away the smoke with us as we kick off the show with a jam from Ulthar's punishing new death metal masterpiece Providence! We'll get proggy with Intronaut, Anciients and Voivod, ride into battle with Throne Of Iron, Visigoth and War Dogs, and then bring the doom with Paradise Lost, Electric Wizard and Thou! The second half of the show will feature some ferocious crusty hardcore with Nails, Erosion and WTCHDR, and we'll give 'er with Vancouver skate-thrashers Christ Air and S.T.R.E.E.T.S. We'll hear some epic tales of glory and victory with Crystal Viper, Ensiferum and 3 Inches of Blood, and more! Plus, we'll dig a track by UK doom-thrash legends Sacriledge off their classic debut record Behind The Realms Of Madness out of the Graveyard! Let's get rad!
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Your Hell
12/09/2020 Duración: 02h02minColeman returns with a heap of new shit from some of the best bands in the genre; Uada, Pallbearer, Necrot, Primitive Man, Napalm Death, and plenty of other lesser known but just as amazing bands. 2020 has been (and will certainly continue to be) a dumpster fire, but the metal output this year has been anything but!
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Out For Blood
05/09/2020 Duración: 02h01sSept 5thWe start today's show with the rip-roaring title track off of Skeleton's self-titled debut record, out now on 20 Buck Spin. It's a raging blend of feral blackened thrash, riffy Conan-sludge, and classic lighter-raising bombast, sure to get the headbangers' attention. We follow that up with vicious and brutal new tracks from the likes of progressive tech-death units Pyrrhon and Odius Mortem, righteous jammers from local favourites Vth Circle and Temple Of Abandonment, and rampaging new music from Wake, Lares and Cirkeln. We'll satisfy your power metal itch with triumphant new tunes from Judicator and Unleash the Archers, and throw in a classic party anthem from the legendary Vancouver band 3 Inches Of Blood. The second half of the show will feature more flesh-ripping death metal with Bolt Thrower, Genocide Pact and Tomb Mold, and we'll throw in some hard-partying, hellbent for leather hard rock with Hitter, The Donnas and Sheer Mag! We'll also play killer new tracks from thrash legends Testament and An
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Soul Sacrifice
29/08/2020 Duración: 02h51sWe eulogize the late Riley Gale of Power Trip and the tragic loss it is to the entire metal community. Features on new black metal duo's from Spirit Possession, Dkharmakhaoz, and Fayenne; plus a spotlight on the recent output of live streams with special focus on happenings at the Rickshaw Theater and the CVLT Nation Youtube channel. REST IN POWER RILEY GALE. POWER TRIP FOREVER.
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After The Future
22/08/2020 Duración: 02h00sToday's episode opens with a trilogy of tracks involving the incomprable multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer, Colin Marston. We start with new music from his band Krallice, who just put out a punishing new record of extreme black/death metal. We follow that with some of his work from behind the board with Afterbirth, off their stunning new album Four Dimensional Flesh. Then we'll hear something from Colin's collaboration with the legendary Gorguts off their brilliant comeback album Coloured Sands. Suffocatingly dark and punishing tracks from new albums by Cosmic Putrefaction, Solothis and Ruin Lust will show up to perferoate your eardrums as well. Heavyweights of Canadian thrash Razor, Eudoxis and Infernäl Mäjesty will all make an appearance to get the rivet-heads in the pit moving, alongside a track from terrifying Norwegian thrashers Condor. The second half of the show will feature hard-rocking fuzz grooves from Magic Circle, Dead Quiet and Getaway Van, alongside spacey psychedelic jams from Stonef
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Cage Of Mirrors
15/08/2020 Duración: 02h01sWe kick off today's show with a track by French experimental metal project Igorrr, whose new record Spirituality & Distortion blends aspects of black and doom metal with folk, classical, electronic, drone and avante garde music to create one of the most singular records of the year. Next, we'll get into some more traditionally heavy territory with some crushing doom from Heron, Isak, Elder Druid and Vile Creature, then get dark and brutal with Dark Fortress, Forest Leech and Embodiment. We'll ride into battle playing some melodic power metal from Frozen Crown, as well as the newest single from the new Unleash The Archers album Abyss, which drops next week. Hour 2 will feature more lighter-raising true metal from Ambush and Traveler, as well as some unholy blackened thrash from Bütcher and Kafirun, and loads more. We'll also play some old school Canadian headbanger classics by Anvil and Fist, before we dig a track from Voivod's classic debut record War And Pain out of the Graveyard! JOIN US...
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Smouldering Embers
08/08/2020 Duración: 01h59minNew music from farflung heavyweights like Boris, Acid Mammoth, Serpent Cobra, Exhorder and Vastum headline today's show! Join us as we crank things into high gear with a set of speed metal featuring Bewitcher, Riot City, Cauldron, and Blade Killer, and then slow things to a crawl with some crushing doom from Haggatha, Craters and Windhand. We'll dig into some transcendent, nature-worshipping black metal as we visit both sides of a split release featuring Skagos and Panopticon, and we'll crank out some cosmic psychedelic fuzz jams with UUBBUURRUU and Heavy Trip. Veteran Canadian thrashers Sacrifice and Annihilator will make an appearance, along with Vancouver's legendary war metal pioneers Blasphemy. NOLA sludge legends Thou will also show up to pay tribute to the old gods with their contribution to a new Sacred Bones Black Sabbath tribute release! Plus, we'll dig a track from one of Canada's greatest metal exports out of the Graveyard, a stomach-churning masterpiece of psychosis from the mighty Cryptopsy! Let
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Sludge on the Swamp / Migration Fest
01/08/2020 Duración: 02h01minColeman does a feature on what would have been Sludge on the Swamp Vol.2 and Migration Fest Vol.3. I miss live music.
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Sludge on the Swamp / Migration Fest
01/08/2020 Duración: 02h01minColeman does a feature on what would have been Sludge on the Swamp Vol.2 and Migration Fest Vol.3.
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When The Path Is Unclear
18/07/2020 Duración: 02h03sThis episode kicks off with a pair of filthy covers from the CVLT Nation Sessions tribute to Entombed's classic 1990 album Left Hand Path! Fight the pandemic blues with us as we play some crusty, agonizing doom from Vile Creature's newest album, and then we get into some thunderous, riff-heavy power metal from Eternal Champion and Smoulder. We'll also play some psychedelic-dosed hard rock with Blackwater Holylight and some occult-scented proto-doom with The Well. Hour 2 features some demented brutality as we explore progressive extremes in metal with Pyrrhon, Afterbirth and Xazuraug. A few Canadian metal favourites make an appearance, including crushing riff-groovers from Bison and Barnburner, and some belligerently crusty sludgecore Waingro, Baptists, and we'll get into some lightspeed corpse-rippin' thrash with Toxic Holocaust and Nervosa. Plus, we'll dig a classic track from Darkthrone's brilliant 1995 album Panzerfaust out of The Graveyard! Get hyped and crank the volume!