2020 release. "Change is inevitable if you're lucky," says guitarist/vocalist Alex Edkins while talking about Atlas Vending, the fourth full-length album by Toronto's METZ. "Our goal is to remain in... more

METZ, our own widely-adored and delightfully noisy 3-piece punk band from Toronto (ON, CANADA), have been laying waste to stages around the globe for over 10 years. During that tumultuous chunk of... more

'I look at it like this,' METZ frontman Alex Edkins says. 'You start a band, just as something to do, because music's what makes you tick, the thing you dream about and think about and that's it. You... more

Canada's METZ are a return to everything that's good about loud, ecstatic live music; a frantic nod to Nation of Ulysses, Shellac, the Pixies, the Jesus Lizard, and Public Image Ltd. At their most... more

Since releasing their self-titled debut record in 2012, which The New Yorker called, "One of the year's best albums... a punishing, noisy, exhilarating thing," the Toronto-based 3-piece METZ have... more

On Up On Gravity Hill, the new album by Toronto power-trio METZ, the band creates a kaleidoscopic sonic world as tender as it is dark, aided once again by engineer Seth Manchester (Mdou Moctar,... more