Jeff Parker is probably best known for his work with the Chicago post-rock group Tortoise, but the multi-instrumentalist has been building up a repertoire of solo music over the years. Most recently was 2016's twofer The New Breed and Slight Freedom.

With the competing wings of death metal grow ever further apart, it’s going to take something not just very special but also insanely brutal to cross over between the occultic invokers of the ancients and the more pristine purveryors of the new breed. France’s Benighted might well be that band.

Jonny Stevens, former frontman to Halifax punk act the New Breed, has offered up his solo debut as a free download via his website. The Nova Scotia musician recently toured Quebec and Ontario behind the record, also performing with former Ducky Boys frontman Mark Lind. The New Breed released Port City Rebels in 2003 and Off The Beaten Path in 20...