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-- Heavy Metal Radio since 1985 --

Every Saturday from 1-3pm on CiTR 101.9 FM in the Vancouver area or www.citr.ca for live stream.

Podcasts available on most players/apps. 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. Feel free to submit music or make requests directly to us here \m/

05/30/2026

has a bunch of weird and heaviness. Come listen to me unhinge my mind while play music. We have .inherarms .band and so much fu**in more.

05/27/2026

❗TICKET GIVEAWAY❗

Once again we are pleased to join forces with to offer a pair of tickets to upcoming album release show!!

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That's it! Winner announced June 3rd!!

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05/26/2026

STEREOTHEIST episode now available

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05/19/2026

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Latest podcast is up! Swipe for description, and full tracklist 🤘
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05/08/2026

FEAR THE CRITIC - MAY 2026

- Wretched Heart - May 1

Wretched Heart represents, to my eyes as an outside observer, a full transformation into what the band deems "hypnotic heavy metal." An apt description by any measure, it's Trad metal blended with some vaguely psychedelic elements as well as goth rock sprinkled in the mix.

Having said that, this record doesn't resonate with me quite like Tragic Magic (the band's previous release) did. I feel like there's an edge that's missing in favour of more approachable sing-along song structures - hooky choruses, big anthemic riffs - and I would really like to have a little bit more fire, a little more gusto, if you will.

What Spell do, they do very well and despite my criticisms I enjoy the record quite a bit and am very much looking forward to belting out the chorus to "Take My Life" and "Lilac" when the band plays Green Auto at the end of the month for the record release show.

Recommended if you like Cauldron or Ghost.

Three and a half wilted roses out of five 🥀

See Spell perform with Space Queen and (possibly? the lower mainland debut of) Living Evil on May 30th at Green Auto

Tune in to Powerchord Radio every Saturday afternoon from 1-3 pm at 101.9 on your FM dial and CITR dot CA 📻

05/03/2026

BEFORE YOU SEE THE LIGHT YOU MUST DIE

Jim and Ferris are joined in studio by Mayo from .ca and to give you a rundown of all the shows happening this summer in Vancouver.

The boys also pay tribute to the late, great Slayer guitarist and lyric writer Jeff Hanneman on the thirteenth anniversary of his passing.

Crank the volume and get those horns up! 🤘🤘

FU***NG SLAYER! 👹🔥⚔️

Get the latest episode at CITR dot CA slash POWERCHORD and most places podcasts are found 📻

04/28/2026

FEAR THE CRITIC - APRIL 2026

At the Gates - The Ghost of a Future Dead - Apr 24

I'll admit I was a little late to At the Gates. I found Slaughter of the Soul when I was in my twenties but melodic death metal, particularly what was coming out of Sweden (In Flames, Soilwork, The Haunted - which I didn't know was former after the dissolution of AtG, these were pre-internet days), was a massive part of my development as a metalhead and still informs a lot of my tastes to this day.

I was lucky enough to see them perform only once, playing at the Commodore Ballroom with Wolves in the Throne Room and Behemoth. It must've been in 2018 some time, I'm pretty sure To Drink From the Night Itself had just recently been released. They put on a stellar performance and I still think about it every so often.

Of course, I can't do a proper review of this album without mentioning the tragic passing of Tomas "Tompa" Lindberg - I'm not a regular viewer but I do occasionally like to watch Ola Englund's YouTube channel and I distinctly remember him passing on the news that Tompa had gone into the studio to record vocals for the new At the Gates record THE DAY before going in for major surgery to treat the adenoid cystic carcinoma he had been diagnosed with. A disease which ultimately took his life.

His influence is felt throughout the metal community and as I write this I feel myself getting emotional (once again) at the loss of this great figure and ambassador for our culture.

I don't want this to overshadow the review of the record because even if he had survived this record would still be remarkable. All these years into their career, a dissolution and a reunion.

For me, this is the strongest of their post-reunion records. The songwriting is tight and memorable. Tompa's lyrics are sharp and poignant. It's a shame we'll never see the songs performed live but that's how things go sometimes.

Four rounds of "f**k cancer" out of five.

RIP Tompa

Tune in to Powerchord Radio every Saturday afternoon from 1-3 pm at 101.9 FM on your radio dial in Vancouver and CITR dot CA 📻

04/18/2026

today with with a stellar arrangement weirdness ( )mix with some metal ( .band )and doom/sludge (.doom ). All Hail the Black Goat!!! Join me and my weird sense of metal.

04/13/2026

RADIO’S JUST ANOTHER GOLD
episode up! Ferris back in action with:

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and an utterly unprecedented SIX other bands that do not have instagram. Where else can you find such expertly curated mystery??? Cower before thy radio.
Podcast available everywhere, especially: citr dot ca slash powerchord

04/08/2026

💣SEASONS OF DESTRUCTION💣

Latest episode is up!
Hyping lots of recent shows, with a few bangers still to come, including our ticket giveaway to hyperspace fest!

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