{"title":"METZ","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrowse our collection of METZ vinyl records, CDs, box sets, and more at Darkside Records. Shop new and used releases with fresh inventory arriving daily.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"metz-strange-peace-1","title":"Metz- Strange Peace (CD)","description":" \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"New CD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43507963232477,"sku":"098787119923","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/mbid-8431d6a1-53ca-4892-9d73-52c1457cf888-22201620548_thumb500.jpg?v=1769756747"},{"product_id":"metz-up-on-gravity-hill-clear-w-red-preorder","title":"METZ- Up on Gravity Hill (Loser Edition) (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eLoser Edition on clear w\/ red vinyl. Packaging: Standard jacket with custom dust sleeve. 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, Lingua Ignota, Battles, The Body). For those who believe in the power of the rock band to exemplify the highest resonance of human connection, there is much on Up On Gravity Hill to lift the spirit, a puzzle worth repeated listening to unlock or just to get lost in again and again. The album contains some of the most spacious, sympathetic, and accessible songs-could we call them pop?-of their career. If this seems contradictory, well, METZ has always been something of a contradiction. In the words of guitarist\/vocalist Alex Edkins, \"We've never been heavy enough for metal or hardcore purists, but we're way too heavy for indie rock. We just don't have a lane-and that's okay. We exist outside the lines of delineation. I think this record is even more like that.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo Reservation\/Love Comes Crashing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Glass Eye\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Entwined (Street Light Buzz)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Superior Mirage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Wound Tight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Never Still Again\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Light Your Way Home\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AEC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44580381917405,"sku":"098787156003","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/products\/4299160-3114684.jpg?v=1727277391"},{"product_id":"metz-up-on-gravity-hill-preorder","title":"METZ- Up on Gravity Hill (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn 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, Lingua Ignota, Battles, The Body). For those who believe in the power of the rock band to exemplify the highest resonance of human connection, there is much on Up On Gravity Hill to lift the spirit, a puzzle worth repeated listening to unlock or just to get lost in again and again. The album contains some of the most spacious, sympathetic, and accessible songs-could we call them pop?-of their career. If this seems contradictory, well, METZ has always been something of a contradiction. In the words of guitarist\/vocalist Alex Edkins, \"We've never been heavy enough for metal or hardcore purists, but we're way too heavy for indie rock. We just don't have a lane-and that's okay. We exist outside the lines of delineation. I think this record is even more like that.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo Reservation\/Love Comes Crashing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Glass Eye\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Entwined (Street Light Buzz)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Superior Mirage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Wound Tight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Never Still Again\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Light Your Way Home\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"AEC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44580387979485,"sku":"098787156027","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/products\/4299161-3114685.jpg?v=1727277085"},{"product_id":"metz-automat","title":"METZ- Automat (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eVinyl LP pressing. Automat, a collection of non-album singles, B-sides, and rarities dating back to 2009, available on LP for the first time, and including the band's long out-of-print early (pre-Sub Pop) recordings. Featured here are the band's first three 7\" singles, recorded 2009-2010 and originally released by We Are Busy Bodies Records; a demo version of \"Wet Blanket,\" the explosive single from 2012's METZ; two tracks from the limited-edition bonus single that accompanied preorders of METZ; \"Can't Understand,\" originally released in 2013 by [adult swim]; and both tracks from the band's 2015 single on Three One G. The vinyl format of Automat comes with a bonus single that includes three additional tracks: a cover of Sparklehorse's \"Pig,\" from a very limited 2012 Record Store Day split single originally released by Toronto's Sonic Boom record shop; \"I'm a Bug,\" a cover of The Urinals' art-punk classic, originally released on YouTube (not an actual record label) in 2014; and METZ's previously unreleased rendition of Gary Numan's \"M.E.\" All tracks on Automat have been lovingly remastered for maximum fidelity by Matthew Barnhart at Chicago Mastering Service.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sub Pop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45004747309277,"sku":"098787129014","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/3928422.jpg?v=1727255591"},{"product_id":"metz-atlas-vending-1","title":"METZ- Atlas Vending (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eVinyl LP pressing. 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 flux, to grow in a natural and gradual way. We've always been wary to not overthink or intellectualize the music we love but also not satisfied until we've accomplished something that pushes us forward.\" The music made by Edkins and his compatriots Hayden Menzies (drums) and Chris Slorach (bass) has always been a little difficult to pin down. Their earliest recordings contained nods to the teeming energy of early '90s DIY hardcore, the aggravated angularities of This Heat, and the noisy riffing of AmRep's quintessential guitar manglers, but there was never a moment where METZ sounded like they were paying tribute to the heroes of their youth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AEC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45004752060637,"sku":"098787134018","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/3854612-2692994.jpg?v=1727255472"},{"product_id":"metz-ii","title":"METZ- II (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eLimited vinyl LP pressing including digital download. What happens when a seemingly irresistible force meets an immovable object is a serviceable metaphor for the music METZ creates, both live and on record. Now behold II, the concussive 2015 full-length from what is arguably North America's finest touring Rock band. Written and recorded in 2014, after two years of constant touring behind their rightly adored self-titled debut, II is METZ at their most true to form-as pure an expression of what they do as can currently be committed to tape. The guitars are titanic, the drums ill-tempered, the vocals chilling, and the volume worrisome. From the exhilarating grind of \"Spit You Out\" to the blunt-force thrills of \"Landfill,\" herein reside 10 songs as uncompromising in their ferocity and abrasiveness as any collection this record label has had the pleasure of releasing to date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcetate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Swimmer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Spit You Out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Zzyzx\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e I.O.U\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Landfill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Nervous System\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Wait in Line\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Eyes Peeled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Kicking a Can of Worms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sub Pop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45004783059165,"sku":"098787112016","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/2858158.jpg?v=1727254612"},{"product_id":"metz-strange-peace-2","title":"METZ- Strange Peace (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eVinyl LP pressing, includes digital download. 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 garnered international acclaim as one of the most electrifying and forceful live acts, touring widely and extensively, playing hundreds of shows each year around the world. Strange Peace was recorded in Chicago, live off the floor to tape with Steve Albini. The result is a distinct artistic maturation into new and alarming territory, frantically pushing past where the band has gone before, while capturing the notorious intensity of their live show. The trio continued to assemble the album (including home recordings, additional instrumentation) in their hometown, adding the finishing touches with longtime collaborator, engineer and mixer, Graham Walsh.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMess of Wires\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Drained Lake\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Cellophane\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Caterpillar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lost in the Blank City\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Mr. Plague\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Sink\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Common Trash\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Escalator Teeth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Dig a Hole\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Raw Materials\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sub Pop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45004809863389,"sku":"098787119916","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/3710904.jpg?v=1727254202"},{"product_id":"metz-up-on-gravity-hill-half-red-half-black-colored-vinyl-preorder","title":"METZ- Up On Gravity Hill - Half Red \u0026 Half Black Colored Vinyl","description":"\u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dine Alone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45005309640925,"sku":"821826037236","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/NDItMzMwOC5qcGVn.jpg?v=1771203056"},{"product_id":"metz-atlas-vending-3","title":"METZ- Atlas Vending (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2020 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 flux, to grow in a natural and gradual way. We've always been wary to not overthink or intellectualize the music we love but also not satisfied until we've accomplished something that pushes us forward.\" The music made by Edkins and his compatriots Hayden Menzies (drums) and Chris Slorach (bass) has always been a little difficult to pin down. Their earliest recordings contained nods to the teeming energy of early '90s DIY hardcore, the aggravated angularities of This Heat, and the noisy riffing of AmRep's quintessential guitar manglers, but there was never a moment where METZ sounded like they were paying tribute to the heroes of their youth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePulse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlind Youth Industrial Park\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Mirror\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo Ceiling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHail Taxi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDraw Us In\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSugar Pill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFramed By The Comet\u0026amp;#39;s Tail\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eParasite\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Boat To Drown In\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Alliance - BT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46984065450205,"sku":"098787134025","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/3854613-2607891.jpg?v=1762926625"},{"product_id":"metz-automat-1","title":"METZ- Automat (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMETZ, 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 time METZ, comprised of Alex Edkins, Hayden Menzies, and Chris Slorach, have cemented their reputation as one of the planet's most exhilarating live acts and trusted providers of bombastic outsider rock. Along the way, they’ve earned enthusiastic support from The New Yorker, Mojo, NPR, The New York Times, KEXP, Pitchfork, Stereogum, The AV Club, Q, Uncut, Exclaim, and a bunch of others. Referring to the trio's tireless tour regime and unquenchable thirst to bring their music to the people, John Reis (Hot Snakes, RFTC, Drive Like Jehu) once said, “your ambition is really unflattering, chill out.” They did not listen. Instead, their love of the road and passion to create uncompromising and challenging music remains unwavering and has only grown over time. Their recorded output to date, a cornucopia of pop-inflected noise punk and damaged fuzz anthems, includes 3 critically-acclaimed LPs with Sub Pop, as well as a plethora of limited-edition releases, collaborations, covers, and rarities. Which brings us to Automat, a collection of non-album singles, B-sides, and rarities dating back to 2009, available on LP for the first time, and including the band's long out-of-print early (pre-Sub Pop) recordings. Included here are the band’s first three 7” singles, recorded 2009-2010 and originally released by We Are Busy Bodies Records; a demo version of “Wet Blanket,” the explosive single from 2012’s METZ; two tracks from the limited-edition bonus single that accompanied preorders of METZ; “Can’t Understand,” originally released in 2013 by [adult swim]; and both tracks from the band’s 2015 single on Three One G. Consumers of the vinyl format of Automat will be rewarded with a bonus single that includes three additional tracks: a cover of Sparklehorse’s “Pig,” from a very limited 2012 Record Store Day split single originally released by Toronto’s Sonic Boom record shop; “I’m a Bug,” a cover of The Urinals’ art-punk classic, originally released on YouTube (not an actual record label) in 2014; and METZ’s previously unreleased rendition of Gary Numan’s “M.E.” All tracks on Automat have been lovingly remastered for maximum soundiness by Matthew Barnhart at Chicago Mastering Service. METZ are currently hard at work on their 4th full-length LP which will be released on Sub Pop when we are all damn good and ready.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoft Whiteout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLump Sums\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDry Up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRipped on the Fence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNegative Space (7 inch version)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAutomat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWet Blanket (Demo)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirty Shirt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeave Me Out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCan't Understand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePure Auto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEraser\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eUPC \u0026gt; 098787129021\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormat \u0026gt; New CD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLabel \u0026gt; Sub Pop\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShop online at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance - BT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46985230975197,"sku":"098787129021","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/3928423.jpg?v=1762928879"},{"product_id":"metz-ii-1","title":"METZ- II (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e“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 never think that you’ll be able to do it all the time. But then, for some inexplicable reason, people actually listen and latch on and the band begins to take on new meaning. All of a sudden there are expectations and pressure, real or imagined, to change who you are. It was important to us, when making this record, not to give in to that pressure.” What happens when a seemingly irresistible force meets an immovable object is a serviceable metaphor for the music METZ creates, both live and on record. Now behold II, the concussive new full-length from what is arguably North America’s finest touring rock band.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcetate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Swimmer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpit You Out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZzyzx\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI.O.U.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLandfill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNervous System\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWait in Line\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEyes Peeled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKicking a Can of Worms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Alliance - BT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46986052108509,"sku":"098787112023","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/2858159.jpg?v=1762930344"}],"url":"https:\/\/darksiderecords.myshopify.com\/collections\/metz.oembed","provider":"Darkside Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}