# METZ

Band · Toronto, ON

METZ is a Toronto noise rock trio on indefinite hiatus, known for compressed guitar abrasion, propulsive rhythm, and a catalog that gradually opened into more atmospheric forms.

## Links

- [Official site](https://metz.bandcamp.com/music)
- [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/18TNVFTJ6WfeicsMRrdJHI)
- [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/ca/artist/metz/2771256)

## Sources

- [Artist-controlled METZ Bandcamp profile identifying Toronto, the current three-person lineup, official site, catalog, sound, and public inquiry route](https://metz.bandcamp.com/music) — 2026-07-16
- [Exact Spotify artist 18TNVFTJ6WfeicsMRrdJHI with provider media and 28 collision-free principal album and single containers in the Canadian market](https://open.spotify.com/artist/18TNVFTJ6WfeicsMRrdJHI) — 2026-07-16
- [Spotify item Duakan Hati dated December 16, 2021, carrying the unrelated Vortumusik identity and excluded from the METZ catalog after collision review](https://open.spotify.com/album/12U4Ke1haeZGl95m0o7VfR) — 2026-07-16
- [Exact Apple Music artist 2771256 matching METZ, the Canadian alternative catalog, and the current release identity](https://music.apple.com/ca/artist/metz/2771256) — 2026-07-16
- [MusicBrainz group identity 449c400c-8312-4c1d-bed8-c8d774090759 identifying the exact Canadian punk band and Toronto, Ontario area](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/449c400c-8312-4c1d-bed8-c8d774090759/details) — 2026-07-16
- [Wikidata Q11343770 retained as the Canadian discovery registry identity](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11343770) — 2026-07-16
- [Official Sub Pop Up on Gravity Hill page documenting the April 2024 album, three-person lineup, sound evolution, Seth Manchester engineering, and Owen Pallett collaboration](https://www.subpop.com/releases/metz/up_on_gravity_hill) — 2026-07-16
- [Official Sub Pop album announcement documenting Up on Gravity Hill, Canadian release through Dine Alone, international release through Sub Pop, Amber Webber and Owen Pallett contributions, and the 2024 tour](https://www.subpop.com/news/2024/02/14/the_amazing_new_metz_album_up_on_gravity_hill_is_out_worldwide_april_12th) — 2026-07-16
- [Current official Sub Pop METZ tour page showing no upcoming performances and retaining the 2024 album identity](https://www.subpop.com/artists/metz/tours) — 2026-07-16
- [May 2026 Magnet interview identifying METZ as a Toronto trio that remains on hiatus and documenting Alex Edkins's current Weird Nightmare work](https://magnetmagazine.com/2026/05/05/five-questions-with-alex-edkins-weird-nightmare-metz/) — 2026-07-16
- [October 2024 Stereogum report preserving the band's public indefinite-hiatus statement](https://stereogum.com/2283634/metz-announce-indefinite-hiatus/news) — 2026-07-16
- [April 2025 Stereogum report documenting the one-off METZ reunion performance on Everybody's Live after the indefinite hiatus began](https://stereogum.com/2305498/metz-just-broke-up-last-year-but-they-reunited-on-john-mulaneys-everybodys-live-christmas-episode-last-night/news) — 2026-07-16
- [Official Polaris Music Prize record naming METZ as a 2013 Short List nominee](https://polarismusicprize.ca/album/metz/) — 2026-07-16
- [Official Polaris Music Prize 2015 Long List naming METZ and II](https://polarismusicprize.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2015-Polaris-Music-Prize-Long-List.pdf) — 2026-07-16
- [Exact Spotify Up on Gravity Hill album dated April 12, 2024, released by Dine Alone Music Inc. with UPC 821826037243](https://open.spotify.com/album/0ExMdZdev2rU5lN0Bb8vIY) — 2026-07-16
- [Exact Spotify Atlas Vending album dated October 9, 2020, released by Royal Mountain Records with UPC 00044003218505](https://open.spotify.com/album/2lXXwhfcjzfFZJuYpNcl6r) — 2026-07-16
- [Exact Spotify Strange Peace album dated September 22, 2017, released by Royal Mountain Records with UPC 00044003189225](https://open.spotify.com/album/5JcEgB1aPhg5o2PGX6dIYp) — 2026-07-16
- [Exact Spotify II album dated May 4, 2015, released by Royal Mountain Records with UPC 00044003172586](https://open.spotify.com/album/34n3HpFDwJeTh4RKOdUlkq) — 2026-07-16
- [Exact Spotify METZ album dated October 9, 2012, released by Royal Mountain Records with UPC 00044003167711](https://open.spotify.com/album/3oC10Ph30CCwkMRLKuSjoe) — 2026-07-16

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Profile: https://musiclist.ca/artist/metz
Last checked: 2026-07-16