Hailing from Edmonton, Alberta, Royal Tusk deliver heavy riffs, uncompromising bottom end, and polished classic rock melodies that draw from post-grunge, progressive rock, punk, and groove-laden stoner metal. Founded in 2013 by Daniel Carriere vocals/guitars) and Sandy MacKinnon (bass), both of whom had spent the last 12 years in the Juno Award-nominated Edmonton group Ten Second Epic, the band eventually expanded to include Quinn Cyrankiewicz (guitar), Calen Stuckel (drums), and Mike James (keyboard/guitars). Just ten months after forming, the newly minted quintet holed up in...