Category: Gruesome Greg
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AMATEUR CONCERT PHOTOGRAPHY HOUR: Graveyard/Biblical/Low Orbit @ The Garrison, May 22, 2015
Still scratching my head over London landing a stop on the Mastodon/Clutch/Graveyard tour while Toronto has to settle for a Graveyard side date. That said, the latter would be the band I most wanted to see of those three, so I saved me some cash and a trip westward by catching ’em at The Garrison…
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AMATEUR CONCERT PHOTOGRAPHY HOUR: Ufomammut/Sons of OTIS/Usnea @ Mod Club, May 16, 2015
Though they’re hardly a household name around here, I’d hafta say Ufomammut drew a pretty decent crowd to the Mod Club last night. Personally, I had been looking forward to seeing them for quite some time, and they really did deliver–visually as well as musically.
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AMATEUR CONCERT PHOTOGRAPHY HOUR: Apostle of Solitude/Orodruin/Saints and Winos @ Flour City Station, Rochester, NY, May 1, 2015
I haven’t been heading down to the States for shows very often since our dollar dropped far below par. But I still had a few bucks lying around from my last U.S. trip, and with two of my favourite American doom bands playing within driving distance, I figured it was worth the effort.
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AMATEUR CONCERT PHOTOGRAPHY HOUR: Electric Wizard/Blood Ceremony/Satan’s Satyrs @ Lee’s Palace, April 5, 2015
Electric Wizard’s Time to Die tour marked their first extended trek across North American in 13 years, and their first Toronto appearance in…forever!? No wonder it was such a hot ticket.
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MAKING OF A SLUDGE METAL SOLO ALBUM – Step Two: Learn to Scream
Melissa Cross’ reputation definitely precedes her. When it comes to instructional videos on metal vocals, hers was the first–and only–one that came to mind. But after watching The Zen of Screaming, I found myself agreeing with a few of the not-so-positive reviews on Amazon…
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MAKING OF A SLUDGE METAL SOLO ALBUM – Step One: Write Lyrics
I’ve been toying with the idea of making an autobiographical solo album for a few years now…I just had to hit rock bottom first. The source material has always been inside of me, but it took a series of unfortunate events toward the end of last year to finally start drawing it out.
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Fuck you Facebook, Gruesome Greg IS my everyday name!
Over the past few weeks, many of my Facebook friends within the metal community were switching from their stage names to actual last names. But for me, when the axe came down, I thought I’d be clever and change my name to Grégoire Grousomme. And hey, it worked…for about 3 days.
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GRUESOME GREG’S TOP 10 CONCERTS OF 2014
Doesn’t feel like I did as much travelling last year as in years past. When our dollar was at par, a quick roadtrip to, say, Cleveland was pretty cost-effective. But when everything in the States costs 15% more loonies, well, that’s a bit of a bummer. Mind you, I still saw some solid outta-town shows…
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If The Flatliners are half as fatty as these french fries, then Imma stay the fuck away!
Unless you’ve been listening to pop punk for the past couple weeks, you probably know that The Flatliners are Canada’s answer to Jethro Tull. No, they don’t have a flautist that likes to stand on one foot, but apparently, they’re the least metal band to be nominated for a Juno since…