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Chicken Dinner with Quorthon

In 1996, Hellbound’s Sean Palmerston was offered the chance to do the first ever in-person North American radio interview with Quorthon, leader and visionary behind legendary Swedish black metal act Bathory. They also went out for dinner together beforehand, and here are Sean’s memories of that fateful night some seventeen years ago, shared in public…

April 15, 2013
Could Udo without Accept possibly be any better than Accept without Udo? I’m about to find out…

So when U.D.O. first announced his North American solo tour back in January, I knew I had to be there. I’ve had the opportunity to see Accept three times since their 2010 reunion, but I’ve never seen the original voice of Accept. And that’s no knock on Mark Tornillo, who has filled in admirably in…

April 13, 2013
Soooo, where do I buy my Black Sabbath tickets next weekend?

Black Sabbath has yet to announce any North American tour dates, but when Universal Music Canada unwittingly leaked that they’d be playing Toronto, oh, about a month ago, we were alerted to the fact that they’re supposed to be coming to town August 14th. What Universal doesn’t say is when tickets go on sale, although…

April 8, 2013
This figures to be the female-fronted tour of the summer, folks…

It’s been a little while since I’ve seen Kylesa in concert, 2+ years to be precise, and that was an early show. Suffice to say, I’m stoked to see them hitting The Annex again this summer, but when I saw the full touring lineup, I definitely did a double-take…

March 31, 2013
How NOT to promote your Austrian stoner rock band…

For a moment there, I thought I had hit the jackpot. All these attractive young women were adding me on Facebook–and they appeared to be into heavy rock too, what with names like Lilly Rockgrrl and Rocksy Stoner. But then I found out it was all a ruse, perpetrated by the management of an Austrian…

March 24, 2013
Thinking Back To… SXSW 1998

Sean Palmerston thinks back to his first SXSW festival experience back in 1998, featuring Shallow North Dakota, QOTSA and Man’s Ruin Records

March 17, 2013
Witchfinder Radio Playlists for the Week of February 25th

Well, I’ve been away from the site for a bit…sorry! I know you’ve all been missing me! Fund Drive 2013 for the radio station kicked off this week and I’ve been super busy getting set up. My radio shows are going to be doing some giveaway incentives over the next couple of weeks so please: tune in and help support independent…

March 4, 2013
Because there are no metal shows taking place at 3 pm tomorrow in Toronto…

Gruesome Greg tries stand-up tomorrow at Absolute Comedy. Hilarity hopefully ensues. Read on for more info…

March 2, 2013
Maaaan, Fu Manchu’s coming here in a couple weeks!? That’s the first I’ve heard of this…

Overheard at the bar at the Blood Ceremony gig the other night: “Dude, you know Fu Manchu? Blah blah blah stoner rock blah blah Kyuss … They’re playing Lee’s Palace March 15th, you should check it out.”

February 24, 2013
Revitalizing the El Mocambo through Rock and Doc

A new Blasphemy Blog entry by Ola Mazzuca dedicated to a new documentary film on Toronto’s El Mocambo club, called Under The Neon Palms

February 20, 2013