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A fond farewell to Quest For Fire…
In my 7.5 years of living in Toronto, I’ve seen my share of local bands break up, but last night was the first time I saw one pack the Horseshoe Tavern for their farewell gig. The venue couldn’t have been more fitting, as it was there that my relationship with Quest For Fire began five…
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Watch Sacha from Intronaut fronting Meshuggah last night in Atlanta
Last night Sacha Dunable of Intronaut joined Meshuggah live on stage at Centre Stage in Atlanta, GA. Meshuggah frontman Jens Kidman has the flu and the band have told him he can’t talk when not on stage, so they asked Sacha to help a little bit by singing the final song of their set (“New…
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Witchfinder Radio Playlists for the Week of February 11th, 2013
Blowing Up The Lakehead Monday February 11th 11-11:30 Audrey Horne – Straight Into Your Grave (Youngblood) Dead Lord – Onkalo (Goodbye Repentance) Deville – The Knife (Hydra) Gozu – Irish Dart Fight (The Fury Of A Patient Man) Mother of God – Graenslandet (Anthropos) Helker – No Chance To Be Reborn (Somewhere In The Circle)…
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Iron Maple Volume II: Robert Zemeckis, Tapout, Orchid’s Curse (and more Abriosis and some Thrawsunblat too!)
Well, here we are with week two’s Iron Maple column. With any luck there won’t need to be a name change this week or anyone crying ‘conflict of interest’ with my reviews! It’s been an interesting week for me here in Iron Maple land, racking up plenty of interviews as well as a whole lot…
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Witchfinder Radio Playlists For The Week of February 4th, 2013
Download the shows (each one is 6 parts long totaling approximately 3 hours) here: http://luradio-server.lakeheadu.ca/2013/Witchfinder%20Radio/ Blowing Up The Lakehead (BUTL) Playlist For Monday February 4th, 2013 11-11:30 Interview With Eli Of Holy Grail Holy Grail – Archeus (Ride The Void) Holy Grail – Bestia Triumphans (Ride The Void) Holy Grail – Dark Passenger (Ride The…
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“Happy Valentine’s Day–I think we should see other psych bands!”
Suffice to say, the dudes in Quest For Fire must have a wicked sense of humour. I mean, who breaks up the day after Valentine’s Day? Well, these Toronto heavy-psych stalwarts, apparently.
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Iron Maple Vol 1: Abriosis, Anciients, Chariots Of The Gods and Adrenechrome
Jason Wellwood kicks off his new Iron Maple column, focusing on Canadian independent metal bands, with reviews of new releases by Abriosis, Anciients and Chariots Of The Gods, plus an audio interview with Chris Friesen of Adrenechrome
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Because Slipknot is definitely the most Satanic band since KISS…
Suffice to say there’s a lot of crazy shit on Facebook. You don’t hafta go far to find some utter inanities, that’s for sure. Earlier today, I stumbled across something that was nevertheless notable: a page entitled Christians Against Slipknot. It’s a real doozy…
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Best of the Best – A Tally of the Year’s Best Albums
I’m not sure exactly what this list means – is this list any better than any of the individual lists? Probably not. Every list that comes out has their own personality, has albums that may be less obvious. But perhaps what this list does show is what the collective metal media thought was the “can’t…