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It’s the Week of the Witch, it’s the Week of the Witch next week…

I’m not sure there’s been a better week for female-fronted doom in this city than the forthcoming seven days. Between tour stops by Royal Thunder, Witch Mountain and Castle and a headlining gig by Toronto’s own Blood Ceremony, ’tis a trippy time for those who like tritones and plaintive female vocal-tones, indeed!

October 20, 2012
Witchfinder Radio Happenings Week of October 15th, 2012

Back again from the land of the dead! It’s been an interesting few weeks here in Witchfinder Radio land, but I think I’ve managed to claw my way up and out once again! Here’s this week’s playlists as well as links to download the latest podcast type shows. Feel free to shoot any feedback or…

October 17, 2012
C’mon, it’s 2012. Do we really need a new KISS album?

I’ll admit that when I was 10, KISS was one of my favourite bands. Hey, it’s hard for an impressionable young child not to be lured in by The Hottest Band in the LandTM, what with their makeup, costumes and family-friendly lyrical content. But after I saw the Alive 35 tour a couple years back,…

October 13, 2012
Happy 25th birthday to… Sacrifice’s Forward To Termination!

Today, October 12th, is the 25th anniversary of the release of Forward to Termination, the sophomore album by Scarborough ON thrash metal quartet Sacrifice!

October 12, 2012
Dragged Into Sunlight – American tour diary 2012 – Part 2

The long awaited second half of Jay H. Gorania’s tour diary highlight his summer sojourn with UK black metal enthusiasts DRAGGED IN SUNLIGHT. Live photos by Luna Duran.

October 11, 2012
Pill-poppers and head-trippers, put this one on yer neon-green radar screen!

As I’ve previously remarked, The 460 might not be El Mocambo, but it’s the next-door thing. This evening, the hole-in-the-wall bar is hosting a couple instrumental psychedelic-rock outfits that’ll expand yer mind–and they’re both from right here in yer backyard!

October 6, 2012
Happy 40th birthday to… Black Sabbath’s Volume 4

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the official release of what I consider to be one of the greatest albums ever made, Black Sabbath’s fourth studio album Volume 4. While many consider the two albums previous (Paranoid and Master of Reality) to be the band’s high point, the progressiveness of Volume 4 made it my…

September 25, 2012
Accept: Third time’s slightly less charming…

I hate to self-plagiarize, but this line is good enough for me to recycle: “This was my third time seeing Accept in the last three years, something which, had you told me I’d be saying come 2012 back when I was, well, 12, I’d probably have assumed they’d just invented time travel by then or…

September 15, 2012
Witchfinder Radio Updates For the Week of September 3rd, 2012

Two awesome shows this week, and a whole lot of ‘new-to-the-show’ material! If you enjoy what you see, don’t be afraid to tune in! Blowing Up The Lakehead is on Monday from 11pm-2am EST and CanKnuckle Tracks is on Tuesday 10pm-1am EST. Or you can download the show every week from the links below!

September 5, 2012
Jello Biafra is the man!

Saw Jello Biafra at Lee’s the other night. Round One of my mid-week madness, if you’re keeping track at home. I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect, though I’d sorta been tipped off ahead of time that he wouldn’t be playing a whole buncha Dead Kennedys covers…

September 1, 2012