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AMATEUR CONCERT PHOTOGRAPHY HOUR: YOB/Bell Witch/Vile Creature @ Mod Club, July 4, 2018
Yob’s latest album, Our Raw Heart, is a comparatively lighter, more melodic effort–but that doesn’t make it any less crushing live.
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AMATEUR CONCERT PHOTOGRAPHY HOUR: BRUJERIA/Dayglo Abortions @ Opera House, June 16, 2018
You probably know me as a doom metal guy, but both of these bands are guilty pleasures for me.
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AMATEUR CONCERT PHOTOGRAPHY HOUR: ANGEL WITCH/Blood Ceremony/Cauldron @ Lee’s Palace, May 16, 2018
Angel Witch has been an active outfit, more or less, since 1978…but they had never played Toronto until 2018.
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Mos Generator – Shadowlands
Shadowlands, the sixth album by Washington fuzz rockers Mos Generator is officially released on May 18, the same day that they play Toronto for the first time. So hey, CD release party at Baby G’s? This Listenable Records recording follows by a couple years its predecessor, 2016’s Abyssinia, a pretty solid heavy-rocking release in its…
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Rainbow Bar and Grill
As usual, I seem to be always late to the party when it comes to cool music, movies and or even visiting historically killer places such as the world famous Rainbow Bar and Grill. What can I say, I tend to stay away from what is trendy or popular due to the fact I don’t…
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Heavy Metal Adam’s Quarterly Report – Q1 2018
Cover photo credit: Craig Reid Each quarter, Adam reviews some of the albums that stand out to him from the previous 3 months. There are no rankings, there is no order… only a collection of great music that you are hopefully not missing out on. Altars of Grief – Iris Doom metal in the vein of…
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Sleep – The Sciences
Those sneaky bastards! After being my most-anticipated album for the past two or three years in a row, Sleep finally released their first full-length of new material in 20 years secretly, with no advanced fanfare, on 4/20. Because of course. The Sciences spans 53 minutes, and finally sees a proper studio recording of long-time live-set…
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AMATEUR CONCERT PHOTOGRAPHY HOUR: Woodhawk/Mountain Dust/Hawkeyes/Low Orbit @ Bovine Sex Club, March 30, 2018
I was a pretty big fan of Beyond the Sun, the debut album from Calgary stoner rock trio Woodhawk, so when I heard they’d be coming out on a cross-country tour, I knew I’d be there with boots on. Good Friday brought a fistful of heavy rock outfits to the Bovine, where many an Old…
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Stephen Hawking: A Brief Appreciation
With the passing at the age of 76 of renowned physicist Professor Stephen Hawking, the world has truly lost a beautiful mind. Stephen Hawking (1942-2018) Everybody dies, yet not everybody truly lives; just living to 76 was a great triumph for this brave man. In 1964 at the age of 22 he was diagnosed with…
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In memoriam: Metal luminaries pay tribute to Necrophagia’s Killjoy
Frank (Killjoy) Pucci, 1966-2018 Legendary death metal pioneer Frank “Killjoy” Pucci passed away Sunday, March 18. The frontman of the seminal act Necrophagia was 51 years old. His bandmates in Necrophagia—guitarist Serge Streltsov, bassist Jake Arnette and drummer Shawn Slusarek—announced his passing via a heartfelt Facebook post; however an official cause of death has not…