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Welcoming the very first edition of Very Prog Festival
Exciting news for prog metal fans! There’s a brand new festival emerging dedicated to the genre: Very Prog Festival. Its very first edition will be taking place on October 12-13, 2018 at Le Metronum in Toulouse, France. Le Metronum, a 600 person capacity venue, welcomes bands round the year and is no newbie to hosting festivals.…
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Toxic live in Toronto, August 2018
Toxik / Droid @ Coalition, Toronto on 25th August 2018 Back in March, technical thrash titans Toxik were expected to hit the Coalition. Unfortunately, they never made it. After being held up for over two hours at the Canadian border, their vocalist was not allowed in, causing them to cancel their Canadian mini tour. However,…
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AMATEUR CONCERT PHOTOGRAPHY HOUR: MONOLORD/The Death Wheelers/Low Orbit @ The Garrison, September 3, 2018
On a hot September’s night, Swedish doomsters Monolord made their second Toronto appearance to a sizeable, sweaty crowd at The Garrison…
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RAGE Fest 2018 in Los Angeles, CA
Photos and review by Josue Solano Attila with Suicide Silence, Volumes, Spite, and Cross Your Fingers Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA – 24 August 2018 Just as you thought summer was over Attila came through and brought the party to us once again with a tour called Rage Fest. This was the most insane line up of…
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Slayer says farewell in San Jose, 26 August 2018
SLAYER w/ Lamb of God, Anthrax, Testament, Napalm Death @ the SAP Center in San Jose, CA August 26th brought the final show of Slayer’s North American “Farewell” tour to the SAP Center in downtown San Jose, California, and along with it some mixed emotions from this Slayer lover. Having seen the Thrash Metal giants well over…
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Godflesh + Malhavoc in Toronto, 21 August 2018
Godflesh / Malhavoc @ Lee’s Palace, Toronto on 21st August 2018 Nearly three years have melted away since English industrial metallers Godflesh haunted this city. This show is one of five of North American dates, following their appearance at Psycho Las Vegas fest. This is just their second live show in Toronto since their 2009…
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Book reviews by Steve Earles: The Great War Illustrated 1918
Archive and Colour Photographs of WW1 By William Langford and Jack Holroyd This is the final book in this series, the last of five titles, which have to stand as one of the very best series that Pen and Sword has published – which is no mean feat. The photos and images in this book…
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AMATEUR CONCERT PHOTOGRAPHY HOUR: BLACK TUSK/Whores/WhiteNails @ Lee’s Palace, August 20, 2018
Black Tusk and Whores brought the energy up from Georgia to put a heavy end to the start of the week–with a solid supporting act straight outta Quebec!
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Into the Grave Festival, August 2018
10-11 August – Leeuwarden, Holland This was the time and place to be for a weekend spiced with an exquisite selection of death, groove, black and symphonic metal. After a seven-hours drive through the typical German Friday’s traffic jams, I finally arrived at the festival location, unfortunately missing already the first two acts: the Belgians Toxic Shock…
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BOOK REVIEW: Uncovering Stranger Things
Essays on Eighties Nostalgia, Cynicism and Innocence in the Series Edited by Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr The success of ‘Stranger Things’ comes as no surprise. The 80s are far enough in the past to seem distant enough for comment yet near enough to feel fresh in the mind. This is a superb collection of 23 new…