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The Roadburn Diaries: Roadburn 2014
Prolific metal writer Adrien Begrand reports on Roadburn 2014, “Europe’s leading underground festival for psychedelic, avant-garde, doom or any other variation of leftfield sonic pleasures that push the boundaries of music” (www.roadburn.com). All photos by Paul Verhagen (www.AchromeMoments.nl). Day One: Thursday, April 10 After a crazy, hurry-up-and-wait 24-hour travel day which included stops in Toronto, Paris, and Rotterdam,…
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Photo Gallery: TUNGUSKA MAMMOTH and more in Toronto, April 12, 2014
Hellbound photographer Danielle Griscti was at The Comfort Zone on Saturday, April 12, 2014 for a Briefcase presentation of Tunguska Mammoth with openers Hammerhands, Old Witch and IRN. Here’s a taste of what she saw. IRN (Toronto) irndoom.com OLD WITCH (Hamilton) oldwitch.bandcamp.com HAMMERHANDS (Mississauga) hammerhandstheband.bandcamp.com TUNGUSKA MAMMOTH (Montreal) tunguskamammoth.bandcamp.com
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Decibel Magazine Tour: Carcass, Gorguts & more, Toronto, April 8, 2014
The weather was sweet, the venue was familiar and comfortable, and the bands were stellar: 2014 Decibel Magazine Tour stop at the Opera House in Toronto featuring Carcass, The Black Dahlia Murder, Gorguts and Noisem, April 8, 2014. Review by Laura Wiebe Photos by Adam Wills We didn’t make it in time for Noisem (sorry…
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Photo gallery: Will of the Ancients CD release, Toronto, April 4, 2014
Toronto live photos: WILL OF THE ANCIENTS release To Our Glorious Dead Photos by Danielle Griscti willoftheancients.bandcamp.com With support from ISCHEMIC, ONEIROMANCY, SLUDGEHAMMER ischemic.bandcamp.com oneiromancy.bandcamp.com sludgehammermusic.bandcamp.com Smiling Buddha Bar, Toronto FREE from Heavy Mentality events April 4, 2014
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The Ocean / The Atlas Moth, Toronto, April 2, 2014
The Ocean and The Atlas Moth with Kosmograd and The Parallax at the Hard Luck Bar in Toronto, April 2, 2014 Review by Laura Wiebe Photos by Adam Wills As we walked up the stairs into the Hard Luck Bar, The Parallax were nearing the tail end of their set, witnessed by several (unsurprisingly) dark…
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Photo Gallery: Demontage with Demona, Valkyrie’s Cry, Cromlech in Toronto, March 8, 2014
Demontage with Demona, Valkyrie’s Cry, Cromlech Fixed in Silver Comfort Zone, Toronto March 8, 2014 (A Heavy & Humble Promotions event) Photos by Danielle Griscti http://cromlechdoom.bandcamp.com/ http://www.reverbnation.com/valkyriescry http://www.demonametal.com/ http://demontage.bandcamp.com/
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Hellbound’s Progressive Nation at Sea Awards 2014
In February 2014, Adam Wills and Laura Wiebe flew to Miami, embarked on a cruise ship, and indulged in four days’ worth of live progressive rock and metal. In lieu of a Progressive Nation at Sea 2014 review, they instead have chosen to recognize the highest achievements of the festivals participants with the Hellbound PNAS 2014 Awards.…
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Editor’s playlist – songs for a cold, snowy Thursday
For a serious music fan (and I assume anyone reading this must be), finding sounds that really click for you has to be one of the most satisfying pleasures — encountering music that resonates with some part of your psyche, your emotions, your cells… And when you find those artists, albums, or songs that hit all the right…
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Fossils – Flesh Hammer
Now, I know you’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but the album art on this one is made outta beef jerky, and I loves me some beef jerky… Anyhoo, Fossils is a Danish guitarless duo, and this is their third album, and third album about meat — at least in name,…
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The Shrine – Bless Off
I was pretty impressed with these guys when they opened for Red Fang last month. While they’re not reinventing the wheel, they sure know how to roll it, bringing down some brief blasts of heavy vintage tuneage. It’s almost like one of those semi-obscure heavy bands from the early 70s (Dust, Bang, Gun, take your…