Category: Reviews – Live
Hellbound is always there, lurking in the crowd, while the band blisters the very air.
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Riot @ Montage Music Hall, Rochester NY, January 20, 2012
On Friday, January 20th RIOT played their final warm up show for the 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise and Hellbound was there to take it in. Here is Sean Palmerston’s review of the show, with photos by Albert Mansour.
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Ghost/ Blood Ceremony/ Ancient VVisdom @ The Mod Club, Toronto ON, January 22, 2012
Natalie Zed reviews the January 22nd Toronto performance by occult rockers Ghost, as well as support acts Blood Ceremony and Ancient VVisdom at the Mod Club. All live photos by Adam Wills
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Terror / Trapped Under Ice / Backtrack / Harm’s Way / Letlive @ The Pine Box, Midland, TX, November 15, 2011
A hard act to follow, but Terror is an intimidating live act regardless of how someone feels about their music. Frontman Scott Vogel, formerly of the legendary, now-defunct Buried Alive, was in fine more, ruling the crowd that already paid him the blind-eyed devotion that a preacher at church might receive.
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We Are All Puppets: Devin Townsend/Today I Caught The Plague @ The Opera House, Toronto, ON, December 10, 2011
“If we in the audience are puppets whose strings are manipulated by artists, then Townsend is both puppeteer and lead puppet, a living caricature of the genre who takes such obvious joy in poking fun at both the scene and his own place within it. His performances are both sincere and satirical, and that is…
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Fun Fun Fun Fest 2011 @ Auditorium Shores and Red 7, Austin, Texas, November 4-6, 2011
Jay H. Gorania reviews the 2011 edition of Fun Fun Fun Fest, which happened in Austin, TX in early November.
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Mayhem/ Keep of Kalessin/ Hate/ Abigail Williams/ Woe @ The Opera House, Toronto ON, November 10th 2011
However controversial and dark, Mayhem is still incredibly important aesthetically and culturally. It’s also relatively rare the the band successfully crosses borders, making this a rare Canadian appearance.
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Napalm Death + guests @ Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver BC, October 27, 2011
Vital and blistering on stage, and with a new album scheduled for February release, Napalm Death laid waste the Rickshaw and Vancouver’s grind-starved crowd.
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Cynic/ 3/ Scale The Summit/ The Ocean @ The Wreck Room, Toronto ON, November 10, 2011
An eclectic line up was the order of the night in Toronto at the Wreck Room. Prog metal legends Cynic with 3, Scale the Summit and a recently added The Ocean were to play this showcase of musical talent.