Category: Reviews – Live

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  • Trivium/Chimaira/Whitechapel @ Odeon, Saskatoon, SK, November 20, 2009

    Trivium has talent up the wazoo. That’s never been in doubt. The problem with the Florida band is that Matt Heafy and his mates often try far too hard to impress, the perfect example being the bloated 2008 album Shogun, which threw everything at the wall, from thrash riffs, to hooky choruses, to tempo changes,…

  • Marduk/Nachtmystium @ Annex Wreckroom, Toronto, ON, November 22, 2009

    Late November seems as good a time as any to take in a performance by Swedish metal veterans Marduk. A concert centered around a black metal band known for its own distinct take on imagery and songs centering on everything from war machines to religious blasphemy to paganism seems strangely appropriate for a grey month…

  • Shrinebuilder/Rwake/Liturgy @ Le Poisson Rouge, New York City, November 15th, 2009

    I could barely contain my excitement when Scott Kelly, Al Cisneros and Dale Crover quietly joined Wino, set up their stuff, pointedly ignored the choruses of cheers and the prerequisite ‘I love you, man’ from some drunk/high audience member and just started playing.

  • Alestorm Meets Their Biggest 7 Year Old Fan

    So, when he learned his totally awesome dad was going to take him to see Alestorm, Sam took the initiative to make a sign saluting one of his favourite bands. Said sign read: “Alestorm is fucking awesome!” Honestly, I had nothing to do with its creation. Kevin Stewart-Panko reviews the recent Toronto performance on this…

  • Type O Negative @ Harpo’s, Detroit MI, October 31, 2009

    Type O Negative @ Harpo’s, Detroit MI, October 31, 2009

    By night’s end it was clear that the Harpo’s Halloween crowd had been treated to one of the strongest performances from Type O Negative in recent memory. What else other than perfection could one expect from a band whose set featured multiple songs about Halloween and fucking vampires? Jonathan Smith recaps Type O Negative’s Halloween…

  • Dethklok/Mastodon @ Sound Academy, Toronto ON, October 23, 2009

    With the completion of the second season of Metalocalypse, Dethklok took the road for a full North American tour with co-headliners Mastodon and strong support acts Converge and High on Fire. For a band that seems far from serious, they put together quite the heavyweight lineup, casting some of the top live talents to join…

  • Metallica/Lamb Of God/Volbeat @ Air Canada Centre, Toronto ON, Oct 27, 2009

    Metallica may not be for everyone. You may love them or you may hate them. Some that attended the concert may have been there to accompany a family member or friend and others may have gone in large groups. Whatever the case may be, it was a damn good show. No matter what age, ethnicity…

  • 3 Inches of Blood/Saviours @ Amigos, Saskatoon, SK, October 26, 2009

    Based on the merits of Here Waits Thy Doom and Accelerated Living, a pair of first-rate albums released this fall, 3 Inches of Blood and Saviours finally feel truly on top of their game. With two new records conveniently out at the same time, not to mention two very compatible sounds, the pairing of these…

  • Noctis Metal Fest 2009: The Concerts

    Part two of Hellbound.ca’s coverage of the Noctis Metal Conference and Festival that happened earlier this year in Calgary, Alberta, in this segment Rob Hughes reviews the musical performances of the festival with a recap of the two nights worth of gigs. The first night featured sets by Ares Kingdom, Slough Feg and Novembers Doom,…

  • Sonata Arctica/Borealis @ The Music Hall, London ON, Oct 15, 2009

    Having recently played a shortened set in Toronto under Dragonforce, Sonata Arctica returned to play an exclusive headlining show – the only one on their current North American tour. With their recent release of The Days of Grays, new songs were the main focus of the evening. TDoG continues in the direction that Unia started…