Tag: concert photos
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NXNE 2015 – Urvah Khan, Cold Cave, Deafheaven
Gig-hopping at NXNE 2015 – from the Bovine to Adelaide Music Hall on June 20th: On the edges of the metal world we get a lot of interesting phenomena these days. With a full program at NXNE, I got some direction and was led to an act called Urvah Khan & the Scrap Metal Army.*…
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AMATEUR CONCERT PHOTOGRAPHY HOUR: OM, Melvins, Crowbar, June 19-23, 2015
I must admit, I’m not as big into NXNE as I used to be. I just don’t have the stamina anymore to stay up till 3 am 3-4 nights in a row, running from venue to venue in search of heavy music. These days, I only do NXNE when there’s someone I really wanna see…and…
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BRIEFCASEFEST 2015, TORONTO ON, JUNE 6
Night 2 Oui oui, le black metal Québecois! For night 2, following sets from JUGURTHA, ILMESTYS and DEATH KNEEL, we got into some seriously decadently dark material at Briefcasefest. Fog and fury were the order of the hour with Basalte from Montreal, highlighted by a pummelling performance by their vocalist/drummer that had the crowd enthralled. Ottawa’s…
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DTRASH + Schizoid & Melt Banana in Toronto, 17 May 2015
In these days of digital music production and distribution my snail mailbox sees a lot less action than my email inbox. In some ways it’s a relief (I ran out of shelf space for my CD collection years ago). But that fact also makes it all the more special when something more tangible does actually show…
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Not Of in Toronto, ON – April 18, 2015
Not Of album release show @ The Magpie Taproom, Toronto, ON – April 18, 2015 It’s only in this day and age of digital music distribution that a band can throw an album release party on Record Store Day with nary a physical album to be found. Up-and-coming noise rock duo Not Of showed up…
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The Return of Faith No More
Vancouver BC @ PNE Forum, 4/15 Seattle WA @ Paramount Theater, 4/16 When announcing their reunion in 2009, Faith No More described themselves as “… some sort of unique beast: part dog, part cat—its music almost as schizophrenic as the personalities of its members.” Indeed, there is something very special about Faith No More. When…
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Enslaved and Yob in Toronto – March 19, 2015
Enslaved, Yob, Ecstatic Vision and Kosmograd Live at the Opera House, Toronto, Ontario, March 19th, 2015 A show like this was by most in the extreme metal community of south-eastern Ontario considered a must attend. There a are a couple reasons, one being that the last time Enslaved was supposed to be in town they couldn’t make…
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Zombitrol & Blacktooth Black/Doom showcase in Toronto, Nov 29, 2014
Zombitrol/Blacktooth Joint FREE BLACK/DOOM SHOWCASE starring Volür, Godstopper, Empyrean Plague, Sortilegia Saturday November 29th, 2014 Smiling Buddha, 961 College St., Toronto Great all-Canadian lineup put together by Andrew Epstein (Zombitrol Productions, The Governor’s Ball) and Blacktooth Entertainment on November 29th at the Smiling Buddha Bar as a free gig (on a Saturday night in Toronto, eh!). Volür volur.bandcamp.com Sortilegia www.last.fm/music/Sortilegia…
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Devin Townsend Project, Animals as Leaders and Monuments in Toronto, Nov 30, 2014
Devin Townsend Project, Animals as Leaders and Monuments The Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto ON November 30, 2014 Many years ago, my first gig as a teaching assistant was grading papers for an introductory university course on popular music. Though he respected my interests enough to invite me to give a guest lecture on metal music,…
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Death To All and Obituary in Toronto, Nov 27, 2014
DEATH (Death to All Tour) with OBITUARY, MASSACRE, RIVERS OF NIHIL Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto November 27th, 2014 So, I know I’m not one of the lucky thousands to have experienced the very beginnings of the death metal genre itself. DEATH, at any of the many peaks of their long-running lineup, fronted by the legendary…