Tag: concert
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Iced Earth / Sanctuary in Toronto, March 2018
Iced Earth / Sanctuary @ Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto – 26 March 2018 Tonight is a more solemn affair for melodic metal fans. US heavy metal battalion Sanctuary were confronted by sudden tragedy. In December last year, the metal world was struck with the devastating news that vocalist Warrel Dane had died of a heart…
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Primitive Man / Spectral Voice in Toronto, March 2018
Devastating death metal is the order of the night. Concrete slab-throwers Primitive Man have returned to desecrate TO alongside fellow Denver inhabitants Spectral Voice – one of the more dynamic acts to ignite the death metal subterranean in recent history. Lee’s Palace is buzzing with extreme metal adherents eager to abuse their aural capabilities. Primitive…
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Nightwish at The Fillmore in Charlotte
Nightwish delivers the Greatest Show on Earth 10 March 2018 @ Fillmore Charlotte – Charlotte, NC Floor Jansen, at this point, has arguably established herself as the ideal Nightwish vocalist. That’s not to disparage Tarja or Anette, but many found Tarja to be too polarizing for the band and the die-hards rejected Anette pretty quickly…
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HEAVEN SHALL BURN and more in Saarbrücken, Germany – March 2018
Heaven Shall Burn / August Burns Red / Whitechapel / In Hearts Wake @ the Garage, 21 March 2018 Sweat, thick air and powerful beats: In Hearts Wake, Whitechapel, August Burns Red and Heaven Shall Burn rock the Garage on Wednesday evening in Saarbrücken, Germany. garage-sb.de In Hearts Wake First timers in Saarbrücken, Australian metalcore…
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Dying Fetus and more in Toronto, March 2018
Dying Fetus / Thy Art Is Murder / Rivers of Nihil / Enterprise Earth / Sanction @ the Opera House – March 18, 2018 On March 18, 2018, I drove up from my hometown, about two hours away to go to the Dying Fetus show at The Opera House with a few of my friends.…
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Morbid Saint live in Toronto, March 2018
Morbid Saint @ Coalition T.O on March 9th, 2018 Time to lock up your children! Underground thrashers Morbid Saint have arrived in Toronto. Formed in 1982 in Wisconsin, the five-piece released the highly respected Spectrum of Death debut album before undertaking the route of so many ‘80s thrash acts and dissolving by 1994 when the subgenre…
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Sons of Apollo in Buffalo, February 2018
Sons of Apollo @ Town Ballroom, Buffalo on February 16th, 2018 Everyone is probably in agreement that the term ‘supergroup’ is thrown around far too much in musical spheres today but given the prestige of the acts that the members of progressive metallers Sons of Apollo come from, it feels justifiable using this never-dusty marketing term.…
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Enslaved (and more) in Toronto, 20 Feb 2018
Enslaved / Wolves in the Throne Room / Myrkur / Khemmis @ the Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto, February 20th, 2018 Decibel Magazine has once again pieced together a North American tour to encourage the extreme metal faithful to leave their domiciles in the colder months of the year. Tonight sees a transatlantic tour alliance between…
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Hellfest 2018: The Preview
Pointless are the summers without music festivals. Hellfest, though, is beyond any definition of rock music festival. It gathers in one place the legends you have been dreaming of seeing live since you were a child: three days of pure magic for all metal enthusiasts and lovers of high decibel music out there! This year is no…
