Tag: concert
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Wardruna live in Toronto, 8 February 2018
Concert review: Wardruna in Toronto @ Danforth Music Hall on February 8th, 2018 In the midst of Winter, Toronto’s snow-framed streets are the vessel for a personal journey, unshackled from the urbanized modernity this ‘new’ city beholds. The wait is finally over. Einar Kvitrafn Selvik and Linda Fay Hella, better known as the folk/ambient duo…
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KREATOR live in Berkeley, CA, 10 Feb 2018
Concert review: SABATON & KREATOR co-headlining in Calibornia, February 2018 On the evening of February 10th my son Benjamin and I were lucky enough to attend a very odd pairing of a couple of metal acts at the UC Theater in Berkeley, California. The sold out co-headlining tour that rolled into town this night was Sabaton and…
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Wacken Metal Battle Canada returns to Hamilton, ON
After a one-year hiatus, Wacken Metal Battle Canada has returned, with this year’s competitions kicking off in Calgary this past January. This month the battle comes to Ontario, with rounds beginning in Toronto this Friday, February 9 and in Hamilton this Saturday, February 10. The full schedule of shows can be found on the WMBC…
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Black Label Society w/COC & Eyehategod in Austin TX, January 2018
Black Label Society / Corrosion of Conformity / Eyehategod @ Emo’s in Austin, Texas (Jan. 14, 2018) These bands have paid their dues for decades, so the packed houses for the Black Label Society/Corrosion of Conformity/Eyehategod tour have been well earned. The show at Emo’s in Austin was no different, but there is no question that…
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Piledriver live in Toronto, NYE 2017
The Exalted Piledriver / Maldita @ Coalition, Toronto on December 31st 2017 A metal new year! That’s what every metalhead dreams of for December 31st. The only real metal party in Toronto to tell 2017 to fuck off is The Exalted Piledriver at the Coalition. The temperatures are the lowest in Canada’s most populous city…
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Misfits live in L.A., 30 December 2017
The Original MISFITS with Alkaline Trio and Discharge @ The Forum in Inglewood, California, December 30th, 2017 In 1977 in the small town of Lodi, New Jersey the Misfits were formed by Glenn Danzig. Fast forward 40 years later and on December 30th 2017 The Misfits played to a sold out crowd in Inglewood, California…
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Temple of Void / Tomb Mold in Toronto, December 2017
Temple of Void / Tomb Mold @ Coalition, Toronto, 9th December 2017 If anyone tries to tell you death metal is dead metal, they’re dead wrong. It’s always heartening to see a bill of highly praised fresh talent live and tonight at the Coalition is one such example. Detroit’s Temple of Void are making their…
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Hatebreed live in Toronto, 6 December 2017
Hatebreed + Dying Fetus + Code Orange @ The Opera House, Toronto on 6th December 2017 It’s a great time to worship at the Hatebreed altar. This year sees the American metalcore outfit celebrate the 20th anniversary of debut album ‘Satisfaction is the Death of Desire‘ and 15th anniversary of sophomore full-length ‘Perseverance‘. The Opera…
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Aggression – live in Toronto, 6 November 2017
Aggression + Domination @ Coalition, Toronto, 6th November 2017 Canada’s thrash metal scene is internationally revered. Few can dispute that this nation disproportionately conceived premier thrash throughout the ’80s: Voivod, Slaughter, Razor, Exciter, Annihilator and Infernäl Mäjesty to name a mere handful. One of the lesser uttered names in this canon is Montreal’s Aggression, formed…
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Mayhem live in Kitchener, November 2017
Mayhem + Immolation @ Elements in Kitchener, November 4, 2017 Legendary Norwegian black metal heretics Mayhem return to North America for the second time this year, yet again to perform the seminal genre-defining ‘De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas‘ in its blasphemous entirety. For those questioning the objective to seeing this album again, New York death metal…