Tag: Heavy Montreal

  • Hellbound @ Heavy Montreal, Day 3: August 9, 2015

    Hellbound @ Heavy Montreal, Day 3: August 9, 2015

    Somehow I managed to get off to an even later start on Day 3, disappointingly missing both Omnium Gatherum and Insomnium, who I’d been looking forward to. By the time I arrived for the final day of Heavy Montreal 2015 I was just able to catch a couple of songs from Hamilton, Ontario’s Dead Tired before…

  • Hellbound @ Heavy Montreal, Day 2: August 8, 2015

    Hellbound @ Heavy Montreal, Day 2: August 8, 2015

    Day 2 of this year’s Heavy Montreal was hotter and sunnier and, for us, off to a slow, humid start. We arrived in time to catch Lita Ford rockin’ out. She looked to be having a good time and the crowd was too, singing along to classics like “Cherry Bomb” and “Kiss Me Deadly.” Abbath (ex-Immortal,…

  • Hellbound @ Heavy Montreal, Day 1: August 7, 2015

    Hellbound @ Heavy Montreal, Day 1: August 7, 2015

    It’s been a couple of years at least since my last Heavy Montreal (or Heavy MTL, as it was called then), but if the stars were aligned right I’d make it an annual trip. In terms of setting and organization this is one of my favourite festivals, and I’ve never had a less than stellar…

  • Hellbound summer metal fest guide (staff picks for 2015)

    Hellbound summer metal fest guide (staff picks for 2015)

    TUSKA photo above by Aku-Axel Muukka. It’s been a couple of weeks now since Maryland Death Fest wrapped up for another year. Time to look ahead to what else the summer festival season has to offer the metal-inclined. Well, actually, our current staff picks for summer fest highlights look more like a June onslaught, a July…