Tag: Khemmis
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Opeth, Mastodon and Khemmis – Live Gallery: Toronto, ON – April 22 2022
It was an absolute joy to shoot the legendary Opeth at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Friday April 25, 2022. That sure feels great to write! Live shows in 2022, and one of the all-time favourites of many a metalhead, good stuff. Hey, but don’t let my nerding out about these prog darlings from Sweden…
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AMATEUR CONCERT PHOTGRAPHY HOUR: Khemmis/Cloak @ Velvet Underground, July 24, 2019
This was Khemmis’ first headlining Toronto appearance — and my first time seeing them live.
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Khemmis – Desolation
It’s not uncommon for a more traditional doom band to take a turn toward power metal—Argus first made strides in this direction with Boldly Strides the Doomed, while Age of Taurus is leaning much more towards the swords ‘n sorcery set on their outstanding second album, The Colony Slain. We can also now include Khemmis…
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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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Khemmis – Hunted
I’ll admit, I’ve been sitting on this one for a bit. Khemmis’ debut album, Absolution, struck me as a slightly crunchier Pallbearer… and while there’s nothing wrong with that at all, it didn’t quite tickle my fancy. Oh well, second time’s the charm, right? This time, they’ve stretched out the songs a tad, with just…
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Khemmis – Absolution
After Colorado legalized marijuana, it was only a matter of time before we started hearing about new buzz bands from the Denver stoner scene. I’m not saying the two things are related… but let’s face it, Vancouver has by far the most sludge bands per capita of any city in Canada. Drugs ‘n sludge are…