Cryptopsy + Rivers of Nihil + The Zenith Passage @ Hard Luck Bar, Toronto, May 23, 2017
Quebec death metal icons Cryptopsy are infesting Toronto yet again but fans are in for a very special delight this time. This Devastation on…
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Hollow Leg – Crown (Murder edition)
Now here’s a band that’s after my bloated, sagging stomach. I dunno if Florida outfit Hollow Leg can actually chow down with the best…
Garbageface X Yung Gutted – Apostasy (LP)
Anyone who is already familiar with Karol “Garbageface” Orzechowski’s output knows the emcee has a pretty dark and potentially violent disposition (2016’s NØ FUTUR(E)…
Fire Down Below – Viper, Vixen, Goddess, Saint
Taking their name from either a shitty Steven Seagal movie or a 1970’s skin flick, this Belgian outfit draws its sound from the likes…
BriefcaseFest: Sunday May 21st @ Coalition, Toronto
It’s Victoria Day weekend, which means Toronto’s premier extreme music underground fest is here! Now in its fifth year of existence, local promoter Max…
Round Eye – Monstervision
Even on first examination of Monstervision, it’s perfectly clear how poised to totally reinvigorate punk rock Round Eye really are now. The band’s 2015-issued…
Petyr – self-titled
If you can picture a SoCal heavy-psych jam-band fronted by Tony Hawk’s son… you’d have Petyr, which is literally a SoCal heavy-psych jam band…
Sirenia + Arkona + MindMaze @ Mod Club Theatre, Toronto, May 17, 2017
It’s unbearably hot in Toronto but that doesn’t prevent a wave of melodic metallers going to the stuffy Mod Club to catch a coheadlining…
Enslaved – Roadburn Live
Enslaved have been around for close to three decades playing their brand of Pagan influenced, blackened and progressive tinged death metal. In all those…
Age Of Electric – Make A Pest A Pet (2-LP reissue)
First, it’s important to point out that this new reissue of Make A Pest A Pet – the third and final album by Age…