Tag: Toronto

  • Metal events you don’t want to miss in Toronto – March Madness Edition

    Metal events you don’t want to miss in Toronto – March Madness Edition

    Danielle Griscti offers a rundown of of what’s coming up metal-wise in Toronto in the latest addition to our Events You Don’t Want to Miss series in this, the 2015 March Madness Edition. Thursday the 5th Godstopper, Guiltfeeder, Demonic Possessor, Greber The Boat/9 p.m./$5 www.facebook.com/events/1376483369319810 Saturday the 7th Metalian, Demontage, Droid Bovine/9 p.m./$10 *19+ Neurotic www.facebook.com/events/801759336527678 Saturday the 14th Fuck…

  • January metal shows you don’t want to miss (Toronto edition)

    January metal shows you don’t want to miss (Toronto edition)

    Need some live metal to spice up your post-holiday life or dispel the winter blues? The January chill is on here in Hellbound’s southern Ontario home but there are lots of good reasons to drag your carcass out onto the frosty evening streets. If you’re in the Toronto area, here’s a glimpse of the heavy delights scattered…

  • Christmas at the Garrison holiday food drive – Dec 18

    Christmas at the Garrison holiday food drive – Dec 18

    It’s not metal but it’s for a good cause. If you’re in the mood for burlesque, 50s and 60s music, and supporting the Daily Bread food bank, you might want to check out “Christmas at the Garrison.” Here’s the scoop: “Christmas at the Garrison is an annual holiday food drive where 100% of the proceeds go directly to…

  • Northumbria ‘Bring Down the Sky’ to hold release show – Dec 11 @ the Garrison in Toronto

    Northumbria ‘Bring Down the Sky’ to hold release show – Dec 11 @ the Garrison in Toronto

    A couple of weeks ago Toronto based drone duo Northumbria released their second full length titled Bring Down the Sky. To celebrate they’re bringing their live improvisations to the Garrison (1197 Dundas St W, Toronto, Ontario) for a CD release show on December 11, 2104 at 9pm. Joining them will be fellow experimentalists Gates and…

  • King Diamond / Jess and the Ancient Ones @ Sound Academy, Toronto ON, October 18, 2014

    King Diamond / Jess and the Ancient Ones @ Sound Academy, Toronto ON, October 18, 2014

    Review by Sean Palmerston – Concert photos by Adam Wills This was a Saturday night worth remembering. A cold, crisp October evening just a few weeks before Halloween made for a fitting return of King Diamond to a Toronto stage. It had been over ten years since King had played Toronto with any of his…

  • Harangue CD release show Friday, June 27th @ The Garrison, Toronto

    Harangue CD release show Friday, June 27th @ The Garrison, Toronto

    HARANGUE CD release show with SIGNIFIER, GUILTFEEDER Friday June 27th The Garrison, Toronto By the Strength of the Mighty Atlas, the new full-length from Toronto hardcore outfit HARANGUE, got a release show worthy of its name at the Garrison. The opening act Signifier kicked off a solid night of wholly energetic aggression. While their sound…

  • Godstopper – Children Are Our Future

    Godstopper – Children Are Our Future

    A few months ago, a friend of mine told me that Godstopper was the best band going in Toronto. Now, I don’t know about that per se – I actually like my friend’s band (Harangue) better, but that’s a matter of taste. Maybe I’m too conventional. “Conventional” is something Godstopper certainly is not and neither…

  • Wacken Metal Battle Canada 2014: who are the final combatants?

    Wacken Metal Battle Canada 2014: who are the final combatants?

    This coming Saturday five bands will step up to compete in Wacken Metal Battle Canada 2014 one last time, each striving to represent their home and native land in the international metal battle competition at Germany’s Wacken Open Air festival. If you can make it out to the show, don’t hesitate – it looks to be…

  • Fucked Up – Year of the Dragon

    Fucked Up – Year of the Dragon

     It’s time for a taste of Toronto courtesy of Fucked Up, Canada’s premier progressive hardcore sextet.  No, that’s not an oxymoron, but I must admit, it’s pretty fucked up (in a good way).  This three-song EP features an 18-minute title track backed by two covers of semi-obscure local 70’s punk-rock bands. Cuz really, what else where you…

  • Metal Alliance Tour: Behemoth & more, Toronto, April 23, 2014

    Metal Alliance Tour: Behemoth & more, Toronto, April 23, 2014

    METAL ALLIANCE TOUR: BEHEMOTH with GOATWHORE, 1349, and INQUISITION At The Opera House, Toronto, April 23rd, 2014 Recap and photos by Danielle Griscti An ambitious tour like this inevitably means early set times; so though I didn’t make it for Black Crown Initiate,  I was still endlessly pleased to see the size of the crowd gathering…