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Alestorm’s third and latest full-length “Sunset on the Golden Age” is not your average record. I don’t think there can be a genre of music more ridiculous than “Scottish Pirate Metal” (or “Bacon Powered Pirate Core” as their website claims).Read more…
We sent Kill Matilda some questions via e-mail and they sent us their responses. Who are you and where are you from? We are Kill Matilda from the snowy northern wastelands of Canada! Why should anyone listen to your music?Read more…
The first Nerd Noise Night was held last summer as an unofficial afterparty for FanExpo at the Horseshoe Tavern and it was hugely successful. So it’s no surprise that the concept returned again this year. Featuring all of the actsRead more…
It’s Monday and even though it’s a holiday (in Canada at least) that doesn’t mean Mondays don’t suck. Misery loves company, so if you’re feeling miserable, here’s six tracks to give you a cold hug.
It was a night of fast and furious thrash metal at the Bovine Sex Club last Thursday. Rose Management has been putting together a steady slew of metal-oriented nights over the past year or so and a scene has developed.Read more…
You’ve gotta respect the tenacity of Toronto band Romeo Liquor Store. I was stunned to learn a couple months ago that they are still playing shows. But I shouldn’t have been. They play a timeless sort of take-no-prisoners bar rock.Read more…
To some, classifying metal records can be a fun exercise in applying hyphens, creative adjectives or physical locations (i.e. blackened-death-metal, pirate metal, or Gotenburg metal) To others, the pigeonholing can be restrictive and cumbersome. Especially when you’re the artist andRead more…
To many people, Harvey Danger is nothing more than their one big hit “Flagpole Sitta”. It’s a shame, really. There have been plenty of one hit wonders. Especially in the 90’s when it became commonplace for labels to push bandsRead more…
“Proving Grounds” is the debut full length from Toronto metal throwbacks Midnight Malice. It was produced by Ian Blurton which gives it some pedigree. As far as speed-metal goes It’s pretty by the numbers. Imagine if Motley Crue released aRead more…
“We’re all in the Twilight Zone where everyone thinks it’s still the 90’s” joked Sloan frontman Chris Murphy. In an evening that featured performances by four bands that enjoyed their most commercial success during that decade, it was a chanceRead more…