Summer brings the open-door festivals. Big spaces, many bands. Some are well-known for the rain and mud, while others are always sunny and hot. Sonic Blast falls under the latter. Beach and riffs add to the blazing sun and vast surrounding coastal [...]
As I am trying to gather my thoughts from April 22nd at Queen Elizabeth Theatre which is one of Toronto’s iconic venues to see such an astounding lineup, Opeth, Mastodon & Khemmis… this is a show I know better not to miss. Here are [...]
Norwegian prog-rockers Leprous recently concluded the North American leg of their Aphelion Tour with a show at the Opera House in Toronto. Supported by German progressive metal band The Ocean, the Aphelion tour consisted of 33 shows across the [...]
On Friday night, fans started off their weekend attending Mayhem and Midnight’s The Sanguine Sodomy of North America Tour. Midnight from Cleveland kicked off the night with their blackened heavy metal energy. Norwegian black metal [...]
On the evening of Wednesday, March 2nd, progressive metal legends Dream Theater graced the stage at Meridian Hall for the Toronto stop of their “Top of the World Tour”. This tour, which had been postponed from the previous fall, comes [...]
Nile is currently on-road with Incantation, Sanguisugabogg and I AM. The headlining U.S. tour kicked off in February. The band has signed with Napalm Records after being on Nuclear Blast for fourteen years. No word on when we can actually expect a [...]
The Melbourne music scene has incubated over the past year and what’s been churning out has been nothing less than magnificent! A cross-section of this talent pool was on show this past Friday night at the legendary Bendigo Hotel in [...]
The wonderful thing about the Melbourne music scene is its resilience to things like a silly little worldwide pandemic. From what I observed last night, it was like one never occurred. Many friends and varied groups had come together to have a good [...]
