There was plenty of stuff happening at the Monarch Tavern recently. Metal enthusiast and interviewer Belgian Jasper organized the second annual Golden Horn awards. There were four bands playing on the bill, a short awards ceremony celebrating Canadian Metal and a...
Cluck-cluck, your favourite farm-fresh rubber chicken rock critic is back, pecking out my thoughts on Spades GT’s brand-spankin'’ new album, "United"! Let's ruffle some feathers! Spades GT is back with their sophomore release, United.It’s not a huge departure from...
Over the long weekend Toronto stuck around for a real treat. The UK Goth Metal Band Paradise Lost made stop over at Lee’s Palace Sunday night. It was one of two Canadian dates on this tour and Canadian fans came from all over to see this band. I met one guy from...
April 29th — The Velvet Underground, Toronto. Amid the numerous bars, restaurants, and clubs of Queen Street West, American synthwave trio Magic Sword transformed Toronto’s Velvet Underground into a portal to a retro-futuristic fantasy realm. Having known about Magic...
March 25th, Toronto, Canada – Man, what a winter. The weather in Toronto has been brutal. The excitement of spring gives us hope as we yearn for warmer weather. Perhaps our expectations are too grand, but by now, I expect it to be in the high single digits (Celsius),...
If it was a happening you are looking for in the Toronto music scene, this was a night you shouldn’t have missed. There was an eclectic mix of four different bands vying for the original spotlight award. Void Walker I have to give this band a bit of a pass because I...
Derev is a progressive Heavy Metal band from Toronto, and they are going on a tour in Ontario and Quebec. They blend complicated high energy compositions with a hint of Middle Eastern music. It is world music for a highly trained listener. They are creating a unique...
Montreal aggro-metal troupe CHÜZO will be hitting the road in March for weekend warrior dates in Ontario for shows in Oshawa, Toronto, and Hamilton. The tour dates are in support of their latest EP "M.T.M.D (Maximum Threshold, Minimum...
Karina Davy and I sat down at Duffy;s Tavern as a bunch of sweaty Metal Bands were setting up their gear for a monster performance. This is a ten-year journey that began in a very noneventful way. Karina wanted to put together a concert type show for her birthday 10...
Are you the kind of person that loves to discover new metal? If you are, you should have been to the Rockpile on Friday. There was so much metal you would have died from lead poisoning. They had five bands playing that night and each one was very distinct. King...
