Photos by: Katrina Lat – Finnish gothic metal band HIM, who released their eighth album, Tears on Tape, on April 26th, 2013 via Razor & Tie, performed at Rebel in Toronto last night (Nov. 13th).
Photos by: Brendan Albert – Progressive Metal band Dream Theater, who released their thirteenth album, The Astonishing, on January 29th, 2016 via Roadrunner, performed at Sony Centre in Toronto last night (Nov. 12th).
Photos by: Kevin Tosh – Industrial Metal band Ministry, who will release their fourteenth album, AmeriKKKant, in March 2018 via Nuclear Blast, which will mark the longest gap between studio albums in the band’s career; at five years, following 2013’s From Beer to Eternity, performed at the Showbox SoDo in Seattle on November 1st with experimental hip-hop band … Continue reading
Photos by: Josh Ladouceur – Heavy Metal band GWAR, who released their fourteenth album, The Blood of Gods, on October 20th, 2017 via Metal Blade, which serves a the band’s first album without founding member Dave Brockie, who died in 2014, performed at the Opera House in Toronto last night (Oct. 22nd) with Oakland, CA-based thrash … Continue reading
By: Staff – Black Label Society have announced a batch of North American tour dates today spanning coast to coast in support of their recently announced LP, Grimmest Hits, out Jan. 19th. Support will come from Corrosion of Conformity on all dates. Select tour dates will see support from EYEHATEGOD and Red Fang. A full list of tour dates … Continue reading
By: Staff – With a new album, The Blood of Gods, set for release on October 20th via Metal Blade Records, GWAR will leave their arctic slumber and return to the road to cause devastation across North America. Joining in the chaos will be Ghoul, Doyle (10/20-11/5), He Is Legend (11/7-12/10) and U.S. Bastards. The tour … Continue reading
Photos by: Lisa Mark – Review by: Curtis Sindrey – Metallica brought the head-banging masses together for a sold-out extravaganza at Rogers Centre in Toronto last night. Following their intimate charity show in front of 950 sweaty fans at the Opera House last November, the metal legends took full advantage of Toronto’s biggest venue with five massive video screens … Continue reading
Photos by: David McDonald – Grammy Award-winning UK heavy metal band Iron Maiden, who released their sixteenth album, The Book of Souls, on September 4th, 2015 via Parlophone, which featured the singles “Speed of Light”, and “Empire of the Clouds”, performed at Budweiser Stage in Toronto last night with Swedish heavy metal band Ghost, who released their second EP, … Continue reading
Photos by: Morgan Harris – Toronto-based hard rock band RoyalFuzz, who released their newest EP, Sharkfuzz, on October 17th, 2016, performed at the Dakota Tavern in Toronto last night.
Photos by: Tyler Roberts – Welsh heavy metal band Bullet For My Valentine, who released their fifth album, Venom, on August 14th, 2015, which was the band’s first album since the departure of bassist Jason “Jay” James, performed at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night.