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Slayer Announces 2018 Farewell Tour Dates

By: Staff – After making some of the most brutal, breathtakingly aggressive, all-hell’s-a-breaking-loose music ever created, being one of the four bands that defined an entire musical genre and being the band that other heavy acts are measured against and aspire to…after nearly 37 years, releasing 12 studio albums, playing nearly 3,000 concerts in all corners … Continue reading →

Photos: Children Of Bodom, Carach Angren @ Phoenix Concert Theatre

Photos by: Tyler Roberts – Finnish death metal quintet Children of Bodom, who released their ninth album, I Worship Chaos, on October 2nd, 2015 via Nuclear Blast, which followed up their 2013 album, Halo of Blood, and which serves as their first album since 2003’s Hate Crew Deathroll not to feature guitarist Roope Latvala, performed at the … Continue reading →

Photos: The Darkness, Blackfoot Gypsies @ Manchester Academy

Photos by: Sabrina Ramdoyal –  UK hard rock band The Darkness, who released their fifth album, Pinewood Smile, on October 6th, 2017 via Cooking Vinyl, which featured the singles “All The Pretty Girls”, “Solid Gold”, “Happiness”, performed at Manchester Academy in Manchester, UK on November 24th with Nashville-based blues rock band Blackfoot Gypsies, who released their second album, Handle It, … Continue reading →

Photos: HIM @ Rebel

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: Dream Theater @ Sony Centre

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: Ministry, Death Grips @ The Showbox SoDo

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: GWAR, Ghoul @ The Opera House

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 →

Black Label Society Announce 2018 Tour Dates

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 →

GWAR Announces 2017 North American Fall Tour

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 + Review: Metallica, Avenged Sevenfold @ Rogers Centre

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 →