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Photos: Children of Bodom @ Namba Hatch

Photos by: Theo Rallis – 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, performed at Namba Hatch in Osaka, Japan last night.

Interview: The Devil Wears Prada talks “Transit Blues”, Fantasy Novels, and Gun Control

By: Curtis Sindrey – The road, literally and figuratively, brought The Devil Wears Prada to their sixth full-length album, Transit Blues. In many ways, the group—Mike Hranica (vocals), Jeremy DePoyster (rhythm guitar, clean vocals) and Andy Trick (bass), with the recent addition of Kyle Sipress (guitar)—has embraced transition and change since their 2005 formation. After the pivotal breakout With … Continue reading

Photos: Opeth, The Sword @ Massey Hall

Photos by: Josh Ladouceur – Swedish heavy metal band Opeth, who released their twelfth album, Sorceress, on September 30th, 2016 via Nuclear Blast, which featured the singles “Sorceress”, “Will O the Wisp”, and “The Wilde Flowers”, and which followed up their 2014 album, Pale Communion, performed at Massey Hall in Toronto last night with Austin, Texas-based heavy metal band … Continue reading

Photos: Metallica @ Webster Hall

Photos by: Saidy Lopez – Grammy Award-winning, and Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductees Metallica, who will release their tenth album, Hardwired… to Self-Destruct, on November 18th performed at Webster Hall in New York City last night.

Photos: Coheed And Cambria, Saves The Day, Polyphia @ Showbox SoDo

Photos by: Matthew Thompson –  New York-based progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria, who will release their eighth album, The Color Before The Sun, on October 16th, 2015 via 300 Entertainment, which serves as the band’s first non-conceptual album that they’ve released, making it the only Coheed And Cambria album to not be a part of The Amory Wars storyline, … Continue reading

Photos: Slayer, Anthrax @ Sound Academy

Photos by: Dale Benvenuto – Iconic thrash metal band Slayer, who released their eleventh album, Repentless, on September 11th, 2015 via Nuclear Blast, which serves as their first album to feature guitarist Gary Holt of Exodus and drummer Paul Bostaph since 2001’s God Hates Us All, and is also the first Slayer album following the death of founding member Jeff Hanneman, performed at Sound Academy in … Continue reading

Photos: Blood Ceremony, Comet Control, Hollow Earth @ Lee’s Palace

Photos by: Andrew Hartl –  Toronto-based doom metal band Blood Ceremony, who released their newest album, Lord Of Misrule, in 2016 via Rise Above Records, which followed up their 2013 album, The Eldritch Dark, performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto last night with Toronto-based psych-rock band Comet Control, and Detroit-based heavy metal band Hollow Earth, who released their newest … Continue reading

Interview: Epica talks “The Holographic Principle”, Epic Metal Fest, and Side Projects

By: Lucy Sky – D uring a time where virtual reality has taken off and people can create their own virtual worlds which can’t be distinguished from “reality as we know it”, symphonic metal band Epica poses this question: Is our current reality a kind of virtual reality? This implies the existence of a higher reality which … Continue reading

Photos: Korn, Rob Zombie @ Molson Amphitheatre

Photos by: Adam Pulicicchio – Heavy metal band Korn, who will release their twelfth album, The Serenity of Suffering, on October 21st via Roadrunner, which was produced by Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Deftones, Rush), performed at the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto on August 23rd with heavy metal artist Rob Zombie, who released his sixth album, The Electric Warlock … Continue reading

Metallica Announce New Album ‘Hardwired…To Self-Destruct’

By: Staff – Metallica will release their eleventh studio album, Hardwired…To Self-Destruct, on November 18th, via Blackened Recordings. The 2 CD / 2 vinyl set is the Grammy Awardowinning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee’s first studio album since 2008’s multi-platinum Death Magnetic. Hardwired…To Self-Destruct is available for pre-order at www.Metallica.com starting today in various configurations including: CD, Vinyl, Digital, Deluxe, … Continue reading