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By: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) – Last night as heavy-metal royalty Slipknot burst into “Sarcastrophe” from new album 5: The Gray Chapter (released on October 17th), a sea of black t-shirts surged toward the barricade in anticipation. The song’s gloomy opening notes, pounding drums and frenzied guitar opened the show with a gut-pounder, a reminder that Slipknot will outlast any doubters with the lyrics “Kill, kill … Continue reading
Photos by: Dale Benvenuto – GRAMMY-winning metal band Slipknot, who released their fifth album, .5: The Gray Chapter, their first new studio album in six years and the first to not feature founding bassist Paul Gray and long time drummer Joey Jordison, performed at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto last night as part of their ongoing “Prepare For Hell” tour … Continue reading
Photos by: Theo Rallis – Michigan-based melodic death metal band The Black Dahlia Murder, who released their sixth album, Everblack, on June 11th, 2013 via Metal Blade, which was their first album to feature new drummer Alan Cassidy, and new bassist Max Lavelle, performed at The Opera House in Toronto last night with deathcore band Suicide Silence, … Continue reading
Date: October 6th Venue: The Opera House Time: Doors at 7pm | Show at 7:30pm Opener(s): Chelsea Grin, Alterbeast You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine on Twitter and RT the following message: Contest: (19+) Win 2 Tickets to @bdmmetal & @suicidesilence in #Toronto! | Follow @Aesthetic_Mag + RT | http://t.co/chdzOLE5GX — Aesthetic … Continue reading
Photos by: Scott Penner (Unless Otherwise Noted) – The second and final day of of Heavy Montreal 2014 featured performances by iconic thrash metal band Slayer, who are expected to release their eleventh album in 2015, their first album without long-time guitarist Jeff Hanneman, Toronto-based punk band Fucked Up, who released their fourth album, Glass Boys, on June 3rd … Continue reading
Photos by: Scott Penner (Unless Otherwise Noted) – Day 1 of Heavy Montreal 2014 featured performances by metal giants Metallica, who performed an all-request set that included tracks like “Seek & Destroy”, “The Four Horsemen”, “Enter Sandman”, and more, New York-based thrash metal band Anthrax, who are expected to release their eleventh album in 2015, … Continue reading
Photos by: Jason Hodgins – Swedish extreme metal band Meshuggah, who released their seventh album, Koloss, on March 23rd, 2012 via Nuclear Blast, which debuted at number 27 on the Canadian Album Chart, performed at the Sound Academy on June 19 with North Carolina-based progressive metal band Between the Buried and Me, who released their … Continue reading
Photos by: Jason Hodgins – Dallas-based heavy metal supergroup Hellyeah, which consists of Mudvayne lead vocalist Chad Gray, Nothingface guitarist Tom Maxwell, and former Pantera and Damageplan drummer Vinnie Paul, and who are expected to release their fourth studio album, Blood For Blood, on June 10 via Eleven Seven Music, performed at The Opera House in Toronto last night with Toronto-based hard rock band Crawl, and Guelph, ON-based … Continue reading
Photos by: Dale Benvenuto – North Carolina-based progressive metal quintet Between The Buried And Me, who released their sixth album, The Parallax II: Future Sequence, which is a continuation of their 2011 EP, The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues, on October 9th, 2013 via Metal Blade, performed at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto last night.
By: Shelby Monita (@shelbymonita) – Metal beasts GWAR took over Toronto’s Phoenix Concert Theatre on Tuesday night, who filled the venue with blood and spared no one. Opening band, Iron Reagan, are a hardcore punk metal band who openly admitted on stage that they were brought on tour because GWAR thought they are fun to drink with. This loud and heavy group of men … Continue reading
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