CONCERT REVIEWS
After enjoying a successful career spanning more than ten years with modern progressive metal titans Haken, and being part of the up-and-coming band Novena, vocalist Ross Jennings continues to…
Within the annals of female-fronted symphonic metal, the name Within Temptation is among the oldest and most immediately recognizable, though also one of the hardest…
There is definitely something to be said for getting back to basics, or getting to the core for a more fitting idiom wherein subsets of…
Buckcherry released one of their best albums, “Hellbound,” on June 25th and have wasted no time hitting the road post-pandemic in support of it. As…
Quebec-born thrash metal trustees turned progressive metal trailblazers Voivod are, if nothing else, a band of historical consequence. Originally cutting their teeth in the studio…
For every other stereotypical adherent to 80s pop and rock culture that seemed to fade away with the end of the decade, there would occasionally…
The novelty of metal bands performing with orchestras has worn a bit thin. Far from being anything revolutionary at this point (Deep Purple did it…
The concert as a grand spectacle and the sub-genre of symphonic metal are companions almost to the point of necessity, and have been since the…
As some parts of the world are finally opened up for concerts, Canadians are still struggling with covid variants and waves, and the country is…
In a time where ongoing lockdowns have precluded the presence of a live audience, theatricality is a band’s best friend when adapting to the live…
With the passage of a couple decades, a bestselling album has a way of becoming a time capsule, reflecting the zeitgeist of its particular era…
So let’s just get one thing out of the way: I am neither a TV nor a movie guy, and despite being an avid lover…
Even with nearly 4 decades of history at their backs, there is a persistent enigma surrounding the identity of the trio known as Melvins. A…
Becoming nostalgic for better times seems the order of the day of late, as being denied the normalcy of getting together for a live concert…
Necessity is the driving force behind evolutionary leaps, and only the most obtuse of observers would fail to notice the massive innovations going on in…
Theatricality is the greatest ally of any band that opts for a simplified and streamlined approach to delivering the auditory goods, and if the past…
