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Coheed and Cambria / Moving Mountains / Pianos Become The Teeth @ Music Farm,...
By Justin Richardson With the upcoming Iron Maiden tour preparing to get underway, many people are aware that half of the tour will be getting Alice Cooper as their opener — a man that needs no...
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Maiden pulls out all the stops to make Seventh Son number one!
By Gruesome Greg Truth be told, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son isn’t my favourite Iron Maiden album, by any stretch. More synth-heavy and progressive-sounding than their previous releases, even singles...
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Decibel Magazine Tour @ Amos Southend, Charlotte, NC, May 4, 2012
Review and photos by Justin Richardson The Decibel Magazine Tour came through Charlotte almost three months ago, which puts this review in big bold letters as “LATE.” But the show was fantastic and...
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Iron Maiden / Alice Cooper in concert – from a Nine Year Old’s perspective
Iron Maiden / Alice Cooper @ Molson Canadian Amphitheatre, Toronto ON, July 13, 2012 By Kieran and Sean Palmerston ; Photos by Albert Mansour As longtime readers of this webzine probably already...
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Black Moor – Lethal Waters
By Matt Hinch Canada’s Maritime provinces have long been known for a thriving music scene. However, that music is (at least to my knowledge) largely “Maritime” sounding. You know, fiddles, acoustic...
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Iron Will paints a picture of strength, on stage and off, for death metal...
By Ola Mazzuca “20 years is a long time,” Away from Voivod says sarcastically. “I remember when it was 20 years for us, that was a lot of years rolling joints,” Blacky adds, laughing. “How many joints...
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Hellbound Q & A with… Terese Fleming of Scarab Productions
By Kyle Harcott Western Canadian metal owes a lot to Terese Fleming. As the organizer of the Noctis Valkyries festival, she has put our region on the map as far as heavy metal culture goes. Incredibly...
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A Metalhead’s Holiday Gift Guide
Contributors: Steve Earles (SE), Rob Hughes (RH), Ola Mazzuca (OM), Jonathan Millard-Smith (JMS), Laura Wiebe (LW), Adam Wills (AW) As December’s gift-buying chaos falls upon us, rest assured that...
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Satan – Life Sentence
By Gruesome Greg Hey wait, is this the same Court in the Act Satan from ’83? Not only the same band, but all of the musicians who recorded said cult classic some 30 years ago, to boot! Though they had...
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ASG – Blood Drive
By Gruesome Greg I’ve always kinda wondered whether this band’s name actually stands for All-Star Game, but maybe that’s just me. Also, they always seem to be the support band that drops off the tour...
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HELLBOUND RADIO Playlist – Sunday, July 14, 2013
It’s almost time for the next show, so it’s about time we get last Sunday’s playlist up on the site. This show started out as a Kevin solo show, but Sean finally showed up around 9:50 to accompany Mr...
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Argus – Beyond the Martyrs
By Gruesome Greg The third album by this Pittsburgh doom-crew might not be hotly anticipated across the country, but lemme tell ya, I was pretty stoked when it landed in my inbox. Its predecessor,...
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Band Brand Beer Battle: Iron Maiden’s “Trooper” vs AC/DC
By Matt Hinch As anyone that follows me on Twitter or Instagram knows, I’m a big fan of two things: metal and beer. But up here in Canada, unlike our neighbours to the south, where there are all...
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Slough Feg – Digital Resistance
By Danielle Griscti Even if, like me, you’re not exactly an expert on SLOUGH FEG, I’m willing to bet your face will hurt by the end of the first track. “Lost and forgotten it’s his greatest fear, the...
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Full Metal Parenting #5: Anger
One of the first things my Full Metal Parenting co-conspirator, Matt, and I ever discussed, was the fact we’d both spent time in anger management classes. I can’t remember who brought the subject up...
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Full Metal Parenting #6: Mike Scheidt Interview
When Craig had the crazy idea that we start a column about heavy metal parenting and that we include interviews with “heavy metal parents,” my first thought was of Mike Scheidt. As the leader of YOB...
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Iron Maiden – The Book of Souls
Whenever any of us listen to music, we bring the sum of our knowledge and experiences along for the ride. Those elements are called the beholder’s share, and they obviously shape our understanding and...
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Helloween – My God-Given Right
There is indeed no happy medium with Euro-metal, either it is very good or very bad. Thankfully, on this album, Helloween are very good. Musically, we have some great Iron Maiden-esque songs. One thing...
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Satan – Atom by Atom
Usually each year we’re faced with much uncertainty when hearing new metal music, especially a band with veterans such as Satan. But we have been lucky this year to listen to lots of new material from...
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BOOK REVIEW – The Explosive Early Years of the NWOBHM
Wheels of Steel: The Explosive Early Years of the NWOBHM by Martin Popoff (Power Chord Press) It’s now over 20 years since Riff Kills Man! hit the shelves, and, amazingly, Martin Popoff’s output...
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