On Sunday, December 21 it’s gonna be a Christmassacre with Montreal’s Metalian (at Gus’ Pub with Spew and Black Moor). Metalian are a band of mostly transplated Nova Scotians who are hell-bent on “bringing back the spirit of old school heavy metal.” In the band’s own words: “We’re mega stoked to be back in Halifax. We always have the best shows back here—as most of us are from here—and we East Coasters are some of the best at rocking in the world.” After their holiday break, the band are releasing a split with DIE (Death Is Easy) from Albany, NY on Work’n Stiff Records in early January and following that up with a full length, Wasteland, in March on Deer Skull Records. The guys are busy and full of bombast, claiming: “anybody who digs any kind of rock & roll; punk rock, metal, hard rock, or whatever, will definitely enjoy a Metalian show.“
This article appears in Dec 11-17, 2008.