Gold Winner Jessie Brown Silver Winner Black Moor Bronze Winner Dumpster Mummy Jessie Brown wound down (up?) last year with the release of her Jon Epworth-produced album, Keeping Appearances, which won an East Coast Music Award and is up for three at Nova Scotia Music Week this weekend. “I was honestly shocked. It meant a […]
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Best Metal Artist / Band
Gold Winner Black Moor Silver Winner Dumpster Mummy Bronze Winner Orchid’s Curse “Black Moor plays pure, unapologetic heavy metal. Think bullet belts, air guitar solos, denim and leather and you’re on the right track,” declares the band’s bio. Which is great, but where’s the followup to Brave to the Grave we talked about this time […]
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Best Metal Artist / Band
Gold Winner Black Moor Silver Winner Dumpster Mummy Bronze Winner Orchid’s Curse A perennial favourite in this category, Black Moor might just be the loudest, most brutal band ever named after a fish. Top three, anyway. With their newest album, titled Lethal Waters (another possible fish reference?) on Diminished Fifth Records, the ECMA Fan’s Choice […]
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Where To Play: The Pavilion
Death From Above 1979, Pavilion, 2005 After a summer closure, the Pavilion (5816 Cogswell) will re-open this Friday at 7pm with a show featuring Black Moor, We’re Doomed, Severance and BC’s Ninjaspy. A couple of years ago, the team of volunteers who run the legendary all-ages venue decided to start closing it down in summertime […]
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Black Moor, Metalian and Sanktuary get “Tundrastruck”
eric hanlin tastes it out Oh Black Moor, where you been girlfriend? Our Halifavorite metal band has gone through some tumult in the past year, losing drummer Sylvan Coderre and guitarist Nick Jones (Jones now plays in We’re Doomed). They’ve still managed to record a few songs in studio, one of which will be appearing […]
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Black Moor Noise
Hear part of the Background Noise chat with Mark Little above. If you’re like me, you just don’t know where you’ll be getting your radio jollies now that Andrew Krystal has left Maritime Morning, am I right? Cough. Well, for those who like their radio humour loud and crude, Background Noise might be the thing for you. It’s an amusingly crass local comedy talk show hosted by four kooks (Devin Deuville, Derrek Ord, Luke James and Jon Sangster) and recently enjoyed its one-year anniversary. Each episode is a mix: there are interviews, cheeky takes on local news, radio bits,
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HPX Day Two: Bloody Wednesday
It’s already at that point in ‘Splode Week 2010 where you start to lose track of what you saw and where you went. I actually had to take a look at my hand and use all the residual stamps and stuff to figure out what happened first next last etc. It’s like a road map […]
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Orchid’s Curse Release an Album, and Last Call Chernobyl has a Close Call
orchid’s curse eat the rich After a summer chewing up the road on Vans Warped Tour, Last Call Chernobyl take the stage this Saturday at Coconut Grove with Black Moor supporting their buddies Orchid’s Curse, who are celebrating the release of their latest album Voices: The Tales of Broken Men. We asked LCC bassist Jay Szetzo if they had any stories from touring across the United States—-and, well, did you know they almost died? Szetzo: “We arrived in California two days before our first show. We decided to hit the beach. Being from the East Coast, we were extremely loud
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Best Album Artwork
Last year marked Halifax crossing over to Black Moor and their debut The Conquering, on Best Label winner, Diminished Fifth. The metal band and its loud, energetic live show quickly became a favourite around town—even for those who’ve never rocked a fist before—performing at Megafest, Cole Harbour Harvest Festival and Monte’s in Dartmouth, where it […]
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Best Merch
Last year marked Halifax crossing over to Black Moor and their debut The Conquering, on Best Label winner, Diminished Fifth. The metal band and its loud, energetic live show quickly became a favourite around town—even for those who’ve never rocked a fist before—performing at Megafest, Cole Harbour Harvest Festival and Monte’s in Dartmouth, where it […]
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Best Artist / Band To Turn Up Loud
Last year marked Halifax crossing over to Black Moor and their debut The Conquering, on Best Label winner, Diminished Fifth. The metal band and its loud, energetic live show quickly became a favourite around town—even for those who’ve never rocked a fist before—performing at Megafest, Cole Harbour Harvest Festival and Monte’s in Dartmouth, where it […]
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North End Metal All-Stars blazing
When the North End Metal All-Stars play, everyone buys two beers at a time. Along with pumping fists, this is the ultimate compliment for NEMAS. Founding member J. Quinn’s goal from the start was “good pub metal where people can go out and have a good time.” Quinn formed NEMAS from the ashes of veteran […]