Napalm Death Can I be real with you guys for a second here?The truth is that while I am a fan of certain metal bands, I actually know sweet fuck all about grindcore. Thanks to the film Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey , I am aware that grindcore is, like, a thing in metal. But I […]
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Your All-Ages/House Show Weekend
Vixens Some nice-lookin’ shows this weekend, and you don’t need an ID to get into ’em. Let’s take a closer look, shall we? Yes. Tonight – punk house show! Head over to the Purple House (5426 North St.) and check out Tied Down, Polina (both from St. John’s NFLD), Burnt Church, Vixens (home from tour, […]
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New Year’s evil with Burnt Church
treevenge Like a lot of you (probably?) I find New Year’s Eve to be generally quite stupid. I have actually stopped looking at the Internet because of all the articles and status updates popping up about resolutions and feeling shitty because you ate some cheese balls over the holidays and quitting smoking and going to […]
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Burn One Down TONIGHT!
gggggggggrrrrrr The hardworking grindcore outfit Burnt Church will be erupting this Friday at Gus’ Pub with their debut self-titled EP. The band was originally a two-piece; guitarist/vocalist Mike Parks joined up with Thy Flesh Consumed drummer Gerald Smith last March in the basement of a Fairview jam space. When bassist Tery Morrison of Fredericton’s Hard […]
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Hell Freezes Over afterparty tonight at Gus’ Pub!
Metal fonts: Possibly the most innovative fonts of all. (That says Fistfight) Because of my computer troubles, this is posted too late, but as any loyal Scene and Heard reader will know, it was published Thursday in the newspaper. Remember papers? Those dry, fluttery things that make your fingers dirty? What you really need to […]
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Burnt Church: Hanging out in the music teacher’s pet cemetery
Burnt Church (named after “a small, yet controversial, fishing town in New Brunswick,” says guitarist/vocalist Mike Parks) haven’t been together quite a year yet, but the band is made up of some scene vets. Featuring Mike Parks (Prisoners, On The Blood of Others, Raygunomics) and Gerald Smith (Existench, Gorebage, Thy Flesh Consumed) and (Fredericton’s Hard […]