If IDOW is a tad quiet for your tastes, take refuge in maximum volume output at Gus’ Pub all weekend long. Hell Freezes Over 2012 is two packed nights of metal (and one cozy metal brunch) that brings the community together to discuss tricks and tips for staying warm in a leather studded jacket. Friday, […]
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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 […]
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Slayer
ZOMG NEW SLAYER. Listening to this and I am back in junior high wearing all black and pretending I am better than everyone, when in reality I am totally jealous of my friend’s Amiga and will punish his level 26 mage with my sadistically nerdy dungeon-mastering ways. (Magic missile this, you better-computer-having jerk.) Twenty-six years […]
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Scare tactics: 3 concerts, 3 costumes
GWARw/Lamb of God, Job for a Cowboy</p> Thursday, October 29 at 8pm, Cunard Centre, 961 Marginal Road, $45 adv/$50 door, ticketpro.ca, sonicconcerts.com, 888-311-9090 “Some people see the glass as half-empty, some people see the glass as half-full, I see the glass as broken and being rammed up someone’s butt.” Such is the philosophy of GWAR’s […]
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Black Moor’s Top 5 metal songs
[image-1] 1) Emerald, Thin Lizzy Emerald – Thin Lizzy 2) What it is, Pride Tiger What It Is – Pride Tiger 3) Rime of the ancient mariner, Iron Maiden 4) The Last Baron, Mastodon 5) The Syndicate, Children of Eve The Syndicate – Children of Eve
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Black Moor on Diminished Fifth Records
Nova Scotian thrashers Black Moor plan to release their much anticipated new album The Conquering on Diminished Fifth Records. The album is slated to come out Tuesday, August 25. Black Moor recently won the Molson Canadian Rocks Battle of the Bands in Nova Scotia and were much-supported finalists in the regional contest to open for […]
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Priestess w/Iron Giant, Eco-Shock and more
“Oh Christ!” responds Mikey Heppner, lead singer and guitarist of Montreal band Priestess, when told that they are being billed as the “stars of Guitar Hero III” on posters advertising their latest Halifax shows. “I think it’s cool that we’re on the game and I think it’s cool that it’s brought us to the attention […]