Winners of the February 2025 Toronto Edition of Canada's Teen Jam. Photo By: Jay Broderick By: Jay Broderick - In February 2023, I took my general interest photography website and created LoudTO. We had some small growth in 2024 as far as number of monthly readers, but in 2025, our number of readers doubled. ASTONISHING for this little thing we got going on here, and we are so grateful to you, our readers! With that, I thought it would be great to revisit LoudTO's Most Read

By: Michael Drukarsh - If you are a child of the 70s then you were a teen of the 80s... and chances are, if you are here checking out this site, you were - and perhaps still are - a metal head. And , if you were a teen metal head of the 80s then chances are you owned these four influential albums; British Steel (1980), Blizzard of Ozz (1980), Number of the Beast (1982), Kill 'Em All (1983). And , if you were a teen in the 80s, then you were a young adult in the 90s, and

Jeff Martin performs live at Biltmore Theatre in Oshawa, Ontario. Photo By: Jay Broderick By: Jay Broderick Oshawa, Ontario - Oshawa’s Biltmore Theatre is arguably the city’s premier room for live music, yet it felt more like an intimate gathering of old friends than a formal concert on December 18th. With no opening act and no theatrics beyond a few pedals and a single acoustic guitar, Jeff Martin , the frontman of one of Canada's most loved rock bands, walked onstage alon

The Trews & Gord Sinclair perform live during The Edge Holiday Rocktail Party 2025. Photo By: Jay Broderick By: Jay Broderick (with thanks to Corus Entertainment and 102.1 The Edge for the approval to post their event) Toronto, Ontario - The Edge ’s Holiday Rocktail Party (and the previous iterations) has always been a coveted ticket. And it's not one that you just purchase... the event is exclusively for contest winners, making the 100-capacity theatre at Corus Q

Sacrifice perform live at The Concert Hall in Toronto, Ontario. Photo By: Jay Broderick By: Jay Broderick - Man... where does one even start? When I shot my first concert back in 2018 (a blues festival called The Canal Bank Shuffle), I never dreamed where the road would lead me. I shot the same festival again in 2019, and a seed was planted. I knew then that this is where I wanted to take my photography. I mean, still images PLUS music, all wrapped up in one? It wasn't going

All Them Witches perform live at History in Toronto, Canada. Photo By: Jay Broderick By: Jay Broderick Toronto, Canada - Toronto’s History was buzzing on December 9, 2025, as All Them Witches brought their stoner rock magic to a sold-out crowd. Originally slated for Danforth Music Hall, the show was upgraded to History due to overwhelming demand, a testament to the band’s growing cult following. The venue was packed wall-to-wall, with fans eager for a night of heavy groove

image generated by AI By: Michael Drukarsh - 2025 has been a rough year for heavy metal fans. Our heroes are getting older, as we all are, and the time has come to say good-bye to many. With the loss of Ozzy Osbourne on July 22, followed by Ace Frehley on October 16 , I thought it might be nice to share some Ozzy and Ace gift ideas to help make the holidays a little brighter. After all, they may have left us but thankfully the music they created will live on forever. Books

Krisiun perform live at The Garrison in Toronto, Canada. Photo By: Jojo Taylor By: Jojo Taylor Toronto, Canada - The Garrison is a small but mighty club that can bring in some of the best underground acts from around the world. In this case it was three bands from America and one from South America. This was a wild mixture of Death metal from Fargo, North Dakota, Long Island, New York, and Los Angeles, California. The headliner this night came in from Brazil. Gorgatron Roxa

By: Michael Drukarsh - Working with LoudTO has afforded me the opportunities to see incredible shows and introduce me to new music from bands I would not have otherwise heard of. 2025 was an amazing year for me, capturing moments on stage from classic bands of my teenage metal years to new bands taking their first steps towards rock and roll stardom. Here, in no particular order (because they are all AWESOME), are my top five concert photography experiences of 2025: Killer D