Will Ramos of Lorna Shore performs live at Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto. Photo By: Jay Broderick By: Jay Broderick Toronto, Canada - Toronto’s Great Canadian Casino Resort got a baptism by fire on October 27 as deathcore juggernauts Lorna Shore tore through the third-last night of their tour with Shadow of Intent and The Black Dahlia Murder. This is the first time I've even attended a show at this venue, let alone covering a show here, and it quickl

Taylor Acorn performs live at All Your Friends Fest. Photo By: Michael Drukarsh By: Jay Broderick - On June 1st, 2024, I headed to Toronto's summer concert amphitheatre Budweiser Stage to cover the Walk Off the Earth Tour for Corus Entertainment . On the bill that night was a pop-punk rocker from Pennsylvania named Taylor Acorn . Three months shy of the singer's debut full length album Survival in Motion being released, her performance on that early summer evening was one

Kataklysm perform live at Lee's Palace in Toronto, Ontario. Photo By: Jay Broderick By: Jay Broderick Toronto, Ontario - Toronto’s metal faithful (a number of whom I see at every single show I cover) packed into Lee’s Palace for an Inertia Entertainment presentation of the 2025 'Carnival of Death' Tour. While I lined up awaiting the doors opening, there was still a buzz about the Sacrifice show 10 days prior. With a stacked bill featuring Skeletal Remains, Malevolent Crea

Image generated by AI. By: Michael Drukarsh - Now that the disbelief has somewhat subsided, it’s time to take a moment and reflect on the passing of the original (and in many people's eyes, the only) Space Man, Ace Frehley . One of the four founding members and lead guitarist for Kiss , Ace made his mark on the rock and roll world by having a natural swagger that never felt forced or snobbish. Instead, Ace took to the stage, and to life, with a Bronx attitude that made peop

Acid Bath perform live at Rebel in Toronto, Canada. Photo By: Joe Taylor By: Joe Taylor Toronto, Canada - Acid Bath formed in 1991 and departed in 1997. They are a heavy, sludgy doom band that was pioneering a different sound for the nineties. Combining sludge, doom, hardcore and thrash music, Acid Bath became an important influence on a new musical direction. The band broke up due to the death of their bassist Audie Pitre. They hail from Houma, Louisiana and recorded two s

By: Mike Grieve - “….And the moral of this story is this is what not to do if a bird shits on you”. The infamous words stated on an album released 40 years ago. An album that has stood the test of time, celebrates Iron Maiden ’s beast of a spirit and is considered to be one of THE BEST live metal albums of all time! Released on October 14th, 1985, most of Live After Death was recorded live in March 1985 at Long Beach Arena in California during Iron Maiden’s World Slavery T

Modest Mouse perform live at History in Toronto, Canada. Photo By: Jay Broderick By: Jay Broderick Toronto, Canada - History Toronto was the perfect setting to wrap up a long weekend of indulgences, in the relation to both food, and live music. My counterpart here Michael Drukarsh headed to Orillia on the Friday for Nazareth , and I attended the thrash metal blowout with Sacrifice on Saturday. To close off the long weekend celebrating Canadian Thanksgiving, Monday night br

Sacrifice perform live at The Concert Hall in Toronto, Ontario. Photo By: Jay Broderick By: Jay Broderick Toronto, Ontario - Returning to The Concert Hall , the same venue where I first saw Sacrifice at the Toronto Metal Massacre show on March 18, 1988, felt like stepping into a time machine powered by power and adrenaline. I arrived at the Yonge Street venue at 6:30 PM, half an hour before doors opened, and already the line stretched down Yonge Street. The buzz was distin

Nazareth perform live at Casino Rama in Orillia, Ontario. Photo By: Michael Drukarsh By: Michael Drukarsh Orillia, Ontario - Once again the Casino Rama Entertainment Centre turned into a 1980s rock concert jam with the triple bill of Nazareth with support from Canadian hard rock legends Helix, and Killer Dwarfs. Killer Dwarfs Killer Dwarfs bow for the Casino Rama crowd. Photo By: Michael Drukarsh Taking the stage first, Killer Dwarfs open their short but mighty set with t

Sonata Arctica perform live at The Mod Club in Toronto, Canada. Photo by: Jay Broderick By: Jay Broderick Toronto, Canada - Toronto was...

By: Michael Drukarsh Toronto, Canada - I was a little bummed that I didn't receive my meda accreditation for the Judas Priest / Alice...