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Bedemon
The history of Virginia hard rock band Pentagram, often billed as "America's first doom band," is one of what-ifs. What if charismatic singer Bobby Liebling... -
Behemoth and Cannibal Corpse at the Phoenix
BEHEMOTH and CANNIBAL CORPSE at the Phoenix, Tuesday, February 24. Rating: NNNN People who don’t like metal: why? Why don’t you like metal? Are you... -
Marilyn Manson
When I was kid hiding records like Smells Like Children and Antichrist Superstar (still holds up I checked), Marilyn Manson meant something. He was like... -
Mayhem and Watain at the Opera House
MAYHEM and WATAIN at the Opera House, Tuesday, January 13. Rating: NNNN The weird thing about seeing Mayhem in 2015 is that the band is arguably more... -
USA Out of Vietnam
From the dumpy hollows of St. Henri to the gentrifying working-class corridors of Parc Ex, a mental tour of Montreal can be easily scored to... -
Slowdive at the Danforth Music Hall
SLOWDIVE and LOW at the Danforth Music Hall, Tuesday, October 28. Rating: NNNNN Confession: I went to see Low, who I like more than Slowdive,... -
The Reigning Sound at the Horsehoe
THE REIGNING SOUND at The Horseshoe Tavern, Saturday (October 25). Rating: NNNN In the six years I've lived in Toronto, I've seen ex-Oblivian Greg Cartwright's... -
Pallbearer at Lee’s Palace
PALLBEARER with TOMBS and VATTNET VISKAR at Lee's Palace, Friday, October 24. Rating: NNNN Plenty of talk lately about the hot new fashion micro-trend: health... -
Reigning Sound
REIGNING SOUND at the Horseshoe (370 Queen West), Saturday (October 25), doors 9 pm. $16.50. HS, RT, SS, TF. When I ask Greg Cartwright of... -
King Diamond at the Sound Academy
KING DIAMOND at the Sound Academy, Saturday, October 18. A problem with NOW's web publishing infrastructure is that it only allows me to give this... -
Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats at Lee’s Palace
UNCLE ACID and the DEADBEATS at Lee's Palace, Sunday, September 28. Rating: NN Seems like ever since Sweden's Ghost began wowing crowds with their highly... -
Melvins
Rating: NNNN After 30-odd years, dozens of lineup changes and 96 billion releases, the Melvins don't even seem like a band. It's like the Melvins... -
Earth – Primitive And Deadly
Rating: NNN Drone doom heavies Earth have inopportunely released a new record of ambling, circuitous feedback riffs while metal fans are still lost in the... -
Pallbearer
Rating: NNNNN If they gave out Grammys for real music, Pallbearer's second record would get 100. Pitchfork should give it a 9000. There simply aren't... -
Agalloch at the Opera House
AGALLOCH at the Opera House, Friday, July 4. Rating: NNNNN The gamble with metal shows, especially at a consistently so-so venue like the Opera House,...
