70000 Tons of Metal Love – The Wedding
The 2015 edition of 70000 Tons of Metal featured 60 bands, 3000 fans, 1000 band members and 1 wedding. Metalheads Sheila Loftus and Ken Steeves tied the knot aboard the ship prior to departure from...
View ArticleEvent Review: 70000 Tons Of Metal Part 3 – Insanity Prevails!
Event: 70000 Tons of Metal Part 3: Insanity Prevails! Dates: January 22 – 26, 2015 Friday morning arrives with a spectacular sunrise and the promise of complete and utter insanity after a very short...
View ArticleConcert Review: Desert Storm and Mill Stone – February 7th Zaandam – Netherlands
On February 7th I went to the Desert Storm concert in Rock Café Jinx in Zaandam in the Netherlands. They were supported by Mill Stone. Desert Storm is a Stoner/Blues/Psychedelic Metal band from the UK....
View ArticleEvent Review: 70000 Tons of Metal Wrap Up
Event: 70000 Tons of Metal Dates: January 22 – 26, 2015 It’s hard to believe that 70000 Tons of Metal took place a month ago with so many great memories still rattling around in the vacuousness that...
View ArticleConcert Review – Blind Guardian and Orphaned Land – April 10th – Eindhoven,...
On Friday, April 10th I took the train to Eindhoven to take in my first concert of Blind Guardian and Orphaned Land in De Effenaar. During the journey, about 2 hours, I watched some videos of both...
View ArticleShow Review: Show Case MetalFactory – Dynamo Eindhoven – April 9th 2015
On Thursday April 9th, I went for Metal Nation Radio to Dynamo in Eindhoven, Netherlands. Dynamo started the first Metal Education in the world together with Summa College. Four times a year, the...
View ArticleShow Review: Strydegor – Final Depravity – Helgrind – Castle, May 3rd, Little...
On the evening of Sunday, May 3rd, four bands came together to play a show in the Little Devil in Tilburg. These four bands were Strydegor (Germany), Final Depravity (Germany), Helgrind (UK) and Castle...
View ArticleShow Review: Synergy Protocol – Kingfisher Sky – Stream of Passion – May 8, 2015
The first band of the evening was Synergy Protocol. Synergy Protocol is a progressive metal band from Utrecht in the Netherlands. The band consists of Maarten “Big M” Heeringa on guitar and backing...
View ArticleConcert Review: Kobra and the Lotus – 2nd July – London, England
Nothing gets more British than gathering in a little watering hole on the outskirts of London. All that the Boston Music Room was missing was a good old cuppa and a queue that goes right out the door....
View ArticleConcert Review: Big Music Fest – McLennan Park, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
The 8th Annual BIG MUSIC FEST wrapped up a week-long schedule of events with a day of heavy metal and grunge in McLennan Park featuring The Mohrs, Glorious Sons, Extreme, Monster Truck, Jane’s...
View ArticleConcert Review: Tim Ripper Owens – The Venue, Selby, UK 7/23/15
Band: Tim Ripper Owens Locale: The Venue, Selby, UK Date: July 23, 2015 Never having had the opportunity to see Ripper before, despite being a huge Judas Priest fan, I was stoked when I found out he...
View ArticleHeavy Montreal Concert Review 2015
Canada’s Heavy Montreal (Aug 7-8-9, 2015) is a 3-day, 4-stage outdoor festival that lasts from Friday-Sunday. Like any festival, it’s all about the music, but there isn’t just music, and every year the...
View ArticleConcert Review: Ethereal – 12th September – Rebellion, Manchester
The word ‘epic’ has become inadequate since Ethereal stormed the black metal scene. From Liverpool, they overwrite the archetype of epic black metal and deliver an ungodly brand of unholy spectacle....
View ArticleRock Allegiance Festival Review – By Brian Reynolds @ The Social Revolution
The sun was up, we were racking up charges on the Penna Turnpike and there was only one way this day was gonna end. We were gonna be exhausted and extremely rocked! The closer we got to our...
View ArticleThe Dillinger Escape Plan Live Show Review by Ddubs
The Dillinger Escape Plan, Cancer Bats, A Sight For Sewn Eyes, Barlow Olympic Hall, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada October 22, 2015 So many different time signatures that I lost count! Thanks to the...
View Article70,000 Tons of Metal: Kinks’ High Seas Heavy Metal Adventure
Stepping onto the 70,000 Tons of Metal ship and taking my first look around, I couldn’t help but think that if this ship goes down, we’d sink straight to the bottom from all the heavy metal on board....
View ArticleConcert Review: Thrashbangers Night: Spartan + Illusionless + Ynfamia....
On Friday February 19th, I went to Mezz in Breda (Netherlands) to cover a show for Metal Nation Radio. This evening, it was for Ynfamia, Illusionless and Spartan to take the stage. These three Dutch...
View ArticleMarch Metal Madness in the YYC!
March Metal Madness in the YYC with Our Partner Grey Eagle Resort and Casino! The month known in the U.S. for March Madness had its own brand of March Metal Madness which we were pleased to participate...
View ArticleConcert Review: The Offspring – Calgary, Canada
Show: The Offspring Date: March 25, 2015 Venue: Grey Eagle Resort & Casino, Calgary, Canada They are still Pretty Fly for a bunch of White Guys as Orange County’s Offspring rocked the sold out...
View ArticleZZ Top Live! April 2, 2016
Show: ZZ Top Date: April 2, 2016, Location: Grey Eagle Resort & Casino, Calgary Canada ZZ Top, that little blues band from Texas who has been active since 1969, is still giving crowd-pleasing...
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