Venom Inc interview with Jeffrey “Mantas” Dunn The Hard Luck, Toronto (Canada) – January 10th, 2016 Interview by Mike Bax http://www.facebook.com/VenomIncOfficial http://www.venom-inc.com twitter.com/venom_inc
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Venom Inc – The Hard Luck, Toronto – January 10th, 2016
Review by Mike Bax Photos by Andrew Hartl Originally booked for Danforth Music Hall, this show was moved to The Hard Luck a week before the show. I think the sound might have been better at the Danforth, but the experience of seeing so many great Venom songs in a room like The Hard Luck…
Top Ten Albums of 2015 According to Photojournalist Mike Bax
Top Ten Albums of 2015 By Mike Bax Year by year, I take in a lot of music that spans multiple genres. I tend to be unaffected by hype, despite being bombarded by emails from publicists hyping music. I rely more on the input of my friends, my personal tastes in music, crowd-funding and an…
True Detective: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray review
Review by Mike Bax HBO Home Entertainment I don’t know what I enjoyed more about True Detective’s Second Season – the massive amount of internet hatred the show mustered up as it originally aired, or the actual show itself. The internet vitriol got so bad midway through the second season that I had to go…
Between the Buried and Me – Danforth Music Hall, Toronto – Dec 10th, 2015
Review and Photos by Mike Bax A few days before this show, openers Native Construct had their vehicle broken into and their passports stolen. Toronto’s Earth’s Yellow Sun took the stage at 6:45pm in their place, filling the Danforth Music Hall with their heavy take on saxophone doom to the early arrivers in the room….
Corrosion of Conformity video interview – The Opera House, Toronto – December 1st, 2015
Corrosion of Conformity interview with Reed Mullin The Opera House, Toronto (Canada) – December 1st, 2015 Interview by Mike Bax http://www.coc.com http://www.facebook.com/corrosionofconformity twitter.com/coccabal
Corrosion Of Conformity – The Opera House, Toronto – December 1st, 2015
Review and photos by Mike Bax Twenty five dollars not only bought an evening with the recently reformed Pepper Keenan fronted Corrosion of Conformity, it also brought with it performances by Brant Bjork and the Low Desert Punk Band, Saviours and Mothership. Audience members were buzzing about both Saviours and Mothership as Brant Bjork and…
Sandveiss – Bovine Sex Club, Toronto – November 27th, 2015
Review and Photos by Mike Bax (Note: I serviced this show using a Sony RX100 III. For club shows, I find the difference between this pocket camera and a high end DSLR is totally negligible.) Quebec City based four-piece, heavy rock band Sandveiss made their live Toronto debut this past Friday at the Bovine, to…
Dragonforce video interview – London Music Hall, Canada – November 26th, 2015
Dragonforce interview Marc Hudson and Frédéric Leclercq interviewed on the tour bus outside London Music Hall, London (Canada) – November 26th, 2015 Interview by Mike Bax http://www.dragonforce.com twitter.com/DragonForce http://www.facebook.com/dragonforce
Kamelot w Dragonforce – London Music Hall, Canada – November 26th, 2015
Review and photos by Mike Bax Here’s due warning Kamelot fans – I went into this show with zero knowledge of the Mighty Kamelot. Hard to believe really, as I am pretty immersed in all genres of metal, and some have managed to make my way to 2015 without allowing Kamelot into my life. That…
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