Review and Photos by Mike Bax This was the official first concert at TD Echo Beach / Molson Canadian Amphitheatre of 2016, and in my books, you couldn’t ask for a better trifecta of heaviness than Lamb of God, Clutch and Corrosion of Conformity. Interesting tidbit… If this was 20 years ago, the playing order…
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Interview with Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed – April 6th, 2016
By Mike Bax Photo credit: Jeremy Saffer Hatebreed’s seventh album, The Concrete Confessional will see its release a month from now. It’s a tightened-up overly aggressive piece of work, clocking in at 13 songs and a running time of less than 35 minutes. It’s an album that came together quickly for Jamey Jasta, Chris Beattie,…
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…
Heavy Montréal – Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montréal – August 7th, 8th and 9th, 2015
Review by Mike Bax Photos by Tim Snow and Eva Blue The seventh presentation of Heavy Montréal once again managed to deliver on many fronts. While the attendance felt a bit less than last year, I think the festival’s expansion to three days as opposed to two and the fact that last year’s headlining draw…
Dark Days A Memoir – D. Randall Blythe – Review
By Mike Bax Perseus/DaCapo Books While it’s understood within the metal community that Lamb of God vocalist Randy Blythe was arrested, incarcerated, tried and acquitted for manslaughter in the Czech Republic around the accidental death of a fan at an earlier Lamb of God show – most everyone else in the free world doesn’t really…
Heavy MTL – Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montréal, Québec, Canada July 25th, 2010
http://www.heavymtl.com The single greatest two-day metal festival I have (or will) ever attend, Heavy MTL 2010 did nothing shy of blow my mind (along with my ears) over this past weekend. Megadeth and Slayer, Korn and Rob Zombie along with a literal who’s who of both modern and retro metal turned up in full force…
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