By Mike Bax Lead image: Johnny Buzzerio I think it’s safe to say that everyone in Giraffe Tongue Orchestra (GTO) would quickly dismiss being addressed as a super group. Comprised of 5 very competent musicians, GTO is a project that has taken years to fully gestate into the recently released Broken Lines (Party Smasher Inc. /…
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Heavy Montréal – August 6th and 7th, 2016 – Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal
Review by Mike Bax The best European Metal Festival that is not in Europe. There was no other place in North America offering such a diversified mix of European and North American metal this year than at Heavy Montréal. Put on by Evenko and presented by Molson Canadian, Heavy Montréal attracted more than 30,000 festivalgoers to…
Windhand – Studio at Waiting Room, Buffalo, NY – October 22nd, 2015
Review and Photos by Mike Bax With one of the best releases of 2015 (Grief’s Infernal Flower, Relapse Records), Windhand set out on the road last week to support the album, taking Danava and Monolord along for the ride as their support. This evening’s show at the very intimate setting of the upper studio at…
Interview with Laura Pleasants of Kylesa – September 17th, 2015
By Mike Bax Savannah riff-masters Kylesa are days away from releasing their most ambitious album of original material to date. All of the ten songs on Exhausting Fire crackle with that signature energy that is present on all of your favourite Kylesa songs from their past albums. I consider Static Tensions and Spiral Shadow the…
Kylesa – Mod Club Theatre, Toronto – September 3rd, 2015
Review and photos by Mike Bax No disrespect to Cult of Luna, Inaeona & Kosmograd, but this evening was all about Kylesa for me. I’m usually pretty open to new music, but due to utterly crappy traffic, I walked into the venue long after Inaeona & Kosmograd had performed. Kylesa was on stage tuning their…
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…
Interview with Tommy Rogers, Between The Buried And Me – July 1st, 2015
By Mike Bax Coma Ecliptic, the seventh full length album from Raleigh, North Carolina five-piece noise-meisters Between the Buried and Me, will see its release on the brand spanking new Global Record Release Day – this Friday, July 10th on Metal Blade Records. This album spans numerous musical landscapes over almost 70 minutes, touching on…
Mastodon, Clutch & Graveyard – London Music Hall, London – May 21st, 2015
Review and Photos by Mike Bax “Of all the shows on this six week tour, this one sold out first.” Neil Fallon, Clutch Yet another epic triple Mastodon bill, this one featuring a co-headlining set from Clutch, and my first look at Gothenburg’s Graveyard. Mastodon just may go down in history as a band hell-bent…
Interview with Clutch drummer Jean-Paul Gaster – London Music Hall – May 21st, 2015
Interview by Mike Bax http://www.pro-rock.com http://www.facebook.com/Clutchband twitter.com/clutchofficial Jean-Paul Gaster of Clutch London – May 21st, 2015 Missing Link tour w Mastodon & Graveyard 2015
Mastodon – Métropolis, Montreal – October 29th, 2014
Review and Photos by Mike Bax You could call this tour a victory lap, seeing as Mastodon went on the road in North America with Gojira and Kvelertak earlier this year. I’m betting that many of the attendees this evening were repeat offenders (like myself) getting back in on a good thing. Tonight, much like…
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