Review by Mike Bax Photos by Aneil Singh metallica.com twitter.com/Metallica http://www.facebook.com/Metallica When touring Ride The Lightning, Metallica played their first Toronto show at The Concert Hall (The Masonic Temple) on January 19, 1985 – a 1200 capacity auditorium. This evening’s Opera House show, with a posted capacity of 950 (680 Main Floor and 270 Balcony),…
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Steel Panther w Diemonds – Maxwells, Waterloo July 12th, 2016
Review and Photos by Mike Bax “G-O-L-D D-I-G-G-I-N-G W-H-O-R (awkward pause) E” Sung by EVERYONE in the room at Maxwell’s Michael Starr, Satchel, Lexxi Foxx and Stix Zadinia brought their signature brand of Los Angeles glam metal to Waterloo last night for a sold-out performance of epic sing-along proportions. Waterloo was the first show to…
Stella Vander – Magma Interview – March 25th, 2016
Interview by Mike Bax Stella Vander begins our interview by apologizing for delaying it. Hoping to score some Wuhan Cymbals while in Chicago, Christian Vander (Stella’s husband) wound up in a Chicago music store a bit later than he wanted to on Good Friday, and had to juggle a bit of press interviews around. Stella…
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 Steve Zetro Souza of Exodus – March 27th, 2015
Interview by Mike Bax Currently on a four-week run of dates with Testament and Shattered Sun, Exodus is riding on a career high at the moment with the recent release of Blood In, Blood Out, arguably the band’s finest album since the earliest material from the mid-1980s. Thrash historians all know the story of Legacy…
Testament Exodus Shattered Sun Interview – Dark Roots of Thrash II Tour April 2015
Chuck Billy, Steve Zetro Souza and Marcos Leal Discuss the Dark Roots of Thrash II Tour Interviews by Mike Bax For thrash metal fans, the upcoming April 2015 four-week run of dates featuring Testament, Exodus and Shattered Sun could very well prove to be the tour of the year, considering the three decade legacy of…
Herman Li and Sam Totman Interview – Dragonforce
Interview by Mike Bax If power metal was a balloon, and you turned it inside out and stuffed it full of the best elements of thrash metal, über guitar riffs, soulful (man-style) harmonizing and big meaty choruses, then you’d basically have Dragonforce. Known the world over as ‘that band with the hardest song to play…
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