Despised Icon interview Alexandre Erian Heavy Montréal – August 7th, 2016 Interview by Mike Bax http://www.despisedicon.com http://www.facebook.com/despisedicon twitter.com/despisedicon http://www.heavymontreal.com http://www.facebook.com/HEAVYMONTREAL twitter.com/heavymtl
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Blind Guardian video Interview – Heavy Montréal – August 7th, 2016
Blind Guardian interview Hansi Kürsch Heavy Montréal – August 7th, 2016 Interview by Mike Bax http://www.blind-guardian.com http://www.facebook.com/blindguardian twitter.com/blind_guardian http://www.heavymontreal.com http://www.facebook.com/HEAVYMONTREAL twitter.com/heavymtl
Sabaton video Interview – Heavy Montréal – August 6th, 2016
Sabaton interview Pär Sundström and Hannes van Dahl Heavy Montréal – August 6th, 2016 Interview by Mike Bax http://www.sabaton.net http://www.facebook.com/sabaton twitter.com/sabaton http://www.heavymontreal.com http://www.facebook.com/HEAVYMONTREAL twitter.com/heavymtl
Metal Allegiance – Saint Vitus, Brooklyn NY – August 11th, 2016
Review and Photos by Mike Bax Metal Allegiance is set to perform at UK’s massive Bloodstock festival on August 13th. As a warm-up for this UK gig, they teamed up with Loudwire for a very special performance in Brooklyn, N.Y. as they wanted to do something special in the city that inducted Deep Purple into…
Avantasia – Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Toronto – April 13th, 2016
Review and Photos by Mike Bax Described by curator / mastermind Tobias Sammet as the mean, dirty little black sheep brother of Trans Siberian Orchestra, Avantasia’s only Canadian live show touched down last night in Toronto, filling the Queen Elizabeth Theatre stage to the brim with a literal who’s who of heavy music. Boasting one…
Interview with Al Jourgensen – Surgical Meth Machine – March 4th, 2016
By Mike Bax In about a month from now, Ministry main-man Al Jourgensen is set to release a pile-driver of an album unto the masses using the moniker Surgical Meth Machine (SMM). Recorded on his own with long-time producer Sammy D’Ambruoso and to be released by Nuclear Blast Records, SMM will raise eyebrows once it…
Interview with Tobias Sammet of Avantasia, March 6th, 2016
By Mike Bax Coming for ONE CANADIAN DATE ONLY (one of only THREE North American live shows in April), Tobias Sammet’s collective tour de force, Avantasia, promises a three-hour long spectacle of metal unlike anything you’ve seen before. Tobias Sammet (Edguy), along with eleven other musicians, featuring members of Jorn, Masterplan, Mr. Big, Pretty Maids,…
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…
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
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