Heavy Montreal

Heavy Montreal Unleashes 2016 Lineup

PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2016

Earlier this week, Mastodon and Despised Icon were confirmed to play this year's instalment of Heavy Montreal, and now organizers have unve...

Mastodon and Despised Icon Confirmed for Heavy Montreal

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2016

While the full festival reveal takes place later this week, the organizers behind this year's Heavy Montreal have confirmed that two of the...

Exes for Eyes

Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal QC, August 9

PUBLISHED Aug 10, 2015

Eager to energize an early afternoon crowd who were still a bit sluggish from partying down with Iggy Pop and Faith No More the night befor...

Insomnium

Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal QC, August 9

PUBLISHED Aug 10, 2015

Those who had arrived to see melodic metallers Insomnium kick off their first North American headlining tour were greeted with a few differ...

Pig Destroyer

Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal QC, August 9

PUBLISHED Aug 10, 2015

Tucked away from the main stages in Parc Jean-Drapeau, Virginia grindcore outfit Pig Destroyer pulled no punches in affirming that their le...

Slipknot

Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal QC, August 9

PUBLISHED Aug 10, 2015

The thing with Slipknot is you really just need to take them as they are: pure, over-the-top carnivalesque theatricality. A little bit infe...

Lamb of God

Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal QC, August 9

PUBLISHED Aug 10, 2015

Sometimes, you don't want to be battered by intensely difficult music, but by the flying limbs and whipping hair of everyone around you. So...

Ihsahn

Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal QC, August 9

PUBLISHED Aug 10, 2015

It's easy, looking at the composed, incredibly gentle face of Ihsahn, to imagine that a live set of his solo work is going to be a calm, ce...