Articles by Bradley Zorgdrager

Thrice

Jägermeister Stage, Montebello QC, June 20

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2015

Understated was the performance; overwhelming was the music. While other bands overcompensate for bland music, California exploratory post-...

Rufio

Tony Sly Stage, Montebello QC, June 20

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2015

California's Rufio brought their home state's sun with them to their exclusive reunion appearance at Amnesia Rockfest. It wasn't just in te...

Slayer

Loto Quebec Stage, Montebello QC, June 20

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2015

Much of the recent discourse surrounding Slayer involves how they're not really Slayer anymore. The passing of guitarist Jeff Hanneman is a...

Carcass

Jägermeister Stage, Montebello QC, June 19

PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2015

British steel surgeons Carcass came all the way to Montebello's Amnesia Rockfest, but forgot some of the tools of their trade. The melodic...

Parkway Drive

Jägermeister Stage, Montebello QC, June 19

PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2015

Having just crossed the Atlantic Ocean after playing Norway's Ton of Rocks Festival, Australian metalcore quintet Parkway Drive's Winston M...

The Dillinger Escape Plan

Jägermeister Stage, Montebello QC, June 19

PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2015

It's important to make light of a dark situation, and the Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist (and co-founder) Ben Weinman did just that as the...

All Out War

Dying Gods

PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2015

In the years since All Out War's best album, 1998's For Those Who Were Crucified, the band's oscillating lineups have been unable to achiev...

Greber Treat 'Kiln Hardened Psalms' to Vinyl Release, Reveal Canadian Dates

PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2015

Greber are sort of the Death From Above 1979 of metal, at least as far as having dual vocalists who also play bass and guitar. For a bit mo...