Articles by Chris Bubinas

Voivod Are as Imaginative and Intricate as Ever on 'Synchro Anarchy'

PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2022

After 40 years and over a dozen studio albums worth of acclaimed music, most any band could be excused for mailing it in a bit at this stag...

Slayer / Lamb of God / Amon Amarth / Cannibal Corpse

Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa ON, May 22

PUBLISHED May 23, 2019

Most people won't understand the gravity of this night for headbangers in Ottawa. The impact that Slayer have had on thrash metal over thei...

KISS

Bell Centre, Montreal QC, March 19

PUBLISHED Mar 20, 2019

Hours before the show was set to begin, the buzz in downtown Montreal began to amplify, as the KISS Army shuffled toward the Bell Centre to...

Ghost

Place Bell, Laval QC, December 7

PUBLISHED Dec 8, 2018

Funnelling into the warm confines of Place Bell from a piercingly cold December night, thousands assembled for an evening with Ghost in Mon...

Relive Montebello Rockfest in Photos

PUBLISHED Jun 18, 2018

The 13th edition of Montebello Rockfest is in the books, and this year brought another exquisite and diverse collection of bands. Once agai...

U2

Bell Centre, Montreal QC, June 5

PUBLISHED Jun 6, 2018

Legend has it, 42 years ago in Dublin, a group of teenagers responded to a note on their high school notice board looking for musicians, an...

Judas Priest / Saxon / Black Star Riders

TD Place, Ottawa ON, March 25

PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2018

If you run into someone in Ottawa today who seems half deaf and can't wipe a grin off their face, chances are they caught the Judas Priest...

Avenged Sevenfold / Breaking Benjamin / Bullet for My Valentine

Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa ON, January 21

PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2018

Described in many circles as the future of hard rock — heir apparent to legends like Black Sabbath and Metallica — Avenged Sevenfold enlist...