Articles by Laura Wiebe

Eluveitie

Opera House, Toronto ON February 6

PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2011

A meeting of two tours makes for an epic barrage of metal but doesn't guarantee the people will come. This Toronto convergence landed Death...

Dimmu Borgir / Enslaved / Blood Red Throne / Dawn of Ashes

Sound Academy, Toronto ON December 12

PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2010

Down by the docks in a well-packed Sound Academy, Dawn of Ashes opened for an already-sizable crowd. Costumed and masked, the (only) Ameri...

Agalloch

PUBLISHED Dec 9, 2010

At a superficial glance, Agalloch, from Portland, Oregon, appear to be one of the U.S.'s most intriguing extreme metal bands. This is a pow...

Watain / Goatwhore / Black Anvil / Panzerfaust / Empyrean Plague

Opera House, Toronto ON December 4

PUBLISHED Dec 7, 2010

Watain's headlining show in Toronto was a sense- and mind-numbing experience. Between the ceremonial aesthetics and a miasmic stench, the S...

Agalloch

Marrow of the Spirit

PUBLISHED Nov 22, 2010

Agalloch's latest masterpiece is a lo-fi chimera, its textures as raw and irregular, yet deeply patterned, as the natural world it evokes....

Killing Joke

Absolute Dissent

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2010

Killing Joke have persisted in one form or another for 30 years, but the band's original line-up were intact for only a few, until now. Abs...

Cradle of Filth

Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa

PUBLISHED Nov 11, 2010

Ever melodramatic, Cradle of Filth up the bombast with their ninth album, Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa. Lilith (the mythic pre-Eve wife of...

Melissa Auf der Maur / Final Flash / Weekend Riot Club

Casbah Lounge, Hamilton ON November 3

PUBLISHED Nov 5, 2010

Hamilton, ON's Casbah set up a small free pre-show in its lounge, greeting Melissa Auf der Maur fans with some local female-fronted alt-roc...