Articles by Laura Wiebe

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  Anathema / Alcest

  Opera House, Toronto ON, September 18

  PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2013

  A tour featuring Anathema and Alcest as co-headliners would seem to be among the mellowest of (not entirely) metal tours. Openers Mammiffer...

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  Katatonia

  Dethroned and Uncrowned

  PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2013

  Their 2012 effort, Dead End Kings, is an album rich in textures and atmospheres, and it's those nuances Swedes Katatonia decided to explore...

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  Black Sabbath

  Air Canada Centre, Toronto ON, August 14

  PUBLISHED Aug 15, 2013

  While metalheads filtered into the Air Canada Centre for the reunited Black Sabbath's Toronto performance, party rocker Andrew WK greeted t...

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  Augury

  Jagermeister Stage, Montreal QC, August 11

  PUBLISHED Aug 13, 2013

  Local extreme progressive act Augury had the honour and challenge of opening day two of Heavy MTL, and they filled that position admirably....

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  Finntroll

  Molson Canadian Stage, Montreal QC, August 11

  PUBLISHED Aug 13, 2013

  Finntroll offered the most blatantly Nordic and folkish set of the weekend, with white and black face make-up and pointy troll ears firmly...

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  Amon Amarth

  Jagermeister Stage, Montreal QC, August 11

  PUBLISHED Aug 13, 2013

  If the band's dramatic stage backdrop hadn't already announced the epicness of Amon Amarth, a few seconds of intro music made it clear. In...

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  Unexpect

  Galaxie Stage, Montreal QC, August 11

  PUBLISHED Aug 13, 2013

  Every Unexpect show is a dramatic experience, somehow more feverishly complex and precise — as well as livelier — than the band...

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  Pallbearer

  Galaxie Stage, Montreal QC, August 11

  PUBLISHED Aug 13, 2013

  There wasn't much doom at Heavy MTL, so Pallbearer would have stood out simply through song length and stylistic divergence, even if they h...