Articles by Sean Palmerston

Marillion

PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2009

Few groups deserve the moniker of cult band in quite the same fashion Marillion do. Formed originally in 1979 in Aylesbury, England, the ba...

Tyr / Alestorm / Suidakra

Opera House, Toronto ON March 23

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2009

One of the more interesting metal tours currently making the rounds is the Pagan Knights package. Featuring three quite different musically...

The Magic Christian / Gord Lewis & Dave Rave

Club Absinthe, Hamilton ON January 20

PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2009

It might have been the coldest night of the winter so far outside, but the frigid temps did nothing to keep people away from witnessing Ham...

AC/DC / The Answer

Rogers Centre, Toronto ON January 9

PUBLISHED Jan 12, 2009

Canada has been good to AC/DC: their latest release was the biggest selling album of the year, and the venerable Aussie rockers returned th...

Opeth / High On Fire

Centennial Hall, London ON September 21

PUBLISHED Sep 23, 2008

No fanfare. Zero theatrics. A barren stage except for the musicians, their instruments, amplification and a simple backdrop sporting their...

Blood Ceremony

Blood Ceremony

PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2008

Together now for a little over two years, Toronto’s Blood Ceremony have managed to find themselves a cosy home with few peers in the curren...

Judas Priest

Metal Gods

PUBLISHED Jul 28, 2008

Judas Priest is quintessential British heavy metal. One of the first groups to truly embrace the heavy metal tag, over the past 35 years th...

Heavy MTL

Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal QC June 21 to 22

PUBLISHED Jul 7, 2008

Kicking off with local favourites Unexpect (pictured) as openers is a smart move by festival organisers, ensuring a large crowd from the st...