FOR THE LOVE OF METAL
You knew this one was gonna be special. Ending a two-year hiatus, Truckfighters announced that their 2019 tour would feature their seminal debut Gravity X, played in its entirety…
It was not so long ago that a Neurosis concert in Toronto was a rare occasion — but lately, they’ve become much more frequent. In fact, I can now say that I’ve seen ’em four times in the last six years…
This was Khemmis’ first headlining Toronto appearance — and my first time seeing them live.
While Conan unleashed the biggest mosh pit of the entire festival, and Toke might have been one of the top five bands I’ve seen throughout the weekend, many could feel the sense of finality and dread of returning to reality on Monday.
Arguably the talk of the entire festival was Pentagram playing a homecoming, headlining set on Saturday night.
Friday night at the Doom Fest featured bands from all across the country — from Ohio to Indiana, Dallas to Seattle…and of course, a few from Maryland, as well.
Maryland Doom Fest 2019 was the biggest edition of “the other MDF” yet, with 50 bands playing across two stages over four days. Twas also my first time in attendance…
Duuuude, I would go to pretty much every gig at this place…if it wasn’t in Detroit. As it stands, I was in town to see Church of Misery, a band that would have played Canada a few years ago, were it not for a U.S. government shutdown.
Italian progressive sludge/doom outfit Ufomammut has been around for 20 years now…and until last night, I had only seen ’em once, back in 2015.
Uncle Acid put on a pretty solid set focused on their most recent record, Wasteland. They also made full use of the former movie theatre’s setup, with a full video backdrop throughout their set…