Katatonia and Opeth in Buffalo - April 18, 2013

This week I joined a carload of friends en route to Buffalo to catch the opening date on Opeth and Katatonia's latest North American tour.

opeth: heritage recorded and live (belatedly)

An exclaim.ca review recap (in case you missed the tweets or facebook posts):

• I like Opeth's new album, Heritage. Here's where I attempt to explain why.

• Both Katatonia and Opeth are on top of their live game (Heritage sounds nearly as good in concert as on record). If only the entire audience would shut up and listen...

tidying up the review link backlog (happy autumn)

In the absence of a more substantial post, here are links to various exclaim.ca reviews (by me). If you follow me on twitter you may have seen them already, but if not...

Wolverine - Communication Lost (Candlelight)

Eyeswithoutaface - Monotoneotony (Independent)
Leprous - Bilateral (InsideOut)
Opeth - Heritage (Roadrunner) (and thanks, Metal Matt, for the kind comments, even if you don't like the record)

Next up, links to Hellbound.ca coverage of my recent Katatonia love-in (metaphorically speaking), and perhaps a few words here about Enslaved and Alcest - set to play in Toronto Friday, September 30.