June 4
We were a little burnt out for our first show back after Maryland Deathfest, but not as much as in previous years (our metalfesting gets increasingly leisurely the older we get). This week's show featured the usual mix of new metal releases, some old favourites, plus a preview of bands playing live in southern Ontario in the near future – including a taste of the line-up for this year's Wacken Metal Battle Canada finals. (spoiler alert: MUTANK won)
ARTIST
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ALBUM
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TRACK
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| Skullfist | Chasing the Dream | Chasing the Dream |
| Burning the Day | Wacken Metal Battle Compilation | Victorious! |
| Exit Strategy | Wacken Metal Battle Compilation | The Atrocity Machine |
| Mutank | Wacken Metal Battle Compilation | Mutank |
| My Hollow | Wacken Metal Battle Compilation | Kings With No Castles |
| Neck of the Woods | Wacken Metal Battle Compilation | Left Behind |
| Ayahuasca | Plato's Dark Horse | Can You Feel The New Food Chain |
| Biblical | Monsoon Season | Second Sight |
| Crowbar | Symmetry in Black | Symmetry in White |
| Eyehategod | Eyehategod | Trying To Crack The Hard Dollar |
| Misery Index | The Killing Gods | Sentinels |
| Enabler | La Fin Absolue Du Monde | I've Got a Bad Feeling About This |
| Marty Friedman | Inferno | Lycanthrope |
| The Great Sabatini | Dog Years | Nursing Home |
| Metsatoll | Karjajuht | Must Hunt |
| Black Anvil | Hail Death | My Hate is Pure |
| Brent Hinds | Brent Hinds Presents: WEST END MOTEL And FIEND WITHOUT A FACE | Bank Robbin Bandits |
| Killer Be Killed | Killer Be Killed | Save the Robots |
| Vader | Tibi Et Igni | Armada On Fire |
| Shattered Remains | Wacken Metal Battle Compilation | Unbreakable |
| Blind Guardian | Nightfall in Middle Earth | The Curse of Feanor |
| Therion | A'arab Zaraq - Lucid Dreaming | Black Fairy |
| Celtic Frost | Into The Pandemonium | I Won't Dance (The Elder's Orient) |
| Dissection | Storm of the Light's Bane | Where Dead Angels Lie |
| Virgin Black | Requiem Fortissimo | In Winters Ash |
June 11
I ended up having to leave Adam on his own for this one. Not like he needs me to make excellent musical choices, local and otherwise. Plus when we're not chattering back and forth we can usually squeeze in a couple of extra songs.
ARTIST
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ALBUM
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TRACK
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| Arch Enemy | War Eternal | No More Regrets |
| October File | The Application of Loneliness, Ignorance, Misery, Love and Despair - An Introspective of the Human Condition | Reinvention |
| Orange Goblin | Healing Through Fire | The Ale House Braves |
| The Atlas Moth | The Old Believer | Jet Black Passenger |
| Finntroll | Natten Med De Levande Finntroll | Jaktens Tid |
| Lich King | Born of the Bomb | We Came to Conquer |
| Bison BC | Lovelessness | An Old Friend |
| Mutank | M.E.C.H Metal | Mutank |
| Anathema | Distant Satellites | Anathema |
| Abre Ojos | Gates | Golden Rod from Tip to Tail |
| Woods of Ypres | The Pursuit of the Sun & Allure of the Earth | Shedding the Deadwood |
| Eclipse Eternal | Reign of the Unholy Blackened Empire | Infested With The Human Disease |
| Black Sabbath | Heaven and Hell | Die Young |
| Windhand | Windhand | Black Candles |
| Skynet | The Wild | The Wild |
| Threat Signal | Vigilance | The Beginning of the End |
| Six Side Die | That F'n Album | Freeze Frame |
| Endast | Living on the Edge | Livin On the Edge |
| Invective | Decomposure | Decomposure |
| Septic Flesh | The Great Mass | The Vampire from Nazareth |
| Obscura | Omnivium | Ocean Gateways |
| High on Fire | The Art of Self Defense | Blood from Zion |
June 18
We cover a wide range of metal on Kill Eat Exploit the Weak, but this week seemed particularly diverse, including some neo-folk and neo-classical friends of metal for simulated meat* as well as some heavy electronica/industrial. And the usual metal subgenres, of course. We ended of with some local metal, a track from Hamilton's Profaner.
ARTIST
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ALBUM
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TRACK
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| Meshuggah | Contradictions Collapse | Paralyzing Ignorance |
| Negura Bunget | Maiestrit | A vint in abis |
| Avichi | Catharsis Absolute | Lightweaver |
| The Creepshow | Sell Your Soul | Grave Diggers |
| Lullacry | Legacy 1998-2014 | Hell on High Heels |
| Beast Within | Adversity/Servitude | Servitude (side B) |
| Musk Ox | Woodfall | Part 1 - Earthrise* |
| Raphael Weinroth-Browne | Shattered Dreams | Shattered Dreams* |
| Aeon's Fall | Echoes of Remembrance | The Failure of Ascension |
| Ageless Oblivion | Penthos | Wolf's Head |
| Below | Across the Dark River | Bid You Farewell |
| Chapel | Satan's Rock N Roll | Satan's Rock N Roll |
| Combichrist | We Love You | We Were Made to Love You |
| 3TEETH | 3TEETH | Eradicate |
| HIMIKO | Dethnoizzz | Fuel Rods Up Your Ass |
| The Gathering | Mandylion | Leaves |
| The Lion's Daughter | The Lion's Daughter/Nights Like These | As Sick the Dream |
| Rush | 2112 | Something for Nothing |
| Profaner | Signs of Nine | Symbol of Supremacy |
June 25
In addition to the usual formula, our most recent show included a mini pre-Canada Day feature, highlighting a few of our Canadian metal and simulated meat* favourites (while leaving so many out).
ARTIST
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ALBUM
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TRACK
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| Auroch | Taman Shud | Villainous |
| Emperor | In The Nightside Eclipse - 20th Year Anniversary | Ancient Queen |
| Mournful Congregation | Concrescence Of The Sophia | Silence of the Passed |
| Mastodon | Once More 'Round The Sun | The Motherload |
| Corrosion of Conformity | IX | Trucker |
| Biohazard | State of the World Address | Love Denied |
| Tankard | R.I.B. | R.I.B. |
| Answer with Metal | Wacken Metal Battle Canada Compilation Vol. 1 | Two Wrongs (Don't Make a Right) |
| Adrenochrome | Wacken Metal Battle Canada Compilation Vol. 1 | Led Elephant |
| Threat Signal | Vigilance | In Repair |
| SepticFlesh | Titan | Prototype |
| Fleshgod Apocalypse | Agony | The Imposition |
| Arch Enemy | War Eternal | As the Pages Burn |
| Dio | The Very Beast of Dio | Holy Diver |
| Devin Townsend | Terria | Canada |
| Thrawsunblat | Wanderer on the Continent of Saplings | Goose River (Mourners' March)* |
| Voivod | Phobos | Temps Mort* |
| Shooting Guns | Wolfcop Soundtrack | Barn Burner |
| Into Eternity | The Scattering of Ashes | Severe Emotional Distress |
| KEN mode | Venerable | A Wicked Pike |
If you're so inclined you might want to check out SCENE fest this weekend in St. Catharines.
