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Dream Theater Celebrate 40 Years with Quarantième: Live à Paris – Album Review

Drew Osborne
November 17, 2025

Dream Theater mark their 40th anniversary with Quarantième: Live à Paris, a live album that […]

Sons of Apollo @ The Opera House, Toronto

Drew Osborne
April 20, 2018

Sons of Apollo played a great show at the Opera House in Toronto last night! […]

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Album Review: Arankai – A Portrait of Red

Drew Osborne
December 3, 2025

Arankai’s A Portrait of Red is the kind of debut full-length that doesn’t feel like a “first step” at all—it lands more like an artist who has already lived through…

Future Palace Drop Video for New Single “Deep Blue”

Editorial Team
December 1, 2025

Future Palace continue their rise with the release of their new single “Deep Blue,” marking another strong step in their new chapter with Century Media Records. The track explores the…

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Album Review: VRSTY – Cloud City (Acoustic EP)

Drew Osborne
November 28, 2025

Release Date: December 12, 2025 Label: Spinefarm Records VRSTY’s new acoustic EP strips back the metallic bite of their 2020 breakout Cloud City and reimagines four of its most emotionally…

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Volumes – Mirror Touch Album Review | 2025 Metalcore Release

Drew Osborne
November 28, 2025

Fifteen years into their career, Volumes have become one of metalcore’s most stubborn survivors. While plenty of peers splintered or softened, the Los Angeles quartet kept chiseling away at their…

Rocking Toronto: Derek St. Holmes Ignites The Rockpile

Drew Osborne
June 12, 2017

I recently had the pleasure of seeing Derek St. Holmes perform live for the first time at the Rockpile in Toronto. As a long time fan of Ted Nugent’s work,…

Lee Aaron @ El Mocambo, Toronto

Drew Osborne
July 26, 2022

A Canadian Legend Returns Home: Lee Aaron at the El Mocambo Introduction Lee Aaron is a rock goddess, a pioneer in the Canadian music scene and still going strong. She…

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Alter Bridge 2023 North American tour with Mammoth WVH

Drew Osborne
August 23, 2022

DateSat • Feb 11, 2023 • 7:00 PMVenueHistory Toronto, ON The North American leg of the renowned rock band Alter Bridge's 2023 "Pawns & Kings" tour has been confirmed. The…

Duran Duran’s “Future Past Tour 2023” Lights Up Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena

Drew Osborne
September 21, 2023

In the words of Duran Duran themselves, "Who do you need, who do you love when you come undone?" This question hung in the air like a promise as the…

Future Palace Drop Video for New Single “Deep Blue”

Editorial Team
December 1, 2025

Future Palace continue their rise with the release of their new single “Deep Blue,” marking another strong step in their new chapter with Century Media Records. The track explores the…

Long Distance Calling Release “Hazard” Live Video From Live At Lichtburg

Editorial Team
November 26, 2025

Long Distance Calling have released “Hazard,” the third single from their upcoming live album Live At Lichtburg, arriving December 5 via earMUSIC. The song originally appeared on the band’s 2020…

Don Broco Unveil Seductive New Single “Euphoria”

Editorial Team
November 21, 2025

UK alt-rock innovators DON BROCO continue their 2025 momentum with “Euphoria,” their fourth single of the year on Fearless Records. The track opens with a tense, electronic pulse before breaking…

Atreyu Share Intense New Video for “Dead” + Continue 20 + 1 Tour

Editorial Team
November 18, 2025

ATREYU have released a striking new music video for their single “Dead,” marking their first new music in over two years. The track—recorded by Matthew Pauling—pushes the band’s melodic metalcore…

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Howl 20th Anniversary Tour at HISTORY, Toronto

Drew Osborne
October 8, 2025

By the time doors finally opened at 7:30 p.m., the crowd outside HISTORY in Toronto was restless but patient. Two lines snaked around the building, wrapping both sides of the…

Bruce Dickinson Terrorizes Toronto with The Mandrake Project: Legends Don’t Die, They Dominate

Drew Osborne
September 19, 2025

Toronto’s History Venue wasn’t ready. Nobody was. And yet, when Bruce Dickinson stomped onstage on September 16, 2025, with The Mandrake Project, the place went nuclear. This wasn’t a acid…

The Darkness Rocks Kitchener’s Elements Night Club During Dreams on Toast Tour

Drew Osborne
September 16, 2025

For the first time in their career, The Darkness brought their glam-rock theatrics to Kitchener, transforming Elements Night Club into a sweaty, jubilant showcase of falsettos, riffs, and theatrical chaos.…

Toronto Goes Wild as Falling In Reverse Unleash God Is A Weapon

Drew Osborne
September 13, 2025

Over 11,000 fans packed Toronto’s Budweiser Stage for Falling In Reverse’s God Is A Weapon tour. The absence of Slaughter to Prevail, stuck stateside after frontman Alex Terrible’s passport delays,…

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Dream Theater Celebrate 40 Years with Quarantième: Live à Paris – Album Review

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Volumes – Mirror Touch Album Review | 2025 Metalcore Release

Rocking Toronto: Derek St. Holmes Ignites The Rockpile

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