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An appearance by New Orleans’ black death thrashers Goatwhore used to be a regular occurrence in Toronto, as they’ve toured hard throughout the last couple decades. But COVID times put a damper on that, and it’s taken a while for their touring machine to get back into full swing. For a band who lives over 2000km away, their recent headlining show at Lee’s Palace felt strangely like a homecoming. Read the full review.

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Seeing Deicide on a Sunday evening gave me a bit of a chuckle. What a perfect way to cap off the Lord’s Day. The Florida death metal icons returned to Toronto to promote their 13th album, Banished By Sin, and they brought along a surprisingly eclectic set of openers. Read the full review.

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Toronto's Tomb Mold began their North American tour with Philadelphia's Horrendous at Lee's Palace earlier this month, along with local openers Gutvoid. Check out my review here.

I've just posted a new interview with Fuck The Facts guitarist/founder Topon Das. They're returning to Toronto for the first time in 8 years for a Zombitrol exclusive show this Friday, May 10th at Rivoli! Advance tickets are available now. This will be your first chance to hear songs from their 2020 album Pleine Noirceur, with some tracks being played live for the first time ever at the Toronto show.