Live from the Pit: Devil Master @ Cabaret Foufounes – 11/03/2023

Devil Master @ Cabaret FoufounesW/ Fuming Mouth, Final Gasp, SkumstrikeNovember 3rd, 2023Extensive EnterpriseMontreal, Quebec, Canada Devil Master are one of the few bands who I will go out of my way to see every single time they come to Montreal. I saw them pre-pandemic twice, once with Obituary and Abbath, and another time with Power …

Live from the Pit: Exciter @ Foufounes Electriques – 10/19/2023

Exciter @ Foufounes Electriquesw/ Tower, and SamuraiOctober 19th, 2023Dungeon Works ProductionsMontreal, Quebec, Canada Exciter are a legendary Canadian heavy metal band, no doubt. One of the earliest groups purporting the style of speed metal that broke through the boundary into thrash early on in the 80's, their 1983 record Heavy Metal Maniac is a bona …

Live from the Pit: Tomb Mold @ Foufounes Electriques – 09/16/2023

Tomb Mold@ Foufounes ElectriquesW/ Outer Heaven, and Serpent Corpse I have to be honest that I've never really gotten into Tomb Mold's music all that much in the past. I always recognized them as a very competent death metal band with some very talented musicians behind each record, but for some reason it never clicked …

Live from the Pit: Mr. Bungle @ MTELUS – 09/12/2023

Mr. Bungle@ MTELUSw/ Battles I originally wasn't going to go see this show as the tickets had sold out before I was able to fully commit to the purchase. Thankfully for me, Lady Luck shone her light on me, and a friend of a friend of mine sold me their ticket to this coveted gig. …

Live from the Pit: Black Flag @ The Brass Monkey – 04/18/2023

Black Flag are a band that needs no introduction. The legendary hardcore punk outfit is nothing if not influential and legendary, having gone down in history as one of the most recognizable groups in the entirety of punk history. My War was my introduction to the band, thanks to the Grand Theft Auto V soundtrack, …

Live from the Pit: Escuela Grind @ Foufounes Electriques – 03/29/2023

Escuela Grind@ Cabaret FoufounesW/ Bonginator, Xplicit Noize Escuela Grind are one of the hottest bands in my circle of friends at the moment. We were all fawning over their new record Memory Theater, which I consider to be one of the best records that dropped last year. As such, when they showed up here in …

Live from the Pit: Messe Des Morts X

Messe Des Morts @ Theatre ParadoxeNovember 24th, 2022 This past weekend I went to check out the first night of Messe Des Morts, the annual black metal festival that takes place in Montreal and brings some of the biggest black metal names in Canada to play in a repurposed church. I had booked my own …

Live from the Pit: Conan @ Foufounes Electriques – 10/27/2022

Conan @ Foufounes ElectriquesW/ Dopethrone, WiltOctober 27th, 2022 Is there any band in the doom metal world that is heavier than Conan? Wait, don't answer that. I'm sure someone will come up with some example of a band that pretends to be heavier than Liverpool's own, but in my opinion, very few artists come close. …

Live from the Pit: The Chats @ Theatre Corona – 10/21/2022

The Chats @ Theatre CoronaW/ Drug Church, ScowlOctober 21st, 2022 Usually when I name these Live from the Pit segments, the title usually reflects the band that's headlining the show, whereas the other acts are included in the description box beneath the tour poster, like above. However, for this article I have to refrain from …

Live from the Pit: Batushka @ Bar Le Ritz PDB – 10/19/2022

Batushka @ Bar Le Ritz PDBW/ HateAugust 19th, 2022 Regardless of the issues with Batushka regarding the split between the members and the fact that two Batushkas now exist, I was pretty excited to see these guys perform live. Their first record with this lineup, Hospodi, was one of my favourite black metal records of …