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Vilipend on painkillers and orange drink at Rancho Relaxo

By Marsha Casselman

Vilipend’s 7-inch release party at Rancho Relaxo Thursday saw a who’s who of local heavy music mainstays in the crowd (Burn to Black, Titan, Diemonds, and defunct Rammer) – proving that: 1. The metal community is still thriving and supportive in Toronto, and/or 2. This was an intriguing line-up, and the perfect dingy, cheap... »

Cauldron boils the past

By Marsha Casselman

Since Toronto’s Goat Horn split due to “internal discomfort” three years back, its successor Cauldron has reveled in a small resurgence of classic metal in what has been coined the “New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal.” Young kids are discovering it as retro-is-cool and older metal heads are waxing nostalgic over the early ’80s –... »

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