Monday, January 05, 2015

Many moods of metal

In a shocking twist, Saturday night I did not go over to the House of Targ. Instead I wandered down Gladstone to No. 612, current residence of Thomas of Mudplots and Spilt Guts fame. Like his neighbours at No. 614 (a.k.a. Yips House, at least for the purpose of the blog), he hosts the occasional show, and this weekend it was metal night - punk metal, old school metal, space metal and Mordor metal, that is! To put it another way, a bunch of Toronto-area folks braved the wild weekend weather and made their way to Bytown.

First up, Brampton's Wesley Crusher. There's a fair amount of member sharing among the bands, with Droid drummer Seb filling in, bassist Inti also fronting Manacle and Jacon reprising his guitar role with Droid. Thus, everybody but singer Gerry was pulling double duty that evening.

Wesley Crusher at 612 Gladstone

Inti handles the low end!

Wesley Crusher at 612 Gladstone

Seb hits!

Wesley Crusher at 612 Gladstone

Jacob frets!

Wesley Crusher at 612 Gladstone

Gripping action!

Wesley Crusher at 612 Gladstone

On to Manacle, who sit somewhere in the line between NWOBHM and L.A. thrash to my ears. Here's freshly acquired guitarist Phil, drummer Matt and frontman Inti.

Manacle at 612 Gladstone

Matt hits!

Manacle at 612 Gladstone

Inti sings!

Manacle at 612 Gladstone

Pointy guitar action, and bassist Amar at right.

Manacle at 612 Gladstone

Inti sings some more!

Manacle at 612 Gladstone

Check that vibrato!

Manacle at 612 Gladstone

More Phil 'n' Amar.

Manacle at 612 Gladstone

Bonus Matt!

Manacle at 612 Gladstone

Droid played a very tight set. Here's Wesley Crusher guitarist Jacob and bassist Michael.

Droid at 612 Gladstone

More Seb!

Droid at 612 Gladstone

Tuqued action!

Droid at 612 Gladstone

Guitar-face action!

Droid at 612 Gladstone

More Michael!

Droid at 612 Gladstone

The whole lot!

Droid at 612 Gladstone

The hooded forces of local Tolkein-loving metallurgists Barrow Wight concluded the evening.

Barrow Wight at 612 Gladstone

Necromantic action!

Barrow Wight at 612 Gladstone

Shrouded action!

Barrow Wight at 612 Gladstone

Jo hits!

Barrow Wight at 612 Gladstone

Cloaked action!

Barrow Wight at 612 Gladstone

The end!

Barrow Wight at 612 Gladstone

Another fine venue for house shows.

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