Heavy MTL

Earlier today the lineup for Heavy Montreal 2015 was announced and this year, headliners include Slipknot, Faith No More, and Korn. Alexisonfire also announced that they’d be reuniting to take part in this festival as well as a few others scattered around the world.Lamb of God, Iggy Pop, Billy Talent,...

The yearly gathering of Montreal’s metal heads took place over the weekend and with three of the “big four” (Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax) bands taking part, you know that it was one hell of a weekend. There were over 50 bands that took part in HeavyMTL 2014 and here are...

Tomorrow night in Montreal, Metallica will be closing out a rock filled day 1 of Heavy Montreal. If that wasn’t awesome enough, their entire setlist was voted on by the fans. We’re not sure how many songs they’ll fit into their 2 hour and 20 minute set, but below you...

When the lineup for Heavy Montreal was announced, metal fans rejoiced. With two days full of some of the most legendary names in heavy metal as well as some up and coming contenders, we’ve made a list of our top 10 bands you can’t miss this weekend.Unlocking The TruthThere are...

Organizers of Heavy MTL have now announced the daily lineups for 2014. Day 1 headliners Metallica will definitely be crowd pleasers as their setlist will be chosen by you, the fans. The Offspring, Anthrax, Three Days Grace, and Voivod are just some of the bands joining them to get the...

Montreal already plays host to numerous music festivals throughout the year, and this year, a new one has been added to the mix. Île Soniq is a two day electronic dance/hip hop festival taking place on Parc Jean Drapeau on August 15th and 16th. Tiësto, Laidback Luke, Adventure Club and...

Last week rumours began swirling that Metallica would be heading to Montreal as part of Heavy MTL 2014, and lucky for us, those rumours are TRUE! Joining Metallica this year will be, Slayer, Lamb of God, Offspring, Bad Religion, Anthrax and more. The full Heavy MTL lineup can be found...

When we sat down with Arejay and Joe from Halestorm last month at Heavy MTL, they let us know that they had just finished work on another covers EP; a followup to ReAnimate which was released back in 2011. Due out October 15, 2013, ReAniMate 2.0: The CoVeRs eP will...

During Heavy MTL 2013, Device were one of the bands that got things going early Saturday afternoon, and following their set, we had the opportunity to chat with Virus. We talked about their set and how they get pumped up so early in the day, their run on the Gigantour,...

Just prior to their performance at Heavy MTL 2013, we had the chance to sit down with Arejay and Joe from Halestorm. We talked about their recent Grammy win, music videos, breaking into venues (!?), and more. On top of that we also caught a glimpse of a member of...