Unfortunately, Hate and Swashbuckle weren’t able to make the Toronto date… But this might have been for the better. The venue (the small, intimate WreckRoom) had a curfew for 10:00 pm, which gave just enough time for Blackguard, Scar Symmetry, and Hypocrisy to play their full sets. Anyways, on to the review! Read it here!

They played several fan favourites that had the crowd banging their heads, raising their horns, and singing along as best as they could. A special guest vocalist… Read more

Mikael Stanne is a great singer and a great screamer, so he put on an awesome show. He really shone through on the song ThereIn, which features a lot of clean vocals. A lot of songs were played off of We Are The Void and Fiction, but what came as really unexpected were the two songs off of The Gallery Read More

The crowd got into Hold The Heathen Hammer High and By The Sword In My Hand the most, and those songs were crazy. Bodies smashing, beers clashing, guitar solos, and awesome singing along in a drunken state. Read More

At long last, it was time for Orphaned Land. They were dressed in traditional Israeli garments, and gave off a very religious impression. Read More