Monarque with Csejthe and Pagan Ritual:
Saturday April 18, 2009 at The Annex Wreck Room
Show Rating: 3 Strongbow required to make it enjoyable
The warmest weekend of 2009 so far may not have been an appropriate backdrop for an evening of black metal featuring Monarque and Csejthe at the Annex Wreckroom. The good weather and early show may have been the reason for the low turnout as from the quality of music Toronto should have had the venue as packed as it was at the bands recent show in Montreal.
Local band Pagan Ritual opened the evening. They are definitely one of the better opening bands I’ve seen in a while. The group provided great sound and energy to the small assembled group. Without even enough time to finish a drink, next up with a beautifully melodic set was Quebec’s Csejthe. They traded in the corpse paint for some mood enhancing candelabra. Sadly, their attempts at doing some harmonizing vocals came out as barely audible. Anyone who gets a chance should be checking this band out.
Somehow black metal sounds prettier when growled in French. Headliners Monarque took the stage before 9 pm so they could make it out by the 10pm curfew. I was one of the few adversely by the smoke streaming off the stage throughout the entire set. The set included a Judas Priest cover. Monarque is set to return to Toronto in the coming months. This time more people should get their ass out and attend.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Images review
Before I start writing I want to add the disclaimer that I have poor spelling and grammar and no editor.
I participated both as a volunteer and as a patron (ok I wasn't a paying patron).
Some of the stuff I saw was pretty creative and interesting, but maybe I'm not hip enough but some of it was just boring, arty garbage. Though from the snoring behind me I wasn't the only one who didn't enjoy some of the program. Short films that I liked were Revival by Heidi Phillips and v = d/t by Amanda Dawn Christie. They both had the similar style of over exposed video and electronic noise music. Also in relation to the audience, people do you really need to text during the show. The great glowing beacons of light make you look like an ass not important.
The closing performance at the Theatre Centre was well done. I was quite glad that I was not one of the poor souls who waited as long as an hour outside in the freezing cold in the rush line. I don't believe that anything started on time. There seemed to be a virus of malfunctioning equipment and lost souls. I found it odd at first that people came 30 min late to an one hour performance at first.
The Ammo Factory performed a David Lynchesque combination of live performance and video. It was entertaining even if I didn't find it completely original looking. They have a live performer who is auditioning for a video that is playing in the background.
The second performance was by Cloud something or other. Yeah, I'm bad with names. They did a combination of video/ music/ dance performance. I give it thumbs up. I did have the urge though to run up and pull all of the tape guides off the floor.
I participated both as a volunteer and as a patron (ok I wasn't a paying patron).
Some of the stuff I saw was pretty creative and interesting, but maybe I'm not hip enough but some of it was just boring, arty garbage. Though from the snoring behind me I wasn't the only one who didn't enjoy some of the program. Short films that I liked were Revival by Heidi Phillips and v = d/t by Amanda Dawn Christie. They both had the similar style of over exposed video and electronic noise music. Also in relation to the audience, people do you really need to text during the show. The great glowing beacons of light make you look like an ass not important.
The closing performance at the Theatre Centre was well done. I was quite glad that I was not one of the poor souls who waited as long as an hour outside in the freezing cold in the rush line. I don't believe that anything started on time. There seemed to be a virus of malfunctioning equipment and lost souls. I found it odd at first that people came 30 min late to an one hour performance at first.
The Ammo Factory performed a David Lynchesque combination of live performance and video. It was entertaining even if I didn't find it completely original looking. They have a live performer who is auditioning for a video that is playing in the background.
The second performance was by Cloud something or other. Yeah, I'm bad with names. They did a combination of video/ music/ dance performance. I give it thumbs up. I did have the urge though to run up and pull all of the tape guides off the floor.
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