Metal and Hardcore

HEALTH Ratchet Up the Intensity on 'RAT WARS'

Exclaim! Staff Picks

PUBLISHED Dec 7, 2023

One of Exclaim!'s Best Albums of 2023, HEALTH's RAT WARS is packed from snout to tail with brutality and vulnerability, its 12 tracks drape...

Toronto's Prepare the Ground Festival Gets Liturgy, KEN Mode, Mares of Thrace, Burning Love, Orchid for Inaugural Edition

PUBLISHED Dec 5, 2023

Prepare the Ground organizers have announced that the brand-new heavy music festival is ready to scream into Toronto for its inaugural edit...

Amon Amarth, Cannibal Corpse, Obituary, Frozen Soul Plot 2024 North American Tour

PUBLISHED Dec 5, 2023

Amon Amarth have mapped out their biggest-ever North American trek in the Metal Crushes All Tour, taking place in April and May 2024 with C...

GWAR Map Out Age of Befuddlement North American Tour with Cancer Bats

PUBLISHED Dec 5, 2023

GWAR are set to invade nine Canadian cities on their forthcoming Age of Befuddlement tour of North America in March 2024. The band's Blöth...

Architects Plot 2024 North American Tour

PUBLISHED Dec 4, 2023

In addition to their scheduled European dates with Metallica next year, Architects have announced a North American headlining run with Of M...

Avenged Sevenfold to Visit Toronto on 2024 North American Tour

PUBLISHED Nov 28, 2023

Avenged Sevenfold have announced that they'll hit the road for the third time behind their ninth studio album Life Is But a Dream... which...

Toronto's Bunchofuckingoofs Announce 40th Anniversary Show at Lee's Palace

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2023

Bunchofuckingoofs — the infamous hardcore punk band of talented drinkers that formed in Toronto's Kensington Market neighbourhood in 1983 —...

8 Emerging Canadian Artists You Need to Hear in November 2023

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2023

Winter's nearly got her claws in us, but there's still enough sunshine and blue sky to lift your spirits ever so slightly. November's New F...