I’ll see myself out): long time favourites of mine, Soulfly playing Nailbomb’s classic 1994 album Point Blank. Now for the reason this night was different than the usual metal tour passing through the Big Smoke (Ha! Big Smoke, 5-ft joint. It was a welcome touch for a fun but relatively serious evening. And it took a good while to wipe the grin off my face when a dude dressed as a giant nug of weed comes out with a 5-ft inflatable joint and joins them on stage to headbang away and use the joint as an air guitar. ![]() The playfulness of their shtick changes the dynamic without overdoing it. I don’t see a lot of death metal bands live mostly because unless I want to headbang my way to a world of pain, they can be kinda boring. Again, I’m terrible at song titles and announcing them in a death growl doesn’t exactly help, and since I forgot earplugs (no excuse!) the nuances of Hall’s growl blended into the filth. Moving through a good portion of their albums, Cannabis Corpse raged and ruined through their all too short set. Plus, the cleverness has a pretty smart edge to it. Of course, the weed obsessed death crew isn’t breaking down any walls with their cheeky (but way clever) marijuanification of classic death metal sounds (too much effort, man) but the execution was deadly. My concert mate had never heard them before but they weren’t even 10 minutes in and he was buying their stuff on iTunes. The night’s penultimate band was the Phil “LandPhil” Hall-led Cannabis Corpse. Their half-hour set was high octane throughout and did not disappoint. If I wasn’t so old and decrepit I’d have gone right down there and mixed it up with the kids. The crowd seemed equally as impressed with the set as referenced by the band having to go out to the van and get more CDs to sell. I’m terrible at song titles but since they only have two full-lengths under their belt it’s safe to say they covered some from both. He was on the merch table.) Despite the relatively new lineup they tore through a tight set of high energy thrashing death with a bit of a doom breakdown thrown in for good measure. ![]() Hardy and Sebastian Phillips manned the drums and guitar as expected but seeing Castle Freak’s Ben Anft handling vocals and bass was a surprise. The fact that theme and budget consciousness influenced my decision makes me feel too old.Īpparently I haven’t been keeping up with the Noisem camp as I was surprised to see them come out at a trio. I wanted a CC shirt too but they were a little too weed-themed for this dad to wear that often. Are you kidding me? I ended up with two Cannabis Corpse patches, both Noisem CDs and a Noisem shirt for $40. And a Soulfly/Nailbomb purchase was quickly ruled out. Good for a support act.ĭuring the short interval between them and a band I very much wanted to see, Noisem, a merch check was warranted. They’re a hard band to categorize but they sounded kinda sludgy with metal/thrash touches and a lot of screaming. Back when I used to see shows in Toronto on the regular. As a friend commented, “They sound like something we would have seen at the Kathedral back in the day” (2000-2001). Lody Kong performed admirably but there’s just that little something missing from the band that would put them over the top. Could have had something to do with all the PBR and Old Style Pilsner I saw floating around out there. Enough of the crowd seemed to be into them though. I should be a bigger Lody Kong fan as Max Cavalera is basically my hero and his progeny, Zyon and Igor make up 2/3 of the band. ![]() However, I was excited for Noisem and Cannabis Corpse. Honestly, the biggest draw here was Soulfly playing Nailbomb’s Point Blank so not really a big deal in my eyes. Thusly, I missed the beginning of opening act Lody Kong’s set. It’s also been a while since I’d driven to Toronto so naturally I got lost when the GPS on my phone shit the bed. It’s been a while since I’ve written a show review so bear with me. Soulfly does Point Blank by NAILBOMB with Cannabis Corpse, Noisem & Lody Kong Octoat The Opera House in Toronto
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