May 2024 Show Listings
Mostly Toronto, mostly heavy as all HELL
You know what’s fun about this, is I get to remind myself that no matter how old and cranky I get there will always be more out there to rip my brain to pieces and put it back together again.
Once again I’ve had the help of a fellow riff-obsessed list-maker (thanks Ash!) in compiling some of the listings here in Tkaronto and neighbouring cities in southern Ontario. For London specifically, go check out the Forest City Satyr, @fcsatyr on instagram who’s doing a bang-up job curating the listings there.
This time around I’ve done my best (so far! I’ll edit this at least once) to include ticket links where available. Anyway enough of my rambling go have a look and I hope you find something that tickles your brainwaves! Brainworm? Earwaves. Riffworms okay just go check out the list below.
DATE - CITY - LINEUP - VENUE / DOOR TIME / COST / SOURCE - TICKET LINK
week of Wednesday May 1st - Sunday May 5th
Thursday May 2nd
T.O - Sundowner, Oil Giant - Houndstooth - 9pm/PWYC
Brantford - Ivy Gardens, Moe Killed My Cool, Junko Daydream - Two Doors Down - 9pm/$5/PWYC
Ottawa - Dying Fetus, Full of Hell, 200 Stab Wounds, Kruelty - Brass Monkey - $48
Friday May 3rd
T.O - Musk Ox (performing Inheritance) - Annette Studios - 7:30pm/$20/adv tix eventbrite
Home Front, Beton Arme - Velvet Underground/8pm/$31/notdeadyet - adv tix dice.fm
Decapitated, Septicflesh, Kataklysm, Allagaeon - Phoenix - 6pm/$47/inertia - adv tix ticketweb
London - Dying Fetus, Full of Hell, 200 Stab Wounds, Kruelty - London Music Hall/$48
Hamilton - Wax Mannequin, Astral Witch, The Beach Bats, Thunderclap - Vertagogo/8:30 pm/$15/$20
Saturday May 4th
T.O - Dying Fetus, Full of Hell, 200 Stab Wounds, Kruelty - Phoenix/6pm/$47/inertia - adv tix ticketweb
Nova Doll, Overcrook, Loose - Bovine - 9pm/$10/$15/black throne - adv tix fannatickets
Iron Moose, Artificial Dissemination, Tuffuture - See-Scape
KW - Debt Cemetary, Hang the Landlord, Rag Ripper - The Yeti/8pm/$10/PWYC/all ages/pink lemonade
Barrie - Wolf Fang Fist, Street Justice, Bad Egg, Plush - Queens Hotel/6pm/$15
week of Monday May 6th - Sunday May 12th
Wednesday May 8th
T.O - Malevich, Sundowner, Crocus - Bsmt254/7pm/$20/newfriendsdiy
Friday May 10th
T.O - Nachtlich (album release) Vorlust, Conifere, Vesperal, Chalice of Vomit - Monarch Tavern/8pm/$20/$25/cowardpatrol - adv tix eventbrite
Peopleviolence, Spirit Desire, Treehouse of Horror, Heavy Sweater - Handlebar/7pm/$12/$15/newfriendsdiy
Fuck the Facts, Holy Grinder, Ischemic - Rivoli/8:30pm/$20/zombitrol - adv tix eventbrite
The House of Haunt, The Jagged, Liquor Pigs - See-Scape/9pm
Chinese Medicine, Weak Knees, Short Trip - Bovine/9pm/$15
Jute, God of Gaps, Murmur, Stashole, Trauma Dump - Penny's/7pm/PWYC/morenoiseplease
Ottawa - Mooch - Cafe Dekcuf
Saturday May 11th
T.O - Gates to Hell, Vomit Forth, Corpse Pile, Blood Wraith - Garrison/5pm/$30/notdeadyet - adv tix dice.fm
Scaramanga, Made Men, 100% Pure, Enemy Within- Toronto Style/7pm/$15
Perfect Strangers, Static Safari, Unity, Chlorine - Adelaide Hall/8pm/$10/$20
KW - Abbath, Black Anvil, Imperial Triumphant, Final Gasp - The Hub/6:30 pm/$41/inertia - adv tix ticketweb
Sunday May 12th
T.O - Abbath, Black Anvil, Imperial Triumphant, Final Gasp - Phoenix/6pm/$43/inertia - adv tix ticketweb
Esoteric, Vacant Eyes, Ethereal Tomb - Garrison/7:30 pm/$34/notdeadyet - adv tix dice.fm
week of Monday May 13th - Sunday May 19th
Monday May 13th
Kingston - Treehouse of Horror, Boxcutter, Pity the Heel - Next Church/7pm/$15/PWYC
Tuesday May 14th
T.O - Messthetics, James Brandon Lewis, Daydream Plus - Velvet/7:30pm/$28/notdeadyet - adv tix dice.fm
Rent Strike, Sister Wife Sex Strike, Stinkbox, Mangey Vintar - See-Scape/8pm/$15
Thursday May 16
Hamilton - Medieval Found Footage, Plastic Heart Surgery, Public Health, Blosum - Vertagogo/9pm/$10/$15
London - Blood Wraith, Shingen - Poacher's Arms
Friday May 17th
T.O - Spectral Voice, Thantifaxath, Nachtlich - Lee's Palace/8:30pm/$35/notdeadyet - adv tix dice.fm
Mooch, Aawks, Familiars, On the Verge - Bovine - bonecrusher
Interstella Monster Ball (monster high eoriginals rave) - Ground Control
Hamilton - Reality Denied, Ethereal Tomb, Blood Wraith, Shingen, Terminator - Vertagogo/7pm/$10/$15
London - Spaced, Mile End, Fatal Visions - Grogette's
Saturday May 18th
T.O - Empty Nesters, Sundowner, Klobber, Camaro, Leona Hell - Baby G/8pm/$22.20/transmit - adv tix dice.fm
Spaced, Cohezion, Wedge, Fatal Visions, Deadly Game - Toronto Style/7pm/$15/solace - adv tix ticketscene
Blosum, Mushroom Valley, The Neverminds - The Arcade/7:30 pm/$15/PWYC/loveless collective
Boxcutter, Angel Apricot, We Could Go On Tour - Church of St. Stephen-In-The-Fields/7:30pm/$12/PWYC/dry show/all ages/kai + nfdiy
KW - Picknumberthreemylord!, Treehouse of Horror, Juliens Donkey Boys - The Yeti/7 pm/$15/PWYC
Hamilton - Mooch, Sun Below, Midnight Tripper - Doors Taco & Metal/bonecrusher
St. Cath - Blood Wraith, Shingen, K-Hole, Dear Evangeline, Lice - The Green/6 pm/$15/PWYC/Mt. Vile
Sunday May 19th
T.O - Suspex/Wasted Age/Kleener/Brain Itch - See-Scape/7pm/$15/PWYC/all ages
Glum - Houndstooth/8 pm/PWYC
Hamilton - Cadaverette, T.O.A.D., Fed Ash - Vertagogo/7pm/$10-$15 notaflof
week of Monday May 20th - Sunday May 26th
Monday May 20th
T.O - 1349, Spectral Wound, Antichrist Siege Machine, Spirit Possession - Lee's Palace/7pm/$44/inertia - adv tix ticketweb
Tuesday May 21st
T.O - jjuujjuu, Kali Horse, Your Grandad - The Garrison/7pm/$29/transmit - adv tix dice.fm
Wednesday May 22nd
T.O - Drain, Terror, Scowl, End it, Trail of Lies - Danforth/6pm/$37/notdeadyet - adv tix ticketmaster
Thursday May 23rd
London - Carmine, Stonefree, Hunter Gatherer - Poachers Arms/8pm/$10 adv $15 doors
Friday May 24th
T.O - Ratpiss, Lobotomite, Beggin’ for Oxys, Pests - Ravengrove (ask a punk)/8pm/$10 pwyc/cowardpatrol
Azaab, Gutvoid, Last Retch, Phantom Crawl, Northshroud - The Garrison/8 pm/$15/$25/neurotic - adv tix eventbrite
Saturday May 25th
T.O - Nepenthe, Cogadh, Arktheos - Bovine/9pm/$17/bonecrusher - adv tix eventbrite
Psychic Void, Mononegatives, Zero Bars, Soap Eater - Toronto Style/8pm/$15/cowardpatrol
Saturday May 25th - Sunday May 26th
St. Cath - No Man's Land Fest - Protest the Hero, Moneen, Flatliners, Cancer Bats +
Sunday May 26th
T.O - Rosie Wyse, Mad Iris, Lizra - Bsmt 254/8pm/$10/$15 - adv tix eventbrite
Ottawa - Botfly, Burner, Palm Sander - Live on Elgin/7pm/$15 notaflof
Monday May 27th - Friday May 31st
Wednesday May 29th
T.O - Spiter, Desolus, Lice, Lizra - Toronto Style/7pm/$17/newfriendsdiy - adv tix
Hamilton - The War Lovers, Vestigio, Yung Scumz, Punx in Space - Vertagogo/8 pm/$10/PWYC/ryot punx
Thursday May 30th
T.O - Napalm Raid, Altered Dead, Absolut, Coprolith - See-Scape/8pm/$20/cowardpatrol
The Neverminds, Leona Hell, Keening - Dock Ellis NoNoRoom/8:30pm/$15/PWYC
The War Lovers, Dirty Bird, Vestigio, Wildcard, Mangey Vintar - Ground Control/8 pm/$10/PWYC/ryot punx
Afterbirth Cartoons, Small Man Big Mouth, Electrokat - Bovine/9pm/$10
KW - Botfly, Plush, Sundowner - Dive Bar/7 pm/$20/PWYC/nofuneral
Hamilton - Joys, Amin, Smilt, Blosum - Casbah/7pm/$20 notaflof
Friday May 31st
T.O - Ankle Biter, Mile End, Botfly, Street Justice, Influx, Slewfoot - Toronto Style/7 pm/$15/solace
Prepare the Ground Fest Day I - multiple venues/single day tickets $70/weekend passes
Hamilton - Dead Tired, Melt Away, Cease, Sullen - Vertagogo/8 pm/$20/$25/yourin - adv tix tickettailor
Holy eff that was a lot. Stay tuned for June, it’s gonna get hot! Okay I’ll stop. But I’d love if you let me know what I missed, and what you’re looking forward to the most-est?
And of course, share with your pals and spread the word! \m/