Let there be metal

Saturday night I headed over to the House of Targ for "Metal Nite." Toronto's Manacle, who I've seen a couple of times before, was on a stacked bill alongside Toronto's Axxion and Edmonton's Striker. It was definitely a must-go for fans of NWOBHM outfits. Here's Inti and Phil of Manacle; the band has really stepped up their game since I saw them last.



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Kevin sings!



Phil sings a bit!



Back-to-back action!



Vicious drummer Jake was playing his second or third show with the band and doing a dynamite job.



Manacled action!



Smokey action!



More Kevin!



And so on!



Even more Inti and Phil!



Axxion also kicked out the metal like it was the late 1970s-early 1980s. Here's some guitar action with Shred!



Hair-tossing action with Alison Thunderland!



Wailing action with D.D. (who sounds like he could give Accept's Udo a run for the money) and bassist Rob!



This was Rob's last show with the band; he's being sent back to Ireland by the feds.



Shred sings!



More D.D.!



Alison sings!



As excellent as Axxion and Manacle were, Striker really kicked things up a notch with their dual-guitar attack. Here's head howler Dan!



Adam hits!



Hair-tossing action with Wild Bill!



Bill sings!



Tim frets!



Extra guitar with Ace!



Dual-guitar action!



More Adam!



Tim sings!



More Ace!



Fist-pumping action!



Faceoff action!



A killer evening all the way through.