Icey what you did there

Annick from Cauchemar has been in the heavy metal game for quite a while now. In addition to her band, she manages the Temple of Mystery label, which released a comp of Canadian metal acts, Trapped Under Ice. Four of them came to House of Targ around the time snow was finally vanishing from Ottawa.. First up was Cauchemar (who will be back June 2 at Mavericks for the Slough Feg show). Here's Annick!



Bass action with Andre!



Joel (also of Occult Burial) hits!



Guitar action with Francois!



And so on!



More Annick!



And so on!



The whole lot!



On to Freeways, a Brampton combo with a real 1970s sounds, a la Thin Lizzy and Budgie. Here's frontman Jacob and drummer Sebastian!



Guitara ction with Domenic!



Bass action with Omar!



Flying V action!



Rhythm section action!



More Sebastian!



Extra Jacob!



Bonus Domenic!



I popped over to Black Squirrel Books briefly to check out Lo Siento (more about that in another post), but returned to Targ in time to catch Occult Burial's very smokey set.



Bass action with Joel!



Guitar action with Dan!



How smokey was it? Let's just say this is my best shot of Dan on drums ... or it could be the Loch Ness Monster, either one.



It was pretty damn red and smokey for Barrow Wight's set as well. Here's Andrew!



Percussive action!



Akiva sings!



Flying V action!



Occult action!



Metalian brought the night to an end with a killer set - as always! Here's Ian!



Bass action with Andres!



Tippy-tappy action!



Percussive action with Tony!



Flying V action with Simon!



A fantastic night of Canadian metal.

Witches, wheels and woe

Montreal metalheads Cauchemar have a new album out, Chapelle Ardente, and headed to Ottawa for a show with Quebec biker-instrumentalists The Death Wheelers and soon-to-be tourmates Occult Burial for a Night of the Witch - or as I call it, last Friday. First on the boards were The Death Wheelers (who take their name from the North American title of British cult biker-horror Psychomania). They sound quite a bit like a vocals-free version of Electric Wizard, and definitely excel at the instrumental-metal thing. Here's some bass action with Max!



Guitar action with Sy!



More Max, along with drummer Richard and guitarist Hugo!



Helmeted Hugo action!



And so on!



Richard hits!



Deathly action!



Wheeling action!



Hair-tossing action!



Feedback action!



Faceoff action!



The end!



Occult Burial are heading over to Europe this October and November to tour with Cauchemar; they warned things up nicely with some thrashy black metal. Here's guitarist Dan!



Joel sings!



More Dan!



Dan (also of Durs Couers hits)!



Double Dan exposure!



Fist-pumping action!



Head-banging action!



Cauchemar brought the night to an end with some witchy doom. Here's some bass action with Andre!



Anick sings ....



... and works the keys!



Xavier hits!



Guitar action with Francois!



And so on!



Fist-pumping action!



Extra Francois!



Rhythm section action!



More Xavier!



Extra Anick!



They've got one more gig in Montreal with Blood Ceremony this Saturday, then they rest up for their trip across the pond.