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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Is Messa playing tonight? Yes. Do they have a saxophone on stage? Also yes

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Oh, not much, just buying @nin.com merch while getting groceries. You know how it is.

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Jimmy Eat World doing Bleed American in its entirety? Pepperidge Farm remembers. This show remembers

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Imma let you finish, and then these guys are-a let you live.

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Weird Al is telling me everything I know is wrong, and he's right.

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Day 2 of Festival Lourd in Gatineau and Acid Moth is doomin'it up real good. If you're around stop by and you can have cookies. No really, there are cookies upstairs with the tattooing

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Okay, so you can be forgiven if you went to the last ever Family Band show in Ottawa instead of Festival Lourd. Pics or it didn't happen

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Did you go to Festival Lourd in Gatineau like you were told? Weird, because you don't seem to be here. Grandmother is starting. Where are you?

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

It's not even July and Cancer Bats are at Pouzza Fest

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

And an interview live on Decibel Metal as well just in case you were wondering

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The lovely peeps at CIBL asked to see / hear the premiere of FrenDZ. Not saying the metal scene in the city is uniting to become a solid force to be reckoned with, buuuuuttttt....

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Wacken Metal Battle Finals in Montreal at Piranha Bar. What shows get to say they have Wacken bookers as host? That's Vancouver's @empalement.bsky.social. is that their Blue sky? Who knows?

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

A self edit for whores. Sometimes timing is fun

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Burning Sanctum, Thunderor, AND Burning Witches at Piranha Bar?... It's a Festivus miracle

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Ho ho ho Merry Converge-mass Montreal! And no, this show will not say Happy Converge-idays. You sound crazy right now.

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Burning Asses is playing now at the Wacken Metal Battle at Piranha Bar. Wait... It's Burning Attic?! Ooooooooh, yeah that makes more sense

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Thought it was a Burn the Priest show. Oh well...

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Shocking news from the Bell Center, as we're learning that people sing along to Kublai Khan TX songs. More at 11

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

You up? At the Wacken Metal Battle now. Come out and see Wodos or there's no sex for you tonight

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

How much floor shaking should be a concern? Asking while Black Magnet sends bass hurtling through Bar Le Ritz

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Explain again how metal is not the goofiest genre of music as you look at this picture of Belphegor, with plastic swords, upsidedown crosses, super scaresome face paint, and pope skull heads on pikes. Take all the time you need.

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Narcotic Wasteland, Hate, Incantation, Belphegor isn't just a weird sounding sentence from a particularly drug addled Stephen King novel. It's also happening now in MTL

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Mommmmm.... Burning Attic is making loud noises again...

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Mötörwölf is up now and they are speed rocking through. Lemmy might approve, but who can speak for God himself? Your photos are grainy! Shut up!

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

At Wacken Metal Battle Canada Montreal Round 2 tonight and starting off with Naerium

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Get your ass to Piranha Bar for the first round of Wacken Metal Battle Canada. Look, here's proof that's it's starting

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

THE DARKNESS CHARLIE MURPHY!! And yes those are Justin Hawkins legs, why do you ask?

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

MTL locals in Chüzo are at @cjlo.com for a session today, which you'll get to hear on an upcoming show. Here's a behind the scenes shot because pics or it didn't happen

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

In addition to Speedtrap happening at Bâtiment 7, you can see Vaste, Some Become Hollow Tubes, and Glacier from BAHstahn at Turbo Haus. Here's a characteristic bad picture post of Vaste.

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Free show at Piranha Bar tonight for the Montreal final of Wacken Battle of the Bands. Come out and enjoy. Here's Sovereign Council to give you a taste

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Wacken Metal Battle judging tonight. forbidden Order just ripped it up and Chüzo is up next. You could still get here... if you stop being lame

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Odd Times was asking why you're not here. You can't tell, but they have sadness in their hearts

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Soulthief is up next, and yes, that is an Emperor belly shirt and leopard shorts

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Hatred Reigns is doing gutteral death metal death for everyone at Piranha. If you lived here, you'd be home by now

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Oh, did you not know there was a Wacken Metal Battle tonight at Piranha Bar? Well there is, here's Wooden playing

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Incantation and Decapitated bus broke down, so oh no, MTL gets to see Exmortus and Darkest Hour at a small club

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Keytar achievement unlocked by Stadaconé

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Chaotic Symbios is playing now and they came from Quebec City. What's your excuse?

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Look, Red Raven Chaos is here too. What aren't you?

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Last Dance Among Wolves at the Montreal Wacken Metal Battle round 1. You could still be here... Not saying... Just saying...

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Hey Google AI or whatever we're supposed to call it. You know who would actually have this info available for me... old Google search. Well, who can help a show out and make some recs from my search?

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Loud charts for @cjlo.com for this past week featuring Harakiri for the Sky (Austria), Lambrini Girls (UK), Electric Wizard (UK), Mutank (MTL), Dead Velvet (MTL), Prostitute (Michigan), @sunrot.bsky.social, Trollband (Can), Chuzo (MTL), and Burning Sanctum (MTL). Go listen #metalsky

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

@cjlo.com loud charts for the past week. Some artists happen to be on here, including @worldeaters666.bsky.social and @buzzarddoomfolk.bsky.social, and not to brag about how community radio is good, but there's a bunch of "Self-released" things on here, so...

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Grade A Explosives @gradeaexplosives.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Hey you MTL people, @cjlo.com is doing a 25th anniversary show January 10th with Land of Talk, Bodywash, and Dresser at Sala Rossa and tickets are an UNHEARD OF 16.90$. Get 'em while they're hot. Okay, the tickets will actually be ambient temperature, but you get it.

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