Riley McDonald

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24 Aug

A Slayer In Toronto? Someone Call A Priest!

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Just over one year (380 days, to be exact) after the city of Toronto was thoroughly rocked by the unholy trinity of New Wave of British Heavy Metal (Motörhead, Dio, and Iron Maiden), a second wave of metal legends had arrived to the Molson Amphitheatre. This time, it was thrash pioneers Slayer, and the legendary Judas Priest, reunited with their original vocalist, the charismatic, awe-inspiring Rob Halford.Naturally, I could barely contain my glee when I heard the news. I couldn't contain my glee when I got my ticket. After a short wait outside the gates, the hordes of metalheads were…

06 Dec

2003: The Top Ten Best (And Worst) Metal CDs Of 2003

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I have something shocking to admit, my faithful friends and audience, I, Alexander de Lar -- I mean Riley McDonald -- have not been as avid a music listener as I have led you to believe, at least, not for CDs of this year. As a matter of fact, I did not totally get into listening to releases from 2003 until the dying days of October. By early November I had started the blueprints for what was originally to be The Top Ten CDs of 2003 Extravaganza. Unfortunately, by the time I had delved into the hordes of pop and…