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| The much anticipated T.O. metal book Eve Of Darkness launches with an all-day party on Saturday, September 25. |
Here's the scoop...
To celebrate the release of EVE OF DARKNESS (aka Toronto 80's Heavy Metal Book), author Derek Emerson is hosting a 10-hour launch party at Shacklands Brewing Co. on Saturday, September 25th from 1 pm to 11 pm.
This all-day OUTDOOR event will begin at 1pm with an exclusively ‘80s Metal Market featuring local and out-of-province vendors offering vinyl records, t-shirts, patches, pins, rock flags, etc.. the kind of stuff you haven't seen in decades!! UXB Press will be on hand to sell the book (EVE OF DARKNESS - Regular and limited Die Hard editions), as well as patches and t-shirts created for the launch.
Guest DJs (scene / band members featured in the book - set times will be released soon) spin their favourite ‘80s metal records throughout the day, and when the sun goes down, Heavy Metal Karaoke kicks into high gear until midnight. Shout along with your fave tunes from Priest, Accept, Slayer, Van Halen, Metallica, Anvil, Ratt, Maiden, etc... hundreds of songs to choose from!
Admission is FREE - bring your friends - SHACKLANDS BREWING, 100 Symes Road (off Weston Rd north of St. Clair Ave West). See you there!!
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EVE OF DARKNESS delivers the real story behind heavy metal’s most critical decade in Canada’s biggest city from the people who lived it. Featuring the commercially well-known (Anvil, Lee Aaron, Killer Dwarfs), influential legends (Sacrifice, Razor, Slaughter), countless forgotten obscurities and unknown ragers, plus the venues, fanzines, labels… it’s all here in serious detail.
The product of over a hundred interviews, packed with mountains of unearthed flyers and unseen photos, EVE OF DARKNESS is a true labour of love with over 300 beautifully printed, large format pages.
Check out the Diehard Edition below...
EVE OF DARKNESS: Toronto Metal in the 1980s DIEHARD EDITION
The definitive account of Toronto’s heavy metal scene, 1980 – 1989. Over 300 large format pages crammed full of photos, anecdotes, flyers, commentary, and more, lavishly produced and designed. An essential grip for anyone interested in metal, underground music, subculture, and Toronto’s unwritten history!
The DIE HARD package includes:
• Limited Edition 'Are You Ready' 7” Single - Hateful Snake (1984 original recording) / Danko Jones All-Stars (30th anniversary revisit - including members of Sacrifice, Sye, Diemonds, etc..) – both tracks never before released on vinyl
• Double Sided 14” x 20” Full Colour Poster - Metallica (Concert Hall, January 1985) + Mercyful Fate (Larry’s Hideaway, November 1984) note: poster ships folded to 7x10 with book
• Set of 12 Toronto Heavy Metal trading cards featuring Apple Viper, Banshee, Black Mass, Dark Legion, Death Militia, Herrenvolk, Izod, Kraken, Overlord, Razor, Slaughter and Sye
• 22-page media kit (articles / reviews) offering a peek at how Toronto’s metal merchants were viewed in real time by critics and journalists from around the world. Undistorted by the passage of time, these pages reveal an enthusiasm as penned by those whose sole motive was to seek out and promote the greatest new bands that the world needed to hear.
• Two 8” x 8” Rock "Mirrors" (Lee Aaron, Sacrifice)
• Metallic Silver Foil Bookmark (Anvil)
• Limited Edition OBI Strip
This deluxe edition is strictly limited to 500 and it’s also the only way to guarantee yourself a copy of the limited Hateful Snake/Danko Jones split 7” record!
You can pre-order Eve Of Darkness DIEHARD EDITION right here.
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