[Frequent, intrepid, and ferrivorous RM contributor Aaron Von Lupton once again put his eardrums and speckled, oversized liver at risk to bring the macabre metal-eaters among you a complete account of the recent Negura Bunget show in Toronto...]

I have few complaints, if any, about the quality of metal shows we get here in Toronto, but I must say it isn’t often that we are treated to a complete lineup of true black metal practitioners. So, on a dark and unseasonably cold Friday night, I gathered up some work-related colleagues and headed down to the Hard Luck Bar – now in a new, much larger location – for a rare appearance by long-running Romanian act Negura Bunget and a host of obscure and intriguing opening bands. We left our corpsepaint at home.