Six After Dark Publishing

10/08/2026

KK’S PRIEST AND W.A.S.P.: A GREAT NIGHT OF HEAVY METAL AND FAMILIAR FACES

Review and photos by Marcel Allan Rubia

Some nights are about more than what happens onstage. Seeing so many musicians from Toronto and Southern Ontario in attendance, and running into so many people I knew, made this one feel like a gathering of the scene.

And onstage, KK’s Priest gave us plenty to talk about.

KK’s guitar playing was stunning. He was the standout for me alongside Ripper Owens, whose vocals sounded amazing. With the whole band playing so tightly, their mix of Judas Priest classics and KK’s Priest originals came across with real power. They came out flying, and the crowd around me was rocking out and loving it.

It was my first time seeing W.A.S.P., and they put on a great show too. Blackie Lawless and the theatrical stage presentation made an impression. From where I stood, though, the sound seemed a little muffled at times, especially during sections where I thought I could hear backing tracks. I can’t confirm what was being used—that was simply how it sounded to me in the room.

For me, KK’s Priest had the edge. KK’s guitar work, Ripper’s voice, and the tightness of the entire band made theirs the standout performance.

But the evening as a whole was a great one: two bands worth seeing, an enthusiastic crowd, and plenty of familiar faces from our own music community. The conversations and chance encounters were as much a part of the night as the music.

Six After Dark Media
Editorial & Journalistic Division of Six After Dark Publishing

Were you there? What were your highlights?

10/07/2026

Six After Dark Publishing is entering a new chapter.

We are an independent Canadian publishing, research and media operation focused on preserving the stories behind music, culture and history.

Our work includes LOUD CITY, documenting Toronto and GTA rock and metal history; our SARSstock history project; Newfoundland music research; and Six After Dark Media, covering live music, people and cultural history.

This Page will now be the main place for project updates, research discoveries, contributor calls, archival material, media coverage and news from Six After Dark Publishing.

Research. Purpose. Legacy.

Follow along. There is a lot more coming.

08/15/2026

🔥 THE SCENE HAS A STORY. HELP US PRESERVE IT. 🔥
Six After Dark is opening community submissions for LOUD CITY, our ongoing effort to document and preserve the history of the Toronto/GTA/Southern Ontario hard rock and heavy metal scene.
And we don’t just want the names everybody already knows.
🎸 Musicians and bands
📸 Photographers and videographers
🤘 Fans who were actually there
🎟️ Promoters, venue owners, staff and crew
🎨 Artists, designers and poster creators
✍️ Writers, journalists and zine makers
📻 Labels, record stores, radio and media people
We’re looking for:
📷 Photos
🎫 Tickets and set lists
📜 Flyers and posters
🎥 Live video
🎙️ Audio
🎨 Original artwork
📰 Articles, clippings and zines
🏢 Venue history
🎸 Band and artist history
🧠 Firsthand memories and stories
🔎 Corrections, dates, names and historical leads
You did not have to be onstage to be part of this history.
Some of the most important memories belong to the people who were standing on the floor, lining up outside the clubs, buying the demos, saving the flyers and watching these bands before anybody else cared.
Selected firsthand fan memories may also become part of our recurring FROM THE FLOOR oral-history material.
📲 SCAN THE QR CODE IN THE IMAGE TO CONTRIBUTE
Or open the submission form directly: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScrUvNivxsekBpVwpT1R2-7Nb0JDP_mpNyZ5MdkPb54ViKCLw/viewform?usp=dialog⁠�
The form lets you tell us who you are, how you were connected to the scene, what you’re contributing, when and where it happened, and how the information or material can be verified.
Credit and permission matter. Submitting something allows Six After Dark to review it. It does not automatically give us permission to publish your material. We’ll follow up where necessary for verification, proper credit and permission.
📚 This isn’t Six After Dark telling the scene what its history was.
🔥 It’s the scene helping tell its own story.
SCAN • CONTRIBUTE • PRESERVE THE HISTORY

08/15/2026

08/15/2026

🔥 SIX AFTER DARK: BUILT BY THE SCENE 🔥

We’re opening the door. 🤘

If you were part of a hard rock or heavy metal band from Toronto, the GTA or Southern Ontario, current or former, we want to hear from you.

🎸 Big band
🎤 Small band
💿 Signed
⚡ Independent
🔥 Underground
🤘 Still playing
🕯️ Long gone

It all counts.

We’re beginning to build a growing collection of the real photographs, footage, artwork and memories of the Ontario heavy-music scene, contributed by the people who were actually part of it.

📸 Band photographs
🎥 Live concert video
🎞️ Rehearsal or backstage footage
🖼️ Flyers and posters
🎨 Band artwork
📼 Old promotional material
🧠 Stories and memories connected to your band

Send us a message. 📩

Please only submit material you created, own, or have permission to share.

🏷️ Bands will be credited.
📷 Photographers will be credited.
🎨 Artists will be credited.

And we’re not only looking for the bands everybody already remembers.

If your band played six shows in a basement, a club, a Legion hall or a half-empty bar somewhere in Southern Ontario, you were still part of the scene.

👇 Drop your band name, hometown and active years in the comments.

Let’s start putting the real scene back in front of the people who built it.

🔥 SIX AFTER DARK
🤘 BUILT BY THE SCENE.

08/14/2026

Toronto feels different after dark.

The lights come on.

The volume goes up.

And the city shows another side of itself.

What will you be listening to when the sun goes down? 🤘

08/11/2026

Everybody has that one band, club, or show that pulled them into the scene.

Maybe it was a packed night at the Gasworks. Maybe Rock ’N’ Roll Heaven. Maybe some little club nobody talks about anymore. Or maybe it was a local band that made you realize Toronto and Southern Ontario had something going on right in our own backyard.

What was it for you?

Drop the band, venue, show or memory in the comments. Let’s hear some names that deserve to be remembered.