I have become friends with many Canadian Metal bands that I have found on myspace and have seen them live or have done shows with them and many of these bands are blessing Toronto with their sound and I really think that they all deserve a shot at the big time. The best way to support your local metal bands is to go out to their shows and request to hear them on your local radio because if the fans don’t show their support these bands will become among the numerous talents that fall into the cracks and it is a shame. If this article helps to get one person to listen to one of these fantastic Canadian bands if it helps people notice that metal is still one of the most listened to music genres I have done my job and so have you. Most of these metal bands are very talented canadian artists that you should check out and show your support by going out to their shows. You can check out Downer St. at: - http://www.myspace.com/downerst

I think that everyone that reads this article should in some way let the industry know that they love metal and they want to hear more of it because the squeaky wheel gets the grease and if they don’t know people want to hear it they won’t be so inclined to give it to us. Go to your local radio stations be them college, university, FM, AM or internet and request them to play metal, constantly bug them so that the listeners can have a taste of what is usually tucked away on the top shelf where non of us “children” can reach because who knows what we want better than them right? How would we know what we want to listen to?