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WarCall – Invaders
Like a black metal Motorhead or the mutant offspring of New Wave of British Heavy Metal legends Tank, WarCall really live up to their name! Indeed the comparisons with Motorhead and Tank are apt as...
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Temple of Void / Tomb Mold in Toronto, December 2017
Temple of Void / Tomb Mold @ Coalition, Toronto, 9th December 2017 If anyone tries to tell you death metal is dead metal, they’re dead wrong. It’s always heartening to see a bill of highly praised...
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Best CANADIAN Metal of 2017: TOP 15
Our contributors’ submissions for this year’s best of Canadian metal list revealed a surprising amount of consensus and an unsurprising amount of varied tastes. We had so little trouble coming up with...
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Mammoth Grinder – Cosmic Crypt
2018 is shaping up to have some epic releases within the metal world. For some reason Mammoth Grinder wasn’t on my radar, but I’m glad I found it. Cosmic Crypt will be released on January 26th via...
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Coffin Torture – Dismal Planet
This South Carolina sludge duo only had three indie EPs and a couple live-off-the-floor albums to their credit, but The Sludgelord liked them so much, they started a label just so they could sign ‘em....
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Genocide Pact – Order of Torment
Well what can I say, I had never heard of the Death Metal act Genocide Pact prior to the fine folks at Relapse Records sending me this gem of an album, and I’m super stoked they did. Order of Torment...
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Vantablack Warship – Abrasive Pulmonic Speak
Vantablack Warship continue to progress in leaps and bounds, and I could see them being a valuable addition to any quality metal label’s roster. Imagine Rush colliding with At The Gates, and you will...
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Interview: EXHUMED in Oakland CA, March 2018
EXHUMED and INCANTATION wrapped up a brief West Coast US tour with PHOBIA on March 3, 2018 in Oakland, California. Check out Gene Gaona’s conversation with Exhumed’s main man to hear Matt Harvey...
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Metal events you don’t wanna miss – spring 2018
As the weather warms and festival season approaches, we Hellbound folks are looking ahead to some of the significant metal events coming up this spring. If we’ve missed a fest or other metal gathering...
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In memoriam: Metal luminaries pay tribute to Necrophagia’s Killjoy
Frank (Killjoy) Pucci, 1966-2018 Legendary death metal pioneer Frank “Killjoy” Pucci passed away Sunday, March 18. The frontman of the seminal act Necrophagia was 51 years old. His bandmates in...
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Iron Reagan/Gatecreeper split
This is not the split album that we necessarily need – but it is certainly the one we deserve. Split albums are usually pretty fun, especially when two bands of like mind come together and create...
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CHRCH – Light Will Consume Us All
Neurot Records does well in finding bands aligned with the vision of its founders, the mighty Neurosis—and this California outfit is no exception. The second album from Sacramento quintet CHRCH (the u...
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DYING FETUS interview: Trey Williams in San Jose, March 2018
Ever hear a member of Dying Fetus sing John Denver? Check out Gene Gaona’s interview with drummer Trey Williams, recorded when the Dying Fetus / Thy Art Is Murder co-headlining tour swung into San...
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Primitive Man / Spectral Voice in Toronto, March 2018
Devastating death metal is the order of the night. Concrete slab-throwers Primitive Man have returned to desecrate TO alongside fellow Denver inhabitants Spectral Voice – one of the more dynamic acts...
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Thantifaxath and more in Toronto, March 2018
Thantifaxath / Cleric / Pyrrhon / Suffering Hour @ Coalition T.O, 28 March 2018 Metal is often accused of lacking creative development and rehashing the past. Briefcase Show Inc. has done a fine job at...
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Durbuy Rock Festival, April 2018 (day 1)
What nicer way can there be for spending the first ‘over 20-degree Celsius’ weekend of the year than at a rock festival with a varied line up, cold drinks and lovely metalheads? Having taken place in...
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My Silent Wake – There Was Death
My Silent Wake play the genre of metal known as death/doom, a genre I believe is slowly picking up in popularity. The music is slow, emotional, weighty, heavy as a dwarf star. Heavy not just in the...
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Staff Picks, April 2018
This month we continue a revived Hellbound tradition – our monthly staff picks/playlists. Every few weeks we ask our regular and longtime contributors to weigh in on what they’re listening to,...
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Heron – A Low Winter’s Sun
This Sludgelord Records signing outta Vancouver namedrops Isis, Sleep and Corrupted in their Bandcamp bio, so you know it’s gonna be heavy. Heron’s debut full-length album features six tracks clocking...
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Gruesome – Twisted Prayers
As a lifetime fan of metal, very few things or bands truly get me excited about new releases. I mean, when you grew up listening to the birth/early stages of Thrash and Death Metal the bar has been set...
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