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#Throwback Thursday – Dimmu Borgir in 2004
On Friday, May 4, 2018, Dimmu Borgir released Eonian, their first full-length studio album in seven years. Fourteen years earlier, Dimmu Borgir were touring in support of what might be considered their...
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Exmortus – The Sound of Steel
It’s been two years since their last offering, Ride Forth, but the guys from Exmortus are back with a vengeance. On June 8th (via Prosthetic Records) comes The Sound of Steel – the band’s fifth full...
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Obituary interview: Trevor Peres in San Francisco, May 2018
Death metal pioneers OBITUARY conquered North America again this spring with their latest headlining tour, supported by Pallbearer, Skeletonwitch and Dust Bolt. The tour began May 2 in Atlanta,...
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Of Feather and Bone live in Toronto, June 2018
6/26/2018 @ Coalition T.O – Toronto, ON w/ Tomb Mold At Coalition, Of Feather and Bone truly delivered a terrifying performance. Bestial Hymns of Perversion, their second full-length record, was played...
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Into the Grave Festival, August 2018
10-11 August – Leeuwarden, Holland This was the time and place to be for a weekend spiced with an exquisite selection of death, groove, black and symphonic metal. After a seven-hours drive through the...
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Aepoch – Awakening Inception
Aepoch, the up-and-coming Canadian death metal group from Cambridge, Ontario have released a solid debut album to launch themselves to a place of recognition with some amazing riffs, composition,...
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Scorched – Ecliptic Butchery
If you haven’t heard of the death metal wizards of Scorched before, you’re going to want to turn your ear towards them as they are about to release one of the greatest death metal records of the last...
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Infernal Coil – Within a World Forgotten
Idaho based grinding death metallers Infernal Coil release their debut full-length project on September 28 via Profound Lore Records. For the past two years now, Infernal Coil has been releasing some...
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Ominous Eclipse – Sinister
Forging their own path towards the New Wave of Canadian Death Metal, Ominous Eclipse is an independent band from Ottawa and have shared the stage with contemporaries Insurrection, Endast, and Crimson...
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Create a Kill – Summoned to Rise
Being a fan of the Thrash genre since the tender young age of 12 (I’m now 45) I have been fortunate enough to hear and witness the birth of some of the greatest Thrash music known to man. For some time...
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High On Fire – Electric Messiah
Some people might say Matt Pike’s the new Lemmy, but when it comes to High On Fire’s consistency, I’d compare them to AC/DC. As they enter their 20th year as a band, you pretty much know what you’re...
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Hellbound interviews Genocide Pact in San Francisco
This fall, Washington DC’s Genocide Pact are busy touring North America as part of the Relapse Contamination Tour 2018. When the tour hit San Francisco, Hellbound’s Gene Gaona got a chance to talk...
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Suffocation @ Lee’s Palace, 24 October 2018
Death Chopping North American Tour: SUFFOCATION, CATTLE DECAPITATION, KRISIUN, SOREPTION The “Farewell Frank” tour went absolutely great in Toronto on October 24. Every single act perfectly built hype...
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Bloodbath – The Arrow Of Satan Is Drawn
To me, The Arrow Of Satan Is Drawn really proves that death metal as a genre has staying power. This album builds on the classic work of Death, Autopsy, Carcass, Entombed and Unleashed and their ilk...
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Ominous Eclipse – Sinister
With a name inspired by the film Pitch Black, Ominous Eclipse tick off all the correct death metal boxes. However, the more one listens to Sinister the more one detects other influences and this bodes...
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Behemoth live in Toronto, November 2018
Behemoth with At The Gates and Wolves In The Throne Room @ The Danforth Music Hall – Toronto, ON – 6 November 2018 What could honestly be a better lineup? Wolves in the Throne Room, At the Gates and...
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Cancer – Shadow Gripped
There is an important and very true quote from Carl Jung in the CD booklet to Cancer’s excellent Shadow Gripped, which I will share with you. “It is a frightening thought that man also has a shadow...
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HRH Vikings 2018 @ O2 Academy, Sheffield UK
HRH Vikings 2018, December 1-2 at O2 Academy in Sheffield, UK Welcome to Asgard! HRH Vikings is a brand new addition to the Hard Rock Hell cycle… well, kind of a new addition – it is replacing HRH...
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Out Of Line Weekender 2019, Day 3
Astra Kulturhaus – Berlin, Germany Out Of Line Weekender 2019 edition was taking place on 04.-06. April at Astra Kulturhaus Berlin, Germany. The three day affair was covering electronic, techno and...
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Interview: Todd Stern of PSYCROPTIC
Tasmanian death metal crew Psycroptic are on this side of the planet, touring the United States in support of their 2018 album As The Kingdom Drowns (Prosthetic). Hellbound’s Gene Gaona got a chance...
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