Hellbound Staff Interrogation #4 – Ola Mazzuca
Today’s staff interrogation is with Toronto university student and Hellbound contributor Ola Mazzuca
Ola Mazzuca
Hellbound Staff Interrogation #3: Kieran Palmerston
Today’s Hellbound staff interrogation is with eight year old Kieran Palmerston, Sean’s older son.
STAFF PLAYLISTS: May 2011
Back by popular demand, here are the Staff Playlists for May 2011!
Blasphemous Meals #3: Fish, Curry and Inebriated Protein
Last year, I received a wonderful gift from my parents – a cookbook that received rave reviews and coverage in various metal magazines, from a publishing company started by one of my favourite writers; Ian Christe’s Bazillion Points.
Annick Giroux is a multi-talented metal chick, dividing her time between graphic design, DJing and cooking the heaviest of metal meals.
Her book, Hellbent for Cooking, is a compilation of culinary classics of every culture from metal bands and artists around the world. It is a celebration of a simple yet exciting marriage between music and cuisine, where Giroux proves that the portrayal of metalheads being junkfood-lovers false.
I have decided to record my thoughts and experiences while cooking my way through Hellbent for Cooking, also providing my view on the bands that graciously donated their recipes.
In this installment of the Blasphemy Blog, I explore a variety of ethnic dishes that include fragrant additives and exciting flavours. Please enjoy my journey through preparing these awesome meals straight from the recipes of the heaviest of bands.
Shibboleth – S/T
In Sam Dunn’s debut documentary, Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey, the anthropologist describes his hometown of Victoria, British Columbia as the land of the “newly wed and nearly dead”, an anecdote that resonates with the city’s primitive black metal practitioners Shibboleth.
STAFF PLAYLISTS: March 2011
Back by popular demand, here are the Staff Playlists for March 2011!
Blasphemous Meals #2: Jailbreak Jambalaya and a Date With the Devil
“Hellbent for Cooking is a compilation of culinary classics of every culture from metal bands and artists around the world… I have decided to record my thoughts and experiences while cooking my way through Hellbent for Cooking, also providing my view on the bands that graciously donated their recipes.”
Ola Mazzuca serves up some delicious meals straight from the Hellbent for Cooking in part 2 of “Blasphemous Meals”.
Rhapsody of Fire – The Frozen Tears of Angels
Rhapsody of Fire are true storytellers on the record, and the music works well in conjunction with audiences familiar with everything from Middle Earth escapades to the grand picture power metal paints in our minds, resulting in an experience that is both aural and visual.
STAFF PLAYLISTS: February 2011
Back by popular demand, here are the Staff Playlists for February 2011!
October Falls – A Collapse of Faith
October Falls don’t try too hard to accomplish a gloomy sound that has become cliché amongst many bands, where intention for ambience results in absent of passion that’s straight from the guttural. Instead, they have chosen their elements carefully, organizing their music in an unimpeded manner like a leaf falling to the ground.