Whatever monarchistic or memorial functions are attached to the first long weekend in May in North America, it’s also (and for many people, it’s predominantly) the first party weekend of the year. Americans have to wait another week, but here in Canada we’re just about ready for the party to start. And, behold, we have for you a selection of what some of us Hellbounders plan to listen to as we summon down the new summer nearly upon us. Enjoy our long weekend staff playlists!
Adrien Begrand
MUSIC
Lykke Li, ‘I’ll Never Learn‘ (LL Recordings)
Serge Gainsbourg, ‘Vue de l’Exterieur‘ (Mercury)
Blues Pills, ‘Blues Pills‘ (Nuclear Blast)
Fucked Up, ‘Glass Boys‘ (Matador)
11 Paranoias, ‘Spectralbestiaries‘ (Ritual)
MOVIE
Fantastic Mr. Fox, Criterion BluRay
MOST ANTICIPATING
Accept, Blind Rage (Nuclear Blast)
Gruesome Greg
MUSIC
1. Eyehategod – self-titled (Housecore) itunes.apple.com/us/album/eyehategod
2. Godstopper – Children are our Future (independent) www.terrorizer.com/news/streams/listen-godstoppers-new-song-andy-boy-terrorizer
3. Comet Control – self-titled (Tee Pee) www.mxdwn.com/2014/05/14/news/mxdwn-premiere-comet-control-premieres-the-soft-parade
4. Greenleaf – Trails and Passes (Small Stone) smallstone.bandcamp.com/album/trails-and-passes
5. Fu Manchu – In Search Of… (Mammoth Records) Fu Manchu youtube playlist
HIGHLY ANTICIPATED
Finally getting my hands on that new, independently-released Fu Manchu album when I see ’em on Friday!
Matt Hinch
May Long Weekend is for partying!! Here’s some party-friendly albums I’ve been jammin’ since there was still snow on the ground!
Admiral Sir Cloudesly Shovell – Check ’em Before You Wreck ’em (Rise Above) www.facebook.com/theshovell
The Shrine – Bless Off (Tee Pee) www.theshrine.bandcamp.com
Bateman – SMUT (self) www.batemansuck.bandcamp.com
May means Spring is here and stuff is growing so how about some…
Psychotic Gardening – Hymnosis (self) www.psychoticgardening.bandcamp.com
After all that hard work and hard partying, suffer through the pain with:
Of Spire & Throne – Toll of the Wound (Broken Limbs) www.ofspireandthrone.bandcamp.com
Lord Mantis – Death Mask (Profound Lore) www.profoundlorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/death-mask
while waiting for…
EYEHATEGOD – Eyehategod (Housecore) www.eyehategod.bandcamp.com
Crowbar – Symmetry in Black (EOne)
Party on!
Rob Hughes
MUSIC
I’ll probably just listen to Max Webster and Saga all weekend, but the following have been in heavy rotation lately:
1. Morbus Chron—Sweven (Century Media)
2. Motorspsycho—Behind the Sun (Rune Grammofon)
3. Cynic—Kindly Bent to Free Us (Season of Mist)
4. Heldon—Stand By (Cuneiform)
5. Richard Pinhas/Yoshida Tatsuya—Welcome in the Void (Cuneiform)
MOVIES
1. Super Duper Alice Cooper
2. Gentlemen Broncos
3. Marwencol
4. The Grand Budapest Hotel
5. Tarnation
Sean Palmerston
MUSIC
1. TRIPTYKON – Melana Chasmata (Century Media)
2. DEATH – Leprosy reissue (Relapse)
3. GRATEFUL DEAD – Dave’s Picks 10: Thelma, Los Angeles CA 12/12/1969 (Rhino)
4. WILLIE NELSON – Shotgun Willie (Atlantic)
5. KING’S X – Faith Hope Love (Megaforce)
FILM/TV
1. Super Duper Alice Cooper
2. NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
3. Godzilla (2014 remake)
4. Status Quo: Hello Quo
5. Mad Men – Season 7 (2014)
LOOKING FORWARD TO
Maryland Deathfest 2014
Justin Richardson
MUSIC
Leprous – Coal (InsideOut) www.leprous.net
Ihsahn – Das Seelenbrechen (Candlelight / Mnemosyne) www.candlelightrecords.co.uk
Insomnium – Shadows of the Dying Sun (Century Media) www.centurymedia.com
Stam1na – Nocebo (Sakara Records) www.sakararecords.com
Edge of Sanity – Crimson II (Black Mark) www.blackmark.net
NON-METAL PICK
Empire of the Sun – Ice on the Dune (Capitol Records) www.capitolrecords.com
TV
Doctor Who
MOST ANTICIPATING
new Septicflesh
lots of sleep…
trip to Finland in June
Jon Smith
MUSIC
1. Def Leppard – Pyromania (Mercury)
2. Ulver – Bergtatt (Head Not Found)
3. Nightwish – Oceanborn (Spinefarm Records)
4. Sun Worship – Elder Giants (View From The Coffin)
5. Cynic – Focus (Roadrunner Records)
Laura Wiebe
MUSIC
Entombed – Hollowman (Earache)
Judas Priest – British Steel (Columbia)
Crowbar – Obedience Thru Suffering (Grind Core)
Decembre Noir – A Discouraged Believer (FDA Rekotz) “A Discouraged Believer”
Insomnium – Shadows of the Dying Sun (Century Media) “While We Sleep”
MOST ANTICIPATING
Finally sitting down to listen to that new Prong record that’s been sitting in my inbox and catching up on Game of Thrones.
Adam Wills
LISTENING
Casualties of Cool – S/T (HevyDevy)
Thantifaxath – Sacred White Noise (Dark Descent Records)
Decembre Noir – A Discouraged Believer (FDA Rekotz)
Anneke van Giersbergen – Drive (Inside Out)
Pallbearer – Sorrow and Extinction (Profound Lore)
WATCHING
Europa Report
NBA Playoffs
House of Cards
ANTICIPATING
Maryland Deathfest
The Atlas Moth – The Old Believer (Profound Lore)
Anathema – Distant Satellites (KScope)
