Another month goes by and we give you another month’s worth of staff picks and playlists from some of the folks at Hellbound. Feel free to add your own picks of the month in the comments!
Arta Gailuma
Listening to: Saor
New releases: 1. …And Oceans – Cosmic World Mother. May 8th, 2020 via Season Of Mist & 2. Green Carnation – Leaves Of Yesteryear May 8th, 2020 via Season of Mist
Non-Metal: Dzivia – Rujnuj https://youtu.be/XMggvPIeVlU
Gruesome Greg
Listening to: Anthrax – Spreading the Disease
New release: 16 – Dream Squasher
Non-Metal: Ramones – Poison Heart
Wild card: There are more bro hugs and tough-guy tears in one episode of Sons of Anarchy than an entire season of The Sopranos.
Danielle Griscti
Listening to: SPIRIT POSSESSION – Spirit Possession. Chomping at the bit to hear the rest of this absolutely delectable little morsel. https://spiritpossession.bandcamp.com/album/spirit-possession
New release: YARROW – We Made What God Could Not. The ice cream sundae equivalent of this month’s picks. Doomy & sludgey flavours with dark-ambient sprinkles. yarrow1.bandcamp.com
Live: ORANSSI PAZUZU – Mestarin Kynsi. An absolute dream of a set, which was intended for this year’s Roadburn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfANRKPnC8M
Non-Metal: OLD TOWER – The Last Eidolon. Is “dungeon synth” metal? I don’t know, what I do know is I have rinsed this little gem and it hasn’t lost its shine yet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBtunJ2Im9M
Wild card: IRN – Promo MMXX. A 6-minute journey towards a black hole. https://ir-n.bandcamp.com/album/promo-mmxx
Sean Palmerston
Listening to: Celtic Frost – Monotheist (Century Media)
New release: Paradise Lost – Obsidian (Nuclear Blast)
Live: Clutch/Crowbar – Live From the Doom Saloon webcast on May 27th
Non-Metal: Robert Wyatt – ’68 (Cuneiform Records)
Wild card: Rush – Permanent Waves (Anthem)
Sarah Riley
Listening to: Coroner – Mental Vortex (Noise Records, 1991)
New release: Alukah – Descending (Stay Sick Recording, May 29th, 2020)
Non-Metal: Fontaines D.C. – Dogrel (Partisan Records, 2019)
Daniel Smith
New release: Esoctrilihum – Eternity of Shaog
Non-Metal: Interpol – Our Love to Admire
Wild card: My Night at Mauds (1969) – Eric Rohmer
