Author: Adam Wills
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Adam Wills’ Canadian Top 10 of 2018
10. Without New Growth Process is Bloodshed Artist: Astrakhan Label: self-released Listen to Without New Growth Process is Bloodshed on Bandcamp 9. Kosm Artist: Cosmonaut Label: self-released Listen to Kosm on Bandcamp 8. Manor of Infinite Forms Artist: Tomb Mold Label: 20 Buck Spin Listen to Manor of Infinite Forms on Bandcamp 7. The Wake…
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Adam Wills’ 2018 in Metal
Every year, Hellbound writers submit their top albums of the year. They all get compiled into Hellbound’s Top Metal Albums of the year (coming soon). Top Albums of 2018 10. Wasteland Artist: Riverside Label: InsideOut After the unexpected passing of founding guitarist Piotr Grudzinski, Riverside have regrouped and put together their best album since…
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Essential Heavy Metal Christmas Songs
Over at CFMU, I co-host the metal show – Kill, Eat, Exploit the Weak – and we just finished our annual Christmas special. It’s always one of my favourite episodes to put together as the combination of heavy metal and the Christmas season brings two worlds together that normally don’t mix – the extreme speed…
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Heavy Metal Adam’s Quarterly Report – Q1 2018
Cover photo credit: Craig Reid Each quarter, Adam reviews some of the albums that stand out to him from the previous 3 months. There are no rankings, there is no order… only a collection of great music that you are hopefully not missing out on. Altars of Grief – Iris Doom metal in the vein of…
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Heavy Metal in 2017 by Adam Wills
Ah, that most glorious time of the year for music writers – year-end season is upon us once again! 2017 was a tumultuous year, but even so, it was a damned good one for heavy metal, and Team Hellbound had a cornucopia of great albums to choose from. Here, we turn the page over to…
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Best metal of 2017: 6-10
Hellbound’s Top Metal Releases of the Year, part I Twelve Hellbound contributors named their ten favourite metal releases of 2017. Kyle Harcott tallied the entries, did the math and assigned the commentaries below. You, readers, have already had the chance to see our honourable mentions – now we present to you part one of our collective…
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TOP 10 CANADIAN ALBUMS of 2016, part two
Not all our Canadian favourites made it to this year’s top ten list (hellbound.ca/2016/12/hellbounds-top-10-canadian-albums-2016). For that reason we share with you here the top Canadian metal picks from each of the Hellbound writers who chimed in for our end-of-year Canadian metal ‘best of’. Hellbounders’ Canadian picks of 2016: the individual lists Gruesome Greg 1. La Chinga…
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Hellbound Year End 2016: Adam Wills
Hellbound’s End of Year Wrap Up: Part 5 Well, hell’s bells – 2016 was a hellride of a year, wasn’t it?! As the New Year comes creeping in with trepidation, the individual members of Team Hellbound take a look back at our favourites of the year, give our personal thoughts on the state of heavy metal in…
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Year-in-review 2015: Adam Wills
As another year draws to a close, we metalheads tend to take time to reflect on what the year in metal meant to us, and prepare our various lists of what was great, what sucked, and everything in between. This year we decided to get a little more up close and personal with Team Hellbound,…
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10 Great Canadian Albums You May Have Missed in 2015
Happy Canada Day! Even though I’m in the metal capital of the world (Finland), I’m still excited about celebrating Canada Day with some Canadian metal. In between beers and trips to the sauna, I’ve thrown together a list of Canadian albums that you may or may not have had a chance to check out this…