Author: Adrien Begrand
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Adrien Begrand’s Canadian TOP 10 of 2018
10. Way of the Road Artist: Skull Fist Label: NoiseArt Records Listen to Way of the Road on Bandcamp 9. Play to Win Artist: Striker Label: Record Breaking Listen to Play to Win on Spotify 8. The Sirens Artist: Into Eternity Label: M-Theory Audio Listen to The Sirens on Bandcamp 7. Iris Artist: Altars of Grief…
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Adrien Begrand’s 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. Manor of Infinite Forms Artist: Tomb Mold Label: 20 Buck Spin Listen to Manor of Infinite Forms on Bandcamp 9. Queen of Time Artist: Amorphis…
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Best CANADIAN Metal of 2017: TOP 15
Our contributors’ submissions for this year’s best of Canadian metal list revealed a surprising amount of consensus and an unsurprising amount of varied tastes. We had so little trouble coming up with a top ten that we expanded the list to our top fifteen. And our numerous honourable mentions indicate how much more great Canadian…
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Heavy metal in 2017 by Adrien Begrand
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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Hellbound Year End 2016: Adrien Begrand
Hellbound’s End of Year Wrap Up Continues: Part 2 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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Amon Amarth, O’Brian’s Event Centre, Saskatoon, SK, May 13, 2016
The Viking gimmick has always been a fun little part of heavy metal, dating back to Yngwie Malmsteen’s “I Am a Viking”, Manowar’s Into Glory Ride, Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song”, and hell, all the way back to Wagner’s “Ride of the Valyries”. What metalhead doesn’t like the kind of bracing music that makes them feel…
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Hellbound’s Best Metal Albums of 2015
Hellbound’s best of 2015 year-end coverage continues with the last instalment in our definitive top 10 metal albums of the year list. 15 writers submitted 104 different albums, and we’ve narrowed down the best of the best. We proudly present Hellbound’s best metal albums of 2015. 10. Windhand – Grief’s Infernal Flower (Relapse) I’m probably one of the…
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Year-in-review 2015: Adrien Begrand
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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Best of the rest – 2014 metal (part 1): instrumental and short releases
Best instrumental metal of 2014 Horrendous, “When the Walls Fell.” I can’t get fully behind Horrendous’s ambitious second album, finding its blend of death metal and old-school metal melodies a little slipshod compared to Arsis a decade ago, but there are a few very promising moments, especially this instrumental from late in the record. These guys…
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Best metal of 2014 – Collaborations
Collaborations between artists are never a sure-fire thing. While some releases can pool creatives together to create a piece that meshes well, there’s always Metallica and Lou Reed’s disastrous project to remind us that sometimes these mashups just don’t work. Here, Hellbound contributors review some of the better collaborations that were released in 2014. Esoteric…