Author: Danielle Griscti
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Blind Guardian in Toronto
Thursday October 29th 2015, and it was a beautiful evening to see a giant lineup of eager fans outside the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto. Guests Grave Digger joined the power metal legends, Blind Guardian.
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KING DIAMOND: Upcoming shows to be filmed for DVD
“Philadelphia and Detroit have been selected as the cities in which KING DIAMOND will film the live shows for the forthcoming DVD”, reads the announcement that made my eyes bug out a little upon reading it. Playing with special guests EXODUS, the shows being filmed are on Wednesday November 25th in Philadelphia and Saturday the…
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Vhol – Deeper Than Sky
So it’s probably no secret that we are fans of Mike Scheidt here at Hellbound. Searching for what we had to say about the speed demons of VHOL here in the past, I stumbled upon two interviews and several features on a little project of his called Yob. When careening your way through the little…
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Horrendous: Live in Toronto, Saturday August 1st, 2015
A good way to play a new city for the very first time – no openers, just pure unadulterated crushing riffs. The setup at this bar was a little unusual, yet this was no distraction. The delighted crowd was treated to an incredibly satisfyingly long (eh heh heh… heh) set… More info/pre-order their upcoming new…
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The Visit – Through Darkness Into Light
Shiver-inducing. If that isn’t a qualifier of “metal” status then what is? Through Darkness Into Light is a release of goosebumpy highs and deep rumbling lows from The Visit, Ottawa duo Raphael Weinroth Browne (cello) and Heather Sita Black (voice). Listening to the album repeatedly lends newfound appreciation of the emotional wallop packed into this seemingly…
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Om @ The Opera House – June 19th, 2015
HELLBOUND.CA @ NXNE 2015 Immense expressiveness. Power, boldness, no need for pomp at all. I don’t believe anybody could really sum this kind of performance up in a screen-friendly number of words, but that’s coming close. Sometimes we say “expert musicianship” when we want to say a performer is incredibly impressive. Also it seems those…
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NXNE 2015 – Urvah Khan, Cold Cave, Deafheaven
Gig-hopping at NXNE 2015 – from the Bovine to Adelaide Music Hall on June 20th: On the edges of the metal world we get a lot of interesting phenomena these days. With a full program at NXNE, I got some direction and was led to an act called Urvah Khan & the Scrap Metal Army.*…
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Liturgy @ The Opera House, Toronto ON, 19 June 2015
HELLBOUND.CA @NXNE2015 “Are you ready for some transcendental black metal?” asked a friend I ran into, while prepping my camera, as the lights went down on a Friday night in Toronto. That was all the preparation I had for the set, as apparently I have been living under a rock for the past two or…
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BRIEFCASEFEST 2015, TORONTO ON, JUNE 6
Night 2 Oui oui, le black metal Québecois! For night 2, following sets from JUGURTHA, ILMESTYS and DEATH KNEEL, we got into some seriously decadently dark material at Briefcasefest. Fog and fury were the order of the hour with Basalte from Montreal, highlighted by a pummelling performance by their vocalist/drummer that had the crowd enthralled. Ottawa’s…
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TENGGER CAVALRY – Blood Sacrifice Shaman
Incredibly energetic, fast paced gallops through ancient plains, accompanied by bands of singers and fiddlers? Not your average day trip in the metal world. I’ve seen quite a few people auto-cringe at the mere mention of the words “folk” and “metal” together these days, which means the proverbial bar for this genre is pretty high…