Author: Gene A. Gaona
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Festival review: Aftershock 2019
With the eighth installment of Monster Energy’s Aftershock festival in the rearview mirror one thing remains very clear: this is North America’s premiere festival destination. Located once again in Sacramento, California’s beautiful Discovery Park, the weekend of October 11th saw another wonderful and diverse Aftershock Festival take place. With three full stages of some of…
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Interview: Ben Claus of GOROD
French tech death band GOROD have teamed up with Cannabis Corpse, Micawber and headliners Psycroptic for a spring American tour. While the bands were in Oakland to play the Metro Opera House, Hellbound’s Gene Gaona had a chance to speak with bassist Benoit (Ben) Claus. Recorded at the Metro Opera House in Oakland, California on…
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Interview: Todd Stern of PSYCROPTIC
Tasmanian death metal crew Psycroptic are on this side of the planet, touring the United States in support of their 2018 album As The Kingdom Drowns (Prosthetic). Hellbound’s Gene Gaona got a chance to chat with the band’s American bassist, Todd Stern, before the band’s show at the Metro Opera House in Oakland, California. Interview…
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Aftershock Festival 2019 PREVIEW
Well, it’s that time of year again where Aftershock Festival has been announced and it is another stacked line up. October 11th-13th at Discovery Park in Sacramento California will be the place to be for all things Rock and Heavy Metal. This year marks the 8th installment of the Festival and will see headliners that include Slipknot,…
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Interview with Soulfly’s Max Cavalera in Petaluma, CA
During their recent North American tour, Soufly’s legendary frontman Max Cavalera took some time to sit down with our own “Mean” Gene Gaona to discuss the tour and Soulfly’s latest album “Tribal”. Recorded at Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, California on 25 February 2019. http://www.soulfly.com/ https://www.facebook.com/SoulflyOfficial https://www.twitter.com/TheSoulflyTribe https://www.youtube.com/soulflyband
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Gene A. Gaona’s Top 10 of 2018
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). It’s that time of year again… Here are the top 10 albums that I enjoyed the most and got by far the most plays in my rotation in 2018. —…
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Hellbound interviews Genocide Pact in San Francisco
This fall, Washington DC’s Genocide Pact are busy touring North America as part of the Relapse Contamination Tour 2018. When the tour hit San Francisco, Hellbound’s Gene Gaona got a chance to talk death metal and more with Genocide Pact drummer Connor and guitarist /vocalist Tim. INTERVIEW: Interview recorded at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco ,…
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KING PARROT interview, September 2018
KING PARROT photo by Zo Damage Last month Hellbound’s Gene Gaona spent some time in Texas with Philip H. Anselmo and The Illegals along with the opening bands on the Choosing Mental Illness as a Virtue tour. We shared Gene’s interview with Anselmo and Mike De Leon already. Now we have another peak into those few…
