Author: Gene A. Gaona
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Expulsion – Nightmare Future
Do you like grindcore? How about fast and extreme? Well, take your blood pressure medication and hit play. Expulsion’s highly anticipated album Nightmare Future drops on July 10th via Relapse Records and it is brutal! The band consists of grind/metal veterans Matt Olivo (Repulsion), Matt Harvey (Exhumed, Gruesome), Danny Walker (Intronaut, Exhumed, Phobia), and Menno Verbaten…
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Revocation interview: David Davidson in San Francisco, 15 June 2017
Mean Gene Gaona interviewed David Davidson at the Social Hall in San Francisco, California, when Revocation was on tour with Morbid Angel, Suffocation, and Withered. Their conversation included discussion of the then current tour and touring plans for the future (see tour dates below), global cuisine, Davidson’s new side project, and much more. Recorded by Todd…
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Pounder – Heavy Metal Disaster
What can you say: Matt Harvey is one busy artist. If trying to juggle his other bands Dekapitator, Exhumed, and Gruesome wasn’t enough, he goes and offers us this new project entitled Pounder. Pounder’s first EP release, Heavy Metal Disaster, is a refreshing throw back to the good old days of power metal, heavy metal…
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JUNGLE ROT Interview: Dave Matrise in Oakland, 22 May 2017
Tune in below or through our Youtube channel for Hellbound’s latest video interview: Mean Gene’s chat with Dave Matrise from Jungle Rot, in which they discuss hunting, the Kenosha underground punk scene, Dave losing his soul at a Venom show, and much more! The interview: On camera: Gene A. Gaona. Behind the camera: Todd Owens. Recorded…
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Gruesome Interview: Matt Harvey in Oakland, 6 May 2017
Hellbound’s Mean Gene met up with Matt Harvey when Gruesome headlined at The Golden Bull in Oakland, California. If you’re into thrash and death metal scene histories, this one’s definitely for you. Watch the full interview here or over on our Youtube channel. The interview: Recorded May 6, 2017 at the Golden Bull in Oakland,…
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Suffocation – Of The Dark Light
What can I say; I’m late to the party on Suffocation. While Death Metal was on the rise in the late 80’s I was onboard with all the bands coming out of Florida and Suffocation wasn’t on my radar. After seeing them for the first time in San Francisco last year as part of the…
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Superjoint interview: Stephen & Blue on working with Phil Anselmo + much more
Mean Gene chats with Superjoint members José “Blue” Gonzalez (Warbeast, Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals) and Stephen Taylor (Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals, Woven Hand, 16 Horse Power) about touring, songwriting, juggling multiple bands, working with Phil, and more. “This new Illegals record is going to fucking eat everyone’s lunch.” — Blue Gonzalez…
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Staff Interrogation: Gene A. Gaona
Hellbound first ran a series of staff interrogations to celebrate our second anniversary. Since then we’ve published a lot more metal coverage (and a little non-metal too), and our contributor list has continued to evolve. As we approach another birthday, this time marking eight years in action, we figured it was time to properly introduce…
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A NEW YEAR, MORE NEW (IN) METAL: 2017, PART 1b
Last week, in part 1, we noted that there’s too much going on in metal these days to leave all our ‘best of’ and year-in-review lists to December. Now a few more Hellbounders have chimed in on what’s caught their ears so far in 2017. Check out their highlights (and the odd disappointment) below. Metal…
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After 30 years, Obituary still looking for frontman…
Hellbound interviews Obituary’s Don Tardy Obituary arrived in San Francisco on March 26, 2017 as part of this year’s Decibel magazine tour. Hellbounder Gene A. Gaona was there to chat with founding drummer Donald Tardy. Watch the full video interview below: OBITUARY are: John Tardy – Vocals Trevor Peres – Guitar Ken Andrews Jr. – Guitar Terry…