Jay Gorania’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…
Touring campus while young, metal-loving and Native American
Interview in the aftermath: Thomas and Lloyd Gray speak to Hellbound Thomas Kanewakeron Gray, 19, and Lloyd Skanahwati Gray, 17, had saved money to…
In memoriam: Metal luminaries pay tribute to Necrophagia’s Killjoy
Frank (Killjoy) Pucci, 1966-2018 Legendary death metal pioneer Frank “Killjoy” Pucci passed away Sunday, March 18. The frontman of the seminal act Necrophagia was…
Hellbound staff picks, January 2018
This year at Hellbound we’ve decided to revive an old tradition – our monthly staff picks/playlists! We’ve asked our regular and longtime contributors to…
Black Label Society w/COC & Eyehategod in Austin TX, January 2018
Black Label Society / Corrosion of Conformity / Eyehategod @ Emo’s in Austin, Texas (Jan. 14, 2018) These bands have paid their dues for…
Heavy metal in 2017 by Jay H. Gorania
Ah, that most glorious time of the year for music writers – year-end season is upon us once again! 2017 was a tumultuous year,…
FAITH NO MORE – We Care a Lot [reissued and revisited]
Their earliest days were way back in 1979 when they formed as Sharp Young Men, later adopting Faith No Man as their moniker along…
Mayhem & Dragged Into Sunlight (2017 tour diary)
Heavy metal’s grandfathers Black Sabbath set the genre’s tone of darkness with their music, visual aesthetic and energy, and it seems that the acorns…
Best metal of 2017 so far, part 2
Back in April Hellbound shared some of our staff picks from the first few months of 2017 (part one | part one, b). Now…
Dragged Into Sunlight – American tour blog 2016
I tagged along with England’s Dragged Into Sunlight for their first journey across America in 2012. I did so again for their second American…