Author: Kyle Harcött
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Kyle Harcött’s Canadian Top 10 of 2018
10. Radiation Nightmare Artist: Krash Label: Independent Saskatoonian, chafed-raw, fallout-scorched D-beat, KRASH makes you want to drink beer and crush the cans with your forehead. URP! Listen to Radiation Nightmare on Bandcamp 9. Goring Christ Artist: Human Agony Label: Blud Auk Tapes/Invictus Productions Offal-choked blackdeath D&C’d straight from the verminwomb of Ross Bay City, Human…
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Kyle Harcött’s 2018 in metal
Hey gang, My best to you this Christmas and new year’s. Thanks for your ongoing support and interaction, you truly are world-class. My best to every one of you who took the time to be part of my life, offer encouragement, or generally just bust balls with me in 2018. I hope your 2019 is…
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Hellbound interviews Max Cavalera
Back in March, I had the extreme luck to sit down with one of my all-time heroes, Max Cavalera. Max was in Vancouver with Soulfly, touring the first Nailbomb album, Point Blank, in its entirety, as played onstage by Soulfly. As a Sepultura fan since I first heard Arise in 1991, it was an extreme…
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I’VE GOT SOMETHING TO SAY: 10 YEARS OF ROCK AND ROLL RAMBLINGS
Danko Jones (Feral House, 2018) Danko Jones requires little introduction. Whether you are a fan of his incredibly hard-rockin’ band, his hilarious podcast, or his articles on all things rock for myriad magazines, the guy is an undeniably-prolific veteran of rock and roll. And it is because of his lifer dedication to rock that his…
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Hellbound Interview: VENOM INC.
I was lucky enough to sit down with the gentlemen from Venom, Inc. during their first visit to Vancouver, BC, last September. It came on the heels of two aborted attempts to visit our fair city the previous year that had both been hampered by a particularly virulent Pacific Northwest winter. To say Vancouver was…
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Heavy metal in 2017 by Kyle Harcött
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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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, 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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‘Cause I Ain’t Too Old To Die, But I Sure Am Hard To Beat
In Memoriam Malcolm Mitchell Young 1953 – 2017 Today Hellbound mourns the tragic loss of Malcolm Young, founder, rhythm guitarist, chief songwriter of AC/DC – and truly a cornerstone of rock and roll. Young passed away today at the too-young age of 64. He had been diagnosed with dementia in 2014, which tragically forced his…
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Martin Eric Ain, 1967 – 2017
“The sands of time will never run For an immortal dead man” Celtic Frost – “Visions Of Mortality” Hellbound mourns the sudden passing of Martin Eric Ain, legendary bass player for the genre-birthing Swiss bands Hellhammer and Celtic Frost. Born Martin Stricker, Ain, would form his first band Shizo out of the same small Swiss…
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IN CONVERSATION WITH (THE) MELVINS: THE SUB-POP THICKENS
Kyle Harcott interviews Buzz Osborne, Dale Crover and Steven McDonald in Vancouver, July 2017 Nearly thirty-five years into their career as sludge-metal progenitors, (The) Melvins have a well-known salty reputation with rock journalists that precedes them. Being masters of sardonic wit and not suffering fools gladly, an interview with them can either come out entirely…