Author: Laura Wiebe
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Wacken Metal Battle Canada announces plans for 2015
News from the Wacken Metal Battle Canada team: WMBC has just announced plans for the upcoming 2015 competition. Submissions are set to open on November 20th, 2014 and will run till January 6th, 2015. WMBC is also proud to announce its expansion to Ottawa, Quebec City, Saskatoon and Winnipeg to join Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, and Montreal as the official battle grounds.…
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Greber: hanging out, playing riffs, losing money, making noise
There’s a new album out from Greber. Check it out. And while you’re checking it out, check out what Greber bassist/vocalist Marc Bourgon (who you may also know from Fuck the Facts) has to say about the band, their music, and other related awesomeness. The basic info: Who’s in the band and what is each…
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King Diamond on tour with Jess and the Ancient Ones
Throwback Thursday may have been yesterday, but I’m going to wax nostalgic today. Many, many years ago, when I was just a wee lass who had limited access to Toronto and the last bus home left the big city at 11:30pm, I missed my first chance to see and hear King Diamond in the flesh.…
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Warped Tour in Toronto, July 4, 2014
Vans Warped Tour at Molson Amphitheatre Flats July 4th, 2014 Photos by Sarah Riley The last (and first?) time I attended Warped Tour was somewhere around 1999 (or so a web search suggests), when bands like Suicidal Tendencies – already well past their prime were on the headlining stage. This year I only recognized a handful…
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Crowned by Fire news and contest winners
Thanks to everyone who checked out the new Crowned by Fire video via Hellbound. We have copies of Space Music for Cave People for three lucky Hellbound readers: Lee Chavez, whose favourite space movie is WALL-E. Darth Grimby, whose favourite space movie (featuring epic music too) is Star Wars. Tim, whose favourite music movie is Tenacious…
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Staff playlists: deep summer picks
The northern summer is half way done – here are a few listening suggestions to help you enjoy the warm(ish) days and nights that are left in the form of the latest staff playlists. Some of our regular Hellbound staffers offer up their music picks for the cottage, camp site, beach or patio as we ease into…
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Crowned by Fire contest – Space Music for Cave People
While we were distracted by Canada Day celebrations up here in the hinterlands, a snarling beast from Los Angeles launched its latest global invasion campaign. That beast is called Crowned by Fire, the invasion campaign goes by the name Space Music for Cave People, and you can be among the next wave to succumb by winning…
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Ken Mode announce European tour with Hark
The guys in Ken Mode are having a busy year following the success of their Juno-nominated 2013 album, Entrench. The last of their live summer prairie dates falls on July at the in Winnipeg. They’re scheduled to play the Housecore Horror Film Festival in Austin, Texas in October. And in between they’ll be swinging through…
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Dread Sovereign: Celebrating the vernacular of heavy metal
I first heard the distinctive Nemtheanga vocal assault in 2002 (yeah, I know, I was late to the party), when Primordial mesmerized me, in a pummelling sort of way, within the first blistering seconds of Storm Before Calm. The next year I was thrilled to discover that Primordial were set to play Summer Breeze, my…
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Canada Day 2014: Best Canadian metal from years ending in ‘4…
As Canada Day rolls around again, some of our regular Hellbound contributors have pitched in for another year of celebrating Canadian metal on the nation’s anniversary. This July we give you a snapshot of Canadian metal over the decades, selecting some highlights from 10, 20, 30 and 40 years in the past as well as…