Short Cuts: Seven Recent Self-Released Albums That You Should Crank To 11
You know the drill (and if ya don’t, pay attention, hotshot): these days more than ever time is money, or relative, or something like…
Shortcuts: 7 Recent EPs, Singles, and Splits of Note
Ok – I’m busy. You’re busy. So let’s cut the shit and talk bad-ass tunes, specifically, some recent noteworthy non-LP releases that are more…
Altarage – Nihl
After offering an explosive sample of ruinous devastation last year via their titanic 2-track demo MMXV, Spanish metal-of-death brutalists Altarage (apparently comprised of several…
The Arrival of Satan – Passion Sodomy Terror
“when there is no more god, no more soul, no more hope, there is the obscenity of flesh, the anguish of death, the darkness…
Ten Metal Albums You Might Have Missed in 2015
With so much damn fine metal coming out these days, it’s hard to encapsulate the awesome into a single annual top-ten list. Hundreds, if…
Canuck Metal You Don’t Wanna Miss: the best Canadian metal of 2015
Here at Hellbound we get a great deal of satisfaction from promoting the Canadian metal releases we most appreciate, and one of the highlights of…
ECHOES OF YUL – THE HEALING
While post-metal may or may not be at the nadir of scene ascendance, 2015 was undeniably a banner year for left-field, hipster-friendly heavy(ish) outfits….
Thy Worshiper – Ozimina
Arriving a year and a half after 2014’s triumphant comeback LP Czarna Dzika Czerwie?, Ozimina (Arachnophobia) offers undeniable sonic proof that reconstituted expat Polish…
Year-in-review 2015: Matthew Elliott
As another year draws to a close, we metalheads tend to take time to reflect on what the year in metal meant to us,…
Staff picks & playlists: end of summer edition
Another round of playlists and picks from the Hellbound team. In this edition we look back on our soundtracks for the summer (or, in…