Author: Sean Palmerston

  • Suffocation: Blood Oath

    New York State’s Suffocation don’t waste any time on their latest release, Blood Oath. From the moment it bursts out of the starting gate, the album lumbers along with the death metal/ grindcore sound that has become a trademark of the band.

  • Amesoeurs: Amesoeurs

    Amesoeurs claims that it grapples with the modern world in its music. On the preceding EP, this was a persuasive assertion. If Amesoeurs still chooses to hold itself up as a sonic social critic, then this album can only be taken as criticism if it is approached as parody.

  • Steel Assassin: War Of The Eight Saints

    Chances are that unless you followed Metal Blade’s Metal Massacre compilations back in the mid-eighties you may have never heard Steel Assassin.

  • Astra: The Weirding

    Originally forming in San Diego, California during 2001 under the moniker Silver Sunshine, this progressive rock changed their musical style from psychedelic pop to progressive rock in 2008 and also decided a name change was in order too, settling on the new name of Astra. However, Do not be mistake Astra with the Italian progressive…

  • Hellsaw: Cold

    Hellsaw’s Cold is an album that starts out much stronger than it ends.

  • Ted Nugent: Motor City Mayhem

    This ain’t no Double Live Gonzo, but America’s weirdest right-wing redneck rocker celebrates his 6000th concert at home in Detroit, Michigan. Ted Nugent, you are a freak.

  • Birds of Prey: The Hellpreacher

    Erik Larson (Alabama Thunderpussy), Bo Leslie (The Last Van Zant), Summer Welch (Baroness), Ben Hogg (Beaten Back To Pure) and Dave Witte (Municipal Waste) come together to create concept album, The Hellpreacher.

  • YOB: Zen and the Art of Crushing Skulls

    Zen Buddhism has always played a central role in Scheidt’s songwriting for YOB, especially on the two previous albums, 2004’s The Illusion of Motion and 2005’s great The Unreal Never Lived, but on The Great Cessation a considerably more blunt approach, which often seems to border on despair and even anger, permeates such tracks as…

  • The Canadian Invasion: Maryland Death Fest 2009

    With the passing of the once-great Milwaukee Metalfest, the Maryland Death Fest has become the premiere heavy metal festival in North America. Spanning 3 days, 2 stages and over 50 bands, there is no shortage of metal to more than fill the needs of any metal heads looking for a weekend of blast beats and…

  • STAFF PLAYLISTS – July 2009

    Find out what HELLBOUND’s contributors are listening to going into the month of July. Each writer has submitted their Top 5 list and have an option to list a book and a film they are into right now too. We also have 3 special guest lists from members of the music industry that we like…