Author: Sean Palmerston

Panopticon – Social Disservices

Though it does not quite possess the potent and urgent vibe of Altar of Plagues’ Mammal, Social Disservices takes second place in my personal albums of the year. Hopefully it will receive even more recognition in 2012.

January 16, 2012
Pentagram – When The Screams Come DVD

When The Screams Come is a great visual document of the band that will be as entertaining to longtime fans of the band as it will be to newcomers. It’s not the flashiest, it’s certainly a warts-and-all type performance, but it captures a historically important band in their background getting the kind of adulation they…

January 11, 2012
Lagwagon – Duh / Trashed / Hoss / Double Plaidinum / Let’s Talk About Feelings

The first and most obvious question you’re probably asking yourself after seeing that Hellbound is reviewing the Fat Wreck re-issues of the first five albums by these Goleta, California’s melodi-punk heroes is whether or not the version we’re reviewing here is the box-set edition or simply the individual releases reviewed as a collective. I believe…

January 11, 2012
Oskoreien – s/t

Main musician Jay Valena has crafted a powerful full-length record with many strengths even as it doesn’t often stray far from the sub-genre’s tried-and-true clichés. Its organic, earnest, and perhaps even retro sound lifts its five lengthy tracks above some of the contemporaneous releases of even seasoned veterans of the genre. What it lacks in…

January 10, 2012
HELLBOUND’s TOP 10 CANADIAN METAL ALBUMS OF 2011

Since Hellbound.ca is a Canadian-owned and operated metal publication, we do things a little bit different than most. While 2011 was coming to a close we asked all of our contributors to pick their Top Canadian metal albums of the year. We then tabulated up their responses and have created our third annual Top 10…

January 9, 2012
Corrosion of Conformity – self-titled

COC has a new album coming out and, as Gruesome Greg says, “this is some good shit!”

January 7, 2012
Watch A PALE HORSE NAMED DEATH’s January 6th NYC Show on Hellbound.ca

Early this morning I got an email from Sal Abruscato, frontman of A Pale Horse Named Death (as well as the drummer for Life Of Agony and the original timekeeper from Type O Negative) offering a full stream of their show yesterday, January 6th, at the Knitting Factory in New York City. So, without further…

January 7, 2012
Sabaton – World War Live: The Battle For The Baltic Sea

World War Live: Battle of the Baltic Sea is both a good stopgap between albums and a pacifier for those wanting to know what all the fuss is about live.

January 6, 2012
Hellbound.ca INDIVIDUAL TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2011

Last week we ran our TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 2011 list, as voted by the writers of Hellbound.ca. Here are the individual Top 10s that were submitted by our writers for your personal enjoyment…

January 3, 2012
Terror / Trapped Under Ice / Backtrack / Harm’s Way / Letlive @ The Pine Box, Midland, TX, November 15, 2011

A hard act to follow, but Terror is an intimidating live act regardless of how someone feels about their music. Frontman Scott Vogel, formerly of the legendary, now-defunct Buried Alive, was in fine more, ruling the crowd that already paid him the blind-eyed devotion that a preacher at church might receive.

January 2, 2012