Author: Sean Palmerston
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Sepultura @ Vogue Theatre, Vancouver BC, May 31, 2011
Sepultura, celebrating their 27th year as a band in 2011, are still in fine, fine form. Derrick Green is an engaging frontman, bantering with the crowd between every song, and absolutely tearing the place up vocally. Drummer Jean Dolabella is a powerhouse, and the best compliment I can give him is that all of the…
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Hellbound Staff Interrogations #10: Gruesome Greg
Today’s staff interview is with our Toronto based stoner rock superfan Gruesome Greg
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Hellbound Staff Interrogations #9: Renee Trotier
Today’s staff interview is with Renee Trotier, who also blogs at http://www.throwingthehorns.wordpress.com
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In Solitude – The World.The Flesh.The Devil
It’s great seeing bands from our continent carrying the proverbial torch, but it seems these Swedes have an incredible knack for making themselves sound like they came from a 1983 Banzai Records compilation rather than 2011. When a band takes that vintage style and absolutely nails it, like Portrait, like Ghost, like Year of the…
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Demonaz – March of the Norse
Really catchy and melodic, the whole album has a nice flow and you can really bang your head to it. The production is very warm and sounds great cranked up loud.
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Baptists—s/t 7-inch
Captured by Stuart McKillop and Jesse Carr at The Hive Creative Labs, Baptists have arrived hitting fast and hard. It’s a little cruel that four songs are all we get, but as a way of documenting the band’s formidable power at this early stage, the 7-inch is the perfect delivery method.
