Author: Sean Palmerston

  • SepticFlesh – The Great Mass

    The Great Mass doesn’t stay with me long after the final track, “Therianthropy,” dies away, but in the moment each song offers to be deliciously, mind-numbingly immersive, and I’m quite willing to let myself drown in the experience.

  • Graveyard – Hisingen Blues

    Song after maleficent song, Hisingen Blues is an infectious monster of retro-styled, devil-take-my-soul blues fury that has left me wondering why I never sought these guys out before, and wondering how long before everyone else finally picks up on them. If they were obscure before, they’re not going to be much longer.

  • Jag Panzer: The Hellbound Audio Interview

    Jason Wellwood in conversation with JAG PANZER guitarist Mark Briody about their new album The Scourge Of The Light

  • USX – The Valley Path

    While this is an interesting effort that serves as mellow mood music for a nice relaxing vibe, I feel like I’ve heard a lot of this not so long ago on Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light 1.

  • Bullet: Enduringly Anthemic Affairs

    “We have been laughed at, spit at and celebrated as well. I think with three records with good sounding heavy metal shows that we are serious with the music and it’s not a joke for us, though. We like to joke and fool around for sure but we never fool around with the music we…

  • Echtra – Paragate

    Echtra are among those bands that do not invite the exuberance or intensity of much extreme music, instead appealing to listeners’ more contemplative sensibilities. Paragate, of all the band’s output, is the most cohesive and single-minded work they’ve yet released.

  • HELLBOUND RADIO: April 10, 2011 Playlist

    Here is what was played on the April 10, 2011 edition of Hellbound Radio

  • Lo-Pan – Salvador

    I actually quite liked their debut, but this one isn’t grabbing me in the same way. Songs seem shorter, and they’ve definitely dialled down the heavy, opting for a slightly less distorted desert rock/grunge sound.

  • Wall of Sleep – When Mountains Roar

    Even Dehumanizer was gloomier than this. That being said, if Balls to the Wall/Metal Heart era-Accept or those mid-80’s Scorpions albums are your thing, you might not mind this modern slice of throwback Euro metal.

  • Conflicted – Never be Tamed

    If you like your power metal on the heavier side (Symphony X, Kamelot) this one is recommended. Never Be Tamed is a varied debut that should be on every progressive/power metal fans’ want list in 2011!