Author: Sean Palmerston

  • The Big Four @ Silver City Mountain, Hamilton ON, June 22, 2010

    It was a neat experience to see this concert in a movie theater. A few of my own pals hummed and hawed about going, wondering why it wasn’t made available as a Pay-Per-View event, but I personally liked it better seeing it at the movies. No home distractions, no interruptions from the outside world and…

  • Black Sabbath – Classic Albums: Paranoid

    That lack of needless hyperbole is exactly what makes Classic Albums – Paranoid so easy and interesting to watch. Here, viewers learn that Paranoid – the largest keystone recording in metal – was recorded recorded in two days, cut live off the floor with a minimal number of overdubs and mixed in an additional two.…

  • Oaf – Botheration

    All told, Botheration is amphetamine-amped, nitrous-gassed, catchy as fuck, and it also happens to be a laff riot – truly the whole package.

  • HELLBOUND RADIO: July 4th, 2010 Playlist

    I’m going to go out on a not-so-brittle limb and say that the radio show that is loosely associated with this website is probably one of the most diverse heavy/extreme music programs on the face of this ridiculous planet. This is due in large part of the tastes, collections, whims and tolerant attitudes of myself…

  • Iron Maiden @ Rexall Place, Edmonton AB, June 26, 2010

    The heavy metal road trip is a time-honoured tradition among metal heads. Making the trip from Calgary to Edmonton may not be the most grueling of drives, but as soon as you leave your city to see a band, your expectations instantly become higher for the experience to come. Then, add in the fact that…

  • Solution 45-For Aeons Past

    Solution 45 is really a showcase for the clean vocals of the singer and he really slays on every track, displaying a much higher range than on any of the old Scar Symmetry releases.

  • Hellbound Handshake Clip Of The Week: PUTRESCENCE Live at MDF 2010

    Hello and welcome back to our newest running series, the Hellbound Handshake Clip of the Week! For our third installment, we are celebrating Canada’s birthday that happened yesterday (Happy Birthday Canada!) with a clip of a Canadian band doing their thing at Maryland Deathfest 2010. This week’s clip is Winnipeg MB’s PUTRESCENCE, doing their filthy…

  • The Hellbound Interview: Sam Dunn & Scot McFadyen of Banger Films

    “Beyond The Lighted Stage was actually shot over quite a long period. The first work on the film goes back to October 2007. We were working on it and then while we were into it, we got the go ahead from Iron Maiden to film Flight 666. So, we had to go to Rush and…

  • Iron Maiden @ Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon, SK, June 29, 2010

    With a two and a half year touring cycle, it’s impossible to tell if the band will ever be around these parts again, so this was a night to savour the greatest metal band ever. If this was the last time I’ll see Maiden, then I couldn’t be more satisfied.

  • Fatality @ The Blue Moon, Toronto ON. June 19, 2010

    I can wholeheartedly say that Fatality were worth both the voyage and the cover price all on their own. They didn’t just put on a show; they threw a party