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  • Photo Gallery: Sonata Arctica Live In Toronto, October 2, 2009

    Here are more photos of Finland’s Sonata Arctica, as shot by Hellbound.ca’s Adam Wills during their recent show with DragonForce at Toronto’s Opera House. All photos are copyright Adam Wills and Hellbound.ca

  • Blatant Self-Promotion: Porcupine Tree/King’s X Live Review on Exclaim.ca

    While Hellbound.ca is definitely my main focus these days, every now and then I still write for other places when asked. Way back before I launched Hellbound.ca back on June 1st, a Toronto date for Porcupine Tree and King’s X was announced in Toronto for September 30th and I pitched Exclaim! on doing a review…

  • My pre-teen dream was nearly dashed by a shitty soundsystem…

    When I was 10, the holy trinity of hard rock bands consisted of AC/DC, KISS, and…wait for it… Nazareth. The Scottish rockers had a shoulda-bin stadium stomper in “Hair of the Dog” and turned Joni Mitchell’s “This Flight Tonight” into a hard-rockin’ hit. I actually used to draw pictures of myself wearing a Nazareth T-Shirt.…

  • Axis Over Europe: Today Is The Day/Jucifer Tour Diary, Part One

    Supporting their Axis of Eden album last summer, the legendary experimental extreme metal/noise rock outfit Today Is The Day embarked on a successful, sonically violent multi-national European tour supported by the nomadic, dynamic duo Jucifer (they constantly tour and live in their RV), Pittsburgh’s grindcore outfit Complete Failure and Paris’ Four Question Marks. Hellbound.ca contributor…

  • Blatant Self-Promotion: Obituary Live Review on Exclaim.ca

    While Hellbound.ca is definitely my main focus these days, every now and then I still write for other places when asked. Exclaim! put out a call last Friday looking for someone to review that night’s Obituary show in Toronto, which I was going to cover for Hellbound.ca with a full review, so I wrote up…

  • Photo gallery: Skeletonwitch Live In Toronto, Sept 26, 2009

    While Sean did an interview with Scott from Skeletonwitch at their Toronto show on Friday night that should be on Hellbound.ca sometime next week, I thought I’d post up some of the photos I shot of them at their Toronto show this past Saturday.

  • Photo gallery: Tribute To Joe

    If you’ve been to a metal show in Toronto at anytime in the past 20 years, chances are you know or have seen Joe. None of us from Hellbound.ca know Joe personally, but we have been seeing him at shows since Sepultura in 1991. He has a fierce admiration for metal and, although he doesn’t…

  • Setlist from the Doro show

    Setlist for the recent Doro show in Toronto on Hellbound.ca

  • Blasphemy Blog: True Norwegian Black Jeans

    Music has been incorporated into fashion since, well, forever. The band t-shirt is a common article of clothing and music edition sneakers are a great way to support your favourite artist in style. I’ve lost count of every time someone has questioned the indecipherable logo sprawled across my shirt: “Ola, what the hell does that…

  • Reconsidering MC5’s High Time

    Struggling with drug addiction, interpersonal problems, and a dwindling fan base, MC5 cut High Time in 1971. The band which had ignited punk rock and upped the ante on rock ‘n roll’s protest ethic with a single live recording released its third album to lukewarm reviews and apathy from the record-buying public. High Time went…