Category: Canadian metal
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Hellbound Interviews : GUTVOID – June 2023
Tell us about the formation of GUTVOID in 2019. What brought you together? Sometime in 2018 Dan and myself (Brendan) were driving on Lake Shore and he was showing me some of the newer music he’d been listening to at the time – which included Krypts, Spectral Voice and Mortiferum. I’d fallen out of death…
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Hellbound Interviews : TRIBUNAL – January 15, 2023
From Vancouver, BC – TRIBUNAL cellist/bassist/vocalist Soren Mourne and guitarist/vocalist Etienne Flinn met with Danielle on Zoom in anticipation of the release of their debut, “The Weight Of Remembrance” this Friday, January 20th. I was already pretty enamoured with the album, which seemed to have had just the right timing for release – since the…
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Alexisonfire – Otherness LP
Alexisonfire Otherness 2LP (Dine Alone) The cool thing that Alexisonfire has always done (and this is not a claim that many bands can make) is that they have always challenged their audience without making it look intentional. When the band’s first album appeared in 2002, for example, the idea that three bands (Condemning Salem, Helicon…
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RAZOR, SACRIFICE and SLAUGHTER autograph signing this Saturday in Toronto
This Saturday night the fine folks at UXB Press have created a cool event happening at Sonic Boom Records in Toronto. They have arranged an autograph signing for their new Eve Of Darkness book, which will feature members of Razor, Sacrifice and Slaughter.
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Woodhawk – Violent Nature
I was fairly impressed with Beyond the Sun, the 2017 debut from Calgary heavy rock band Woodhawk – they blew the roof off the Bovine when they played here the following year, too. So that would probably make this one of my most anticipated Canadian releases of 2019. Violent Nature kicks off with the slithering…
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AMMO – Taking the Throne
Ammo‘s debut EP, Taking the Throne opens with one hell of a banger, “Tombstone City”. The opening track evokes heavy influences from the NWOBHM. The entire album is brimming with dual guitar melodies, powerful lyrics and driving rhythms. By the time I reached the title track, this strength quickly became played out. Sadly, “Taking The…
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Chron Goblin – Here Before
They didn’t start up until a couple years after I left town, but I’ve always followed Calgary stoner rock veterans Chron Goblin from afar. Now in their 10th year as a band, they’re issuing album number four next months on Grand Hand Records. I’ve always considered these guys to be Calgary’s closest thing to Kyuss,…
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Cruickshank – self-titled
This new Ontario noise rock band is made up of local metal scene veterans, dudes who’ve done time in outfits like Teethmarks and Greber. Their self-titled debut offers up 32 minutes of tuneage for people who like unhappy music. “Clouded” kicks things off, a three-minute, mid-tempo, grinding dirge that even throws some blastbeats into the…
