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Augury – Concealed

Bound in a new digipak format, featuring updated artwork, a remastered sound and two new bonus tracks consisting of demo tracks to their 2009 album, Fragmentary Evidence, Concealed still has the same crushing effect today as it did seven years ago.

April 11, 2011
Death, taxes and Acid Mothers Temple…

Three signs that it’s April: 1) Time to pay the taxman! 2) Start of the NHL playoffs (or as the Leafs call it, golf season) 3) The Acid Mothers Temple is playing at El Mocambo

April 9, 2011
Pentagram – Last Rites

Last Rites is the album that many of us had hoped Pentagram would someday make but never thought they would. It is heavy, hooky and one of the nicest surprises of 2011.

April 8, 2011
Fair to Midland / Periphery / Scale the Summit @ the Mod Club, Toronto ON, March 29th 2011

Natalie Zed reviews the March 29, 2011 performance by Fair To Midland, Periphery and Scale The Summit at Toronto’s Mod Club.

April 8, 2011
FINNISH METAL TOUR Wrap-Up: March 10, 2011 in Charlotte NC/ March 11, 2011 in Raleigh, NC

“Being the last night of the tour, we were treated to various members of the other bands taking the stage. Mikko from Barren Earth/Swallow the Sun jumped on stage at the very beginning and sported a pig nose and a leather police cap. Other guys who joined Finntroll during the evening were Olli-Pekka Laine and…

April 8, 2011
HELLBOUND RADIO: March 27, 2011 Playlist

Here is what we played on the March 27, 2011 edition of Hellbound Radio

April 7, 2011
Argus – Boldly Stride the Doomed

Boldly strides Argus, lookout!

April 7, 2011
Dying Fetus – Infatuation With Malevolence (reissue)

Relapse has remastered the album and it sounds phenomenal compared to the original. The instruments are crystal clear and the drums and bass have more weight to them giving the music more depth.

April 6, 2011
Timo Tolkki – Saana: Warrior of Light Pt. 1

Metal it ain’t but as far as music and letting your artistic side loose, Timo Tolkki has done a fantastic job with this album. It really is beautiful.

April 6, 2011
SXSW Day 1 Videos: Kvelertak, Worm Ouroboros, Witch Mountain and Agalloch

Just before heading down to SXSW this year I bought a new Kodak Sport handheld camera to document some of the bands I saw. Here are some videos that I made of bands that I saw on my first day there, Thursday, March 17th

April 6, 2011