Early Graves – Goner
If you like it mean, fast, crusty and hammering, check out Goner, it’s a housewrecker of a disc.
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Happy 1st Birthday HELLBOUND.CA!
Today is the first anniversary of the launch of HELLBOUND.CA! One year ago the site went live for the first time with a small staff of excellent, dedicated writers and hopeful plans that we’d be able to stick it out. Now twelve months later we are still here with a cracking staff of writers, a pretty sizeable archive of reviews, interviews and features and a growing readership of some of the most fervent metal fans on the planet.
Thank you to everyone that has contributed
Portal/ Krallice/ Bloody Panda @ Mohawk Place, Buffalo NY May 24, 2010
The energy that Portal projected, both in their music and their sheer physical presence, was overwhelming. Every gesture that The Curator made was impossibly intense. I spent the entire set staring wildly up at the band, certain that any moment something Very Bad was going to happen. They’re masters at wielding this carefully managed sense of dread. Portal is aptly named; when they were on stage, reality felt somehow thinner than it was before.
Natalie Zed reviews the May 24th performance by Portal, Krallice and Bloody Panda at Buffalo, NY’s Mohawk Place. Concert photography by Adam Wills.
Godsmack – The Oracle
It has been a Godsmack trademark to toss out allusions to material that is more interesting and more ambitious than their commercial hits would seem to suggest. As The Oracle offers up its share of such material, it will be interesting to see where the band continues to take things from here.
Photo Gallery: 1349 @ Opera House, Toronto ON, April 28, 2010
Here are some of my photos of 1349, live in Toronto on April 28, 2010. I will put up pics of the other bands in the days to come
Gamma Ray – To The Metal
As this is essentially a workmanlike album from a workhorse band, it is hard to conjure much excitement for To The Metal. It commits few misdeeds. It offers even fewer triumphs.
Soulfly – Omen
The thing about Omen is that it feels like Soulfly is running through the motions in a lot of ways. The clue to that lies (again) in the Jeffrey Dahmer referencing; the cannibal was arrested and tossed in the can in 1992. He died in ’94; this was the best the band could do?
Gone Fishing on Monday!
Hey everybody, since Monday is a holiday in Canada (Victoria Day for those unaware) we will be going fishing. See you Tuesday!
So, Barn Burner is (apparently) playing Sneaky Dee’s tonite…
Despite a complete and utter lack of promotion, it’s worth noting that one of Metal Blade’s up-and-coming Canadian signings are in town this evening.
Witchery – Witchkrieg
By Adrien Begrand Although there aren’t many metal side projects that are actually worth getting very excited about, without question, every time Witchery puts…