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Heathen – The Evolution of Chaos

The band’s energy is admirable, though, and as flawed as this album is, it’s still nice to hear them performing with passion once again.

February 26, 2010
Nechochwen – Azimuths to the Otherworld

Azimuths to the Otherworld is an album that demands to be taken in from start to finish. It asks the listener to engage with its many atmospheric layers as they appear.

February 25, 2010
Destinity – XI Reasons To See

It might not be as de rigueur as Deathspell Omega, Gojira, or Hacride, but Destinity definitely deserves to be recognized as one of the stronger bands in this increasingly promising recent wave of French extreme metal.

February 24, 2010
Armour – s/t

File this one under holy shit: Finland’s Armour have just released one of the finest slabs of eighties fueled heavy metal to come across the desk over here at Chez Hellbound in quite some time.

February 23, 2010
GIMME AN R! – THE STORY OF BRIAN VOLLMER, LEAD VOCALIST OF HELIX

Gimme an R! is one of those books that’s so bad, it’s awesome.

February 23, 2010
Rotting Christ – Aealo

Listening to the new Rotting Christ over and over, I like it, but I want to like it more than I do. Aealo is powerful and dramatic, sometimes violent, eerie, complicated or just plain straight-ahead catchy – a black-death fusion of metal and eastern folk. But there’s something that doesn’t quite click, or at least…

February 22, 2010
Helix – Vagabond Bones

One of Canada’s longest running hard rock/heavy metal bands, Vagabond Bones is Helix’s twelfth full-length studio album and twenty-first album release overall. I am very familiar with Helix’s work over the years, with eleven albums in my personal collection and I am glad to say that this one is a keeper.

February 22, 2010
I’ve pulled myself away from the Olympics to provide you with this piece of Canadian pride…

Alas, tis not a piece of VANOC-unapproved poetry by Vancouver poet laureate Brad Cran, but rather, a song from another B.C. artist that wouldn’t be allowed within shouting distance of the Games: the Dayglo Abortions.

February 20, 2010
Pure Fucking Mayhem: A film by Stefan Rydehed

Pure Fucking Mayhem is a film painted by various interviews of both the prominent and unknown, where much is discussed on the personalities of Mayhem’s infamous band members who have made a significant impact to Norwegian Black Metal.

February 19, 2010
Holy Grail – Improper Burial

Bottom line is this is fun metal played with over the top guitar shredding.

February 19, 2010