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  • Hammerfall – Gates of Dalhalla

    Hammerfall – Gates of Dalhalla

    By Lauren Leuschner Sweden’s own Hammerfall have taken a well deserved break in 2013, but before they go on to the next chapter the band has chosen to commemorate 15 years together with a very special live performance. Released on a DVD/2 CD pack titled Gates of Dalhalla, the 2-hour 15 minute live show takes place…

  • Tidal Arms – Tidal Arms

    Tidal Arms – Tidal Arms

    By Gruesome Greg Although their self-titled is actually the second album from this Brooklyn-based trio, it happens to be their first that I’ve actually heard.  Can I just say props for having a song named “Jelloshotgun”?  I could use one of those… Anyways, what we’ve got here are 10 tracks of angly, jangly, mathy post-metal that…

  • Avichi – Catharsis Absolute

    Avichi – Catharsis Absolute

    By Matt Hinch Dark times call for dark music. So it happened that following my grandmother’s passing last week Catharsis Absolute by Avichi came around on my playlist. And stayed there for days as I grieved. What Avichi mastermind Aamonael (aka Adam Markuszewski) performing as this one-man black metal project has managed to do is…

  • Postures – Postures

    Postures – Postures

    By Gruesome Greg The album cover of this Swedish quintet’s debut reminds me of a 70’s prog rock record, and both female vocals and Hammond organ are said to feature prominently throughout, so colour me intrigued. The album opens with a mellow interlude, “Circles,” setting the tone for “Heavy Tremor,” which glides out of the…

  • Alcest – Shelter

    The Prophecy Productions write-up for Alcest’s fourth full-length album, Shelter, states that the record is “about the concept of shelter as a safe place that allows everybody to escape reality for an instant, to reunite with what we really are, deep down.” For myself, Shelter is like a vacation. At first it’s exciting and enthralling…

  • Indian – From All Purity

    By Gruesome Greg These Chicago sludgesters are a filthy, dirty beast that would rather rape your ears than shake your hand. Case in point, the first song on their six-song, sixth album is simply entitled “Rape.” Yeah, they went there… And thus, they skip the foreplay and head straight to the pummeling with an opening…

  • Harsh Toke – Light Up and Live

    “It’s the perfect storm of elements for a stoner’s wet dream.”

  • Culted – Oblique to All Paths

    Culted – Oblique to All Paths

    By Gruesome Greg Bit of an interesting back story to this death-doom unit, mostly from Winnipeg, but with a Swedish singer they’ve never actually met in person, exchanging songs over the internet and whatnot. OK, so maybe that’s not so unusual in this day and age. Anyhoo, the band’s sophomore effort begins with massive, 19-minute…

  • Hellbound.ca INDIVIDUAL TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2013

    Ask the Hellbound writers what the best albums of 2013 were and you get a wide-ranging list covering well over 100 records. It’s a sign of our diverse but discerning tastes. It’s also a powerful reminder of what a great year it’s been for metal.

  • HELLBOUND.CA’s TOP 10 METAL ALBUMS OF 2013

    HELLBOUND.CA’s TOP 10 METAL ALBUMS OF 2013

    Hellbound’s writers compared notes on the top albums of 2013, and though we didn’t always agree, we did manage to identify some areas of collective appreciation. And so… (drum roll) Here are the best ten metal albums of 2013, according to Hellbound. (The math never lies!)