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  • Just got back from Austin, and boy, are my arms fat!

    Seriously man, don’t drop me in an area surrounded by fast-food and Mexican restaurants and expect me to lose weight. That aside, the inaugural edition of the Housecore Horror Film+Metalfest was an agile affair…

  • Sasquatch – IV

    By Gruesome Greg Album number four from these Small Stone stoner vets shows that they haven’t lost their grooves after all these years—12, to be exact. Ever the pulsating, pounding, head-nodding goodness is what you’ll find inside. This outfit leans more towards the straight-forward Fu Manchu style, as opposed to the tripped-out psychedelic grooves of…

  • Anathema / Alcest / Mamiffer @ The Opera House, Toronto ON, September 18th, 2013

    Anathema / Alcest / Mamiffer @ The Opera House, Toronto ON, September 18th, 2013

    I cannot speak for the whole audience attending Wednesday’s show, but from where I was standing that night there was a palpable sense of excitement in the minutes leading up to Anathema’s arrival on stage. For many, it was finally the long-awaited opportunity to see them deliver a full-band performance in Toronto. They did not…

  • Kylesa – From The Vaults Vol 1

    From the Vaults more than satiated fans eagerly awaiting Ultraviolet’s release, and also serves as an excellent primer to the Kylesa pantheon for those just discovering the band.

  • Korn – The Paradigm Shift

    The Paradigm Shift sees the band stepping back on the road facing the right direction. It sounds like they might be on their way here and album twelve might see the band back to being Korn at their best – as long as they don’t get distracted or diverted.

  • Motorhead – Aftershock

    It’s a great thing to have a new Motorhead album in 2013, especially when it is as solid as this one is. Aftershock does not disappoint throughout and is another great addition to the band’s catalogue. Long live Motorhead!

  • Steve Hackett @ Oakville Centre For the Arts, Oakville ON, October 8, 2013

    Steve Hackett @ Oakville Centre For the Arts, Oakville ON, October 8, 2013

    On October 8th former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett and his current band played two-and-a-half hours of classic Genesis material at Oakville’s Centre For the Arts. Here is Sean Palmerston’s recap of the night, with live photography by Albert Mansour.

  • The Witchfinder Radio Interview With Author Laina Dawes

    by Jason Wellwood I recently caught up with Hellbound contributor and author Laina Dawes to chat with her about her excellent book ‘What Are You Doing Here? A Black Woman’s Life and Liberation In Heavy Metal’ released last year through Bazillion Points Publishing. We also chatted about her indiegogo campaign to take the book on…

  • Ghoul – Intermediate Level Hardcore

    Hellbound Metal: “The EP flies by in less than seven and a half minutes and each second oozes bloodsoaked fun. It’s a riotous good time full of aggression and tongue-in-cheek humour.”

  • Windhand – Soma

    By Gruesome Greg After hearing this female-fronted Virigina doom troupe’s contribution to the Cough split, I was very much looking forward to their full-length album seeing the light of day. That said, it’s taken me a few weeks just to get around to listening to it for the first time. Why? Because with six tracks…