Category: Reviews – Live

Hellbound is always there, lurking in the crowd, while the band blisters the very air.

  • Clutch / Orange Goblin / Lionize / Scorpion Child @ Sound Academy, Toronto ON, April 18, 2013

    Clutch / Orange Goblin / Lionize / Scorpion Child @ Sound Academy, Toronto ON, April 18, 2013

    Hellbound Metal: “As Clutch tore into a blistering rendition of “Crucial Velocity” off of this year’s excellent album Earth Rocker, the crowd began its metamorphosis into one singular entity; a living, breathing cyclone of energy. For the next 90 minutes Neil commanded the stage like a preacher gone mad, pointing his fingers wildly in the…

  • Absu/Sylvus/Empyrean Plague @ Annex Wreckroom, Toronto, ON, April 15, 2013

    Absu/Sylvus/Empyrean Plague @ Annex Wreckroom, Toronto, ON, April 15, 2013

    On April 15th, Absu visited Toronto once more with local guests Sylvus and Empyrean Plague. Here is a recap of the evening; photos and words by Danielle Griscti

  • Graveyard / The Shrine @ The Shelter, Detroit, MI, February 4, 2013

    “Graveyard had tapped into a human condition that made a roomful of strangers no longer seem strange. It’s not something you can experience every day, but it’s certainly something worth waiting for.” Live review and photography by Renee Trotier

  • ProgPower USA 2012 Recap Day 1

    ProgPower USA 2012 Recap Day 1

    ProgPower USA 2012 had one of its most diverse line ups in the festival’s history. Here is Justin Richardson’s recap of the first day of last September’s festival, which included performances by Sinbreed, Kingcrow, Amaranthe, Serenity, Primordial, Redemption and Epica. Review recap and all concert photography by Justin Richardson.

  • Gojira / Devin Townsend Project / The Atlas Moth @ The Phoenix, Toronto, ON, February 13, 2013

    Gojira / Devin Townsend Project / The Atlas Moth @ The Phoenix, Toronto, ON, February 13, 2013

    A capacity crowd came together at Toronto’s Phoenix Concert Theatre last week to witness France’s mighty Gojira, Canada’s own Devin Townsend Project, and Chicago’s critically acclaimed The Atlas Moth, and what a show it was. Hellbound’s Adam Wills was there to witness the whole thing.

  • 70,000 Tons of Metal 2013, Part Three

    Day three of this year’s 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise started off at Grand Turk with fun in the sun and continued into the late hours, with live sets from Metal Church, Helloween, Nile, Immolation, Doro and many, many more Live review by Adrien Begrand; Live photos by Marc Hansen, Michael Jagla, Ag Babin, and…

  • 70,000 Tons of Metal 2013, Part Two

    Day Two, 285 nautical miles southwest of Miami, the fun continues on the 2013 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise. Highlights include Arkona, Anaal Nathrakh, Doro, Kreator, Rage and more. Live review by Adrien Begrand; Live photos by Marc Hansen, Michael Jagla, Ag Babin, and Adrien Begrand.

  • 70,000 Tons of Metal 2013, Part One

    After attending Barge to Hell in December, I had absolutely no idea that I’d be returning to Miami some five weeks later to the same port, the same ship, the same crew even, to cover the third annual 70,000 Tons of Metal. But as anyone will tell you, when you have a chance to go…

  • Barge To Hell Cruise Recap Part 4

    In early December the inaugural BARGE TO HELL cruise sailed from Miami, FL to Nassau, Bahamas and back and featured live performances by forty-two metal bands. Hellbound.ca was lucky enough to have been able to send some of its contributors on the cruise and here is what they had to say about the performances that…

  • Barge To Hell Cruise Recap Part 3

    Barge To Hell Cruise Recap Part 3

    Earlier this month the inaugural BARGE TO HELL cruise sailed from Miami, FL to Nassau, Bahamas and back and featured live performances by forty-two metal bands. Hellbound.ca was lucky enough to have been able to send some of its contributors on the cruise and here is what they had to say about the performances that…