Category: Features
-
PREVIEW: Damnation Festival, 3 November 2018
Damnation Festival 2018, November 3rd, Leeds, UK While the first weekend in November will be hosting Guy Fawkes celebrations across the country, Leeds University will have its own reason to celebrate: Damnation Festival 2018, which will be taking place on November 3rd at Leeds University’s Student Union. Over the years the festival has featured a…
-
Staff playlists, September 2018
Join us as we once again continue with this revived Hellbound tradition – our monthly staff picks/playlists. This time around we’ve got the usual categories, plus we’re taking a look back to highlight some albums from 2018 you may have missed. HELLBOUND RECOMMENDS Steve Earles Listening to: Hawkwind’s Road To Utopia. Even after all these…
-
METAL EVENTS YOU DON’T WANNA MISS – FALL 2018
The seasons turn and the metal goes on. As you settle into the fall (at least for those of us in the northern hemisphere), consider making your way out to one of the fall metal fests. Have we missed any good ones? Let us know! Festivals coming up in the final months of the year…
-
Welcoming the very first edition of Very Prog Festival
Exciting news for prog metal fans! There’s a brand new festival emerging dedicated to the genre: Very Prog Festival. Its very first edition will be taking place on October 12-13, 2018 at Le Metronum in Toulouse, France. Le Metronum, a 600 person capacity venue, welcomes bands round the year and is no newbie to hosting festivals.…
-
Staff playlists, August 2018
Join us as we continue with this revived Hellbound tradition – our monthly staff picks/playlists. Every few weeks we ask our contributors to weigh in on what they’re listening to, watching, going to see… Expect a few quirks and idiosyncrasies now and then, but these are our standard staff pick categories: Listening to – an…
-
TOXIK in Toronto – make-up date: 25 August 2018
Back in March, New York’s TOXIK were scheduled to play live dates in Quebec City, Montreal and Toronto. These shows didn’t happen – Toxik got stopped at the US/Canada border. But take-two is happening this month, with the band’s rescheduled date in Toronto set for Saturday, August 25 at Coalition T.O., presented by Heavy & Humble…
-
Festival preview: Aftershock 2018
With summer in full swing, as everyone heads (and has headed) out and about to take in their favorite music festival, let’s not forget one experience that is a must for any music lover: Monster Energy’s Aftershock Festival. Aftershock takes place October 13th and 14th in beautiful Discovery Park, located in Sacramento, California. For the 7th…
-
STAFF PICKS, JULY 2018
Join us as we continue with this revived Hellbound tradition – our monthly staff picks/playlists. Every few weeks we ask our regular and longtime contributors to weigh in on what they’re listening to, watching, going to see… Expect a few quirks and idiosyncrasies now and then, but these are our standard staff pick categories: Listening…
-
Metal events you don’t wanna miss: summer 2018
June ended and July began with one of the great international festivals: TUSKA (29.6.–1.7.2018 | SUVILAHTI, HELSINKI) and METALOCALYPSTICK 2018, a Western Canadian festival celebrating heavy metal and embracing the power of women in metal, punk and rock (June 30 – July 1 | metalocalypstickfest.rocks). Here we list some of the notable metal events scheduled throughout the…
-
Staff playlists: Happy Canada Day!
Join us as we combine two Hellbound traditions – our monthly staff picks and our annual Canada Day feature! Every few weeks this year we’ve asked our contributors to weigh in on what they’re listening to, watching, going to see… This month we carry on with the usual categories, but we’ve added a Canadian twist.…