Category: Features
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INTERVIEW: AURA NOIR’S AGGRESSOR, APRIL 2018
In anticipation of the sixth album from the blackened thrash titans, Hellbound’s Danielle Griscti got the chance to ask a few questions of AURA NOIR’s Aggressor. Hellbound: It’s been more than 20 years for Aura Noir, where do you keep finding the energy and inspiration to keep creating? Because we only work with the music…
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DYING FETUS interview: Trey Williams in San Jose, March 2018
Ever hear a member of Dying Fetus sing John Denver? Check out Gene Gaona’s interview with drummer Trey Williams, recorded when the Dying Fetus / Thy Art Is Murder co-headlining tour swung into San Jose, California on March 30. Interview with Trey Williams of Dying Fetus, recorded by Gene Gaona at The Ritz in San Jose,…
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Staff picks, March 2018
This year we reintroduced an old 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 to – an…
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In memoriam: Metal luminaries pay tribute to Necrophagia’s Killjoy
Frank (Killjoy) Pucci, 1966-2018 Legendary death metal pioneer Frank “Killjoy” Pucci passed away Sunday, March 18. The frontman of the seminal act Necrophagia was 51 years old. His bandmates in Necrophagia—guitarist Serge Streltsov, bassist Jake Arnette and drummer Shawn Slusarek—announced his passing via a heartfelt Facebook post; however an official cause of death has not…
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Metal events you don’t wanna miss – spring 2018
As the weather warms and festival season approaches, we Hellbound folks are looking ahead to some of the significant metal events coming up this spring. If we’ve missed a fest or other metal gathering you’re looking forward to, let us know. Have a submission for the summer edition of this list? Speak up in the…
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Uterine Derangement: with much respect to Vile Creature
In celebration of anti-oppressive queer vegan Canadian science-fiction metal It’s thanks to my Kill Eat Exploit the Weak co-host – Hellbound photographer/web guy Adam Wills – that I first heard Vile Creature. We both have an affinity for doomy music. We’re always on the lookout for cool new Canadian metal for our show on CFMU…
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Interview: EXHUMED in Oakland CA, March 2018
EXHUMED and INCANTATION wrapped up a brief West Coast US tour with PHOBIA on March 3, 2018 in Oakland, California. Check out Gene Gaona’s conversation with Exhumed’s main man to hear Matt Harvey chatting about his bands (Exhumed but also Gruesome, Pounder), set lists, snow storms, progressive politics, censorship, Star Wars, football and more. Gene A.…
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Rob Halford: The Good Kind of Pride
In the metal world, Rob Halford is a man of important influence and inspiration. Halford, along with the band Judas Priest, paved the way for metal. Judas Priest stands among the godfathers of metal, like Black Sabbath, earning them high respect in the metal world. Musically, they took heavy guitar to a new level and perfected…
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From the archives: Octavia Sperati
Wise, Beautiful, Strong, and Haunting Metal is a male-dominated scene and has been since the first embryonic power chords belched forth from the gaping maw of hell. But in recent years the number of women metal musicians seems to be on a healthy incline, and despite the efforts of the misguided (and sometimes well-intentioned) to…
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The best uncelebrated metal of 2017
2017 was a solid year for metal, no doubt. I’ve noticed, while perusing “year end” lists, a lot of the same things coming in at the top. Credit where credit is due – some of the metal genre’s best bands released some awesome material – Enslaved coming in with another genre-bending masterpiece; Loss and Bell…