Category: Features
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The MELVINS in San Francisco: Hellbound video interview
Mean Gene Gaona sits down with Buzz, Dale and Steven from the Melvins at The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, CA on July 10, 2017. The interview: Recorded by Todd Owens. The Melvins: King Buzzo: guitar, vocals Dale Crover: drums, vocals Steven McDonald: bass, vocals The trailer: The music: The tour:…
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UK Thrash: Part 4
Noted UK punk rock journalist Ian Glasper recently announced that he’s writing a book on the history of UK thrash metal, to be published in 2018. That announcement got me thinking about all the old-school UK thrash and crossover bands I used to listen to back in the day, and the ones that I still…
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SUAKA song premiere: I Am The Way
NYC-based Indonesian thrash band SUAKA have a new record out July 28, with a US tour kicking off the same day. Listeners can preview album tracks “Destroyer” and “Polisi Tidur” via Bandcamp, and today Hellbound presents the latest single from TIGA: “I Am the Way.” SUAKA’s heavy metal home base may now be New York…
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UK Thrash: Part 3
Noted UK punk rock journalist Ian Glasper recently announced that he’s writing a book on the history of UK thrash metal, to be published in 2018. That announcement got me thinking about all the old school UK thrash and crossover bands I used to listen to back in the day, and the ones that I…
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EXMORTUS interview: at The Chapel, San Francisco CA, 8 July 2017
Earlier this month Exodus invaded San Francisco to headline two back-to-back nights of heavy metal mayhem at The Chapel. Hellbound’s Mean Gene Gaona and Todd Owens were there and got a chance to hang out with one of the bands joining Exodus on July 8th: EXMORTUS. The conversation covered a lot of ground, from touring…
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UK Thrash: Part 2
Noted UK punk rock journalist Ian Glasper recently announced that he’s writing a book on the history of UK thrash metal, to be published in 2018. That announcement got me thinking about all the old school UK thrash and crossover bands I used to listen back in the day, and the ones that I still…
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UK Thrash: Part 1
UK author Ian Glasper has written a number of books on the history of punk rock, including Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980–1984, and The Day the Country Died: A History of Anarcho Punk 1980–1984. Both of those books feature in-depth commentaries and scores of detailed band biographies, and I was thrilled to…
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SUFFOCATION interview: Terrance Hobbs + Kevin Muller, Social Hall SF CA, 15 June 2017
Hellbound’s Todd Owens interviews Terrance Hobbs and Kevin Muller of Suffocation, on tour with Morbid Angel, Revocation and Withered, June 2017. They talk set lists, touring non-stop, metal festivals, songwriting, gear and much more. Recorded at Social Hall in San Francisco CA, June 15, 2017. The interview: More on latest Suffocation release …Of The Dark Light: 1st…
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Heavy Metal Canada Day, eh? The throwback edition
Here at Hellbound it’s been our practice to honour our Canadian origins with regular celebrations of Canadian heavy metal. We do this every year’s end with our top Canadian albums lists, but we also do this every July 1, Canada Day, when we Canucks celebrate our nation’s birthday. This year’s post is, in part, a…
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Revocation interview: David Davidson in San Francisco, 15 June 2017
Mean Gene Gaona interviewed David Davidson at the Social Hall in San Francisco, California, when Revocation was on tour with Morbid Angel, Suffocation, and Withered. Their conversation included discussion of the then current tour and touring plans for the future (see tour dates below), global cuisine, Davidson’s new side project, and much more. Recorded by Todd…