Category: Features
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Dragged Into Sunlight – American tour blog 2016
I tagged along with England’s Dragged Into Sunlight for their first journey across America in 2012. I did so again for their second American tour last summer that spanned 27 cities. Comparing crowd sizes to their initial go around (about 50 to 75 people per show) to this time (100 to 400), it’s obvious that…
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Spring festing in Canada, metal style (part 1)
CEMR Metalfest April 6-9, 2017 Headliners: Plant Eater (Saskatchewan), Display of Decay (Alberta), Terrifier (BC) Presented by CEMR Metalfest and Voxx Promos S/T- Ep by Planet Eater – SK Dust of Existence by display of decayhttp://thesludgelord.blogspot.ca/2017/01/terrifier-album-premiere-canadian.html 420 Music & Arts Festival April 20-22, 2017 Headliners: WO FAT (Dallas, TX), ANCIIENTS (Vancouver), BLACK MASTIFF (Edmonton/Vancouver) Distortion,…
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Borealis – World of Silence MMXVII
It’s been nearly seven years since I reviewed an independently-released debut album from a power metal band out of Orangeville, Ontario. I liked the first Borealis record then, and unlike some of the other albums that briefly captured my attention over the years, World of Silence has stayed with me. I’m always happy for a…
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Darkwell takes on Metropolis with Moloch (2016)
Have a taste for gothic metal, science fiction and silent film? If so, you might want to check out the latest from Austria’s Darkwell. The album, entitled Moloch, looks back to Fritz Lang’s science fiction classic, Metropolis (1927) for inspiration. An early taste of the new material arrived last August with the video for lead…
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Darkwell: interview with Roland Wurzer
Alive and Stronger than Ever This interview was originally published in Unrestrained! magazine in 2005. Some bands seem to release an album every year or two, writing quickly, recording quickly, and in between spending months on end on the road. Although Austria’s Darkwell is nearly six years old and released their debut, Suspiria, close to…
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TOP 10 CANADIAN ALBUMS of 2016, part two
Not all our Canadian favourites made it to this year’s top ten list (hellbound.ca/2016/12/hellbounds-top-10-canadian-albums-2016). For that reason we share with you here the top Canadian metal picks from each of the Hellbound writers who chimed in for our end-of-year Canadian metal ‘best of’. Hellbounders’ Canadian picks of 2016: the individual lists Gruesome Greg 1. La Chinga…
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HELLBOUND’S TOP 10 CANADIAN ALBUMS OF 2016
This has gotta be the first time that Hellbound’s top two Canadian albums were even on my list, but I think that speaks to what excellent records Anciients and Blood Ceremony put out in 2016—a few writers had even ranked them as their personal top two. Canadian legends Gorguts, Voivod and Devin Townsend round out…
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Hellbound Year End 2016: Collective Top 10
Hellbound’s End of Year Wrap Up: Part 10 Well, hell’s bells – 2016 was a hellride of a year, wasn’t it?! As the New Year comes creeping in with trepidation, the individual members of Team Hellbound take a look back at our favourites of the year, give our personal thoughts on the state of heavy metal in…
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Hellbound Year End 2016: Laura Wiebe
Hellbound’s End of Year Wrap Up: Part 9 Well, hell’s bells – 2016 was a hellride of a year, wasn’t it?! As the New Year comes creeping in with trepidation, the individual members of Team Hellbound take a look back at our favourites of the year, give our personal thoughts on the state of heavy metal in 2016,…
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Hellbound Year End 2016: Kyle Harcott
Hellbound’s End of Year Wrap Up: Part 8 Well, hell’s bells – 2016 was a hellride of a year, wasn’t it?! As the New Year approaches with trepidation, the individual members of Team Hellbound take a look back at our favorites of the year, give our personal thoughts on the state of heavy metal in 2016, and…