Category: Features
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Heavy Metal vs Cancer in Kitchener, ON
Kitchener Metalfest May 28th, 2016 @ The Wax Kitchener Metalfest is a non-profit fundraising event for the Grand River Regional Cancer Centre and a showcase of local and upcoming metal bands, four years running and getting bigger each year. Still need some additional motivation? How about raffle prizes like a Soilwork package donated by Dirk Verbeuren and…
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Slowly We Rot: The Resounding Influence of Death Metal Album Art
By Connor Glaze (www.smashwords.com/profile/view/cglaze) The 13th of February marked the 46th anniversary of Black Sabbath’s self-titled debut album. Looking at the fast, feverish development of it all over past decades, it’s hard to believe that metal as we know it is almost half a century old! It’s been a long time since Sabbath were first…
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Canadian metal new release round-up: April 2016 edition
Another Hellbound / Kill Eat Exploit the Weak run down of recent Canadian metal releases… Let us know if something heavy and Canadian has come out lately and missed our notice. Catching up: Frostbite – Etching Obscurity released 5 Feb 2016 (Montreal, Québec) Etching Obscurity by Frostbite Alder – Sun Worshipper released 20 Feb 2016…
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Black Absinthe – “Winter” track premiere
Hellbound is happy to present “Winter,” the latest track from Early Signs Of Denial, the debut studio album from modern heavy metal band Black Absinthe. The Toronto (ON, Canada) three-piece was formed in 2011 by vocalist and guitarist Jack Cerre, bassist Kyle Scarlett and drummer Austin Henderson. They released their debut EP, Augusta, in 2012…
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Diemonds is a band on the rise
By Madison McSweeney (rantsandwritingsblog.wordpress.com) After signing with eOne in 2015, Toronto glam-metal act Diemonds released their first major label album Never Wanna Die, which combines aggressive riffing with hair-metal hooks. Hot off a Juno nomination for Heavy Metal Album of the Year, frontwoman Priya Panda took a break from her rehearsal schedule to chat about the…
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Interview: Jesse Matthewson from KEN mode
Last October, Hellbound’s Gabe Hugh had the chance to talk to Jesse Matthewson from KEN mode at their tour stop in Kingston, Ontario. Here, finally, is the Q&A that emerged from that encounter. Hellbound: You guys are currently on the “Huge Success” tour. What are some essential dining and foods that are always part of…
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Interview: Tom Remigio, vocalist of Panzerfaust and Inertia employee
Inertia Entertainment marked its 20th anniversary with a celebratory show, held at Toronto’s Opera House on February 27, 2016. Inertia employee Tom Remigio was there for the birthday party but as vocalist of Canadian “black metal fundamentalists” Panzerfaust he was there to perform as well. Hellbound contributor Gabe Hughes had a chance to ask Remigio a…
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Another Canadian metal new release round-up, 12 March 2016
Here at Hellbound we’re always trying to keep tabs on what’s new in Canadian metal. Our latest efforts include what’s turning out to be a bi-weekly round up of new Canadian releases we’re aware of, in collaboration with the radio show I host with Adam Wills, Kill Eat Exploit the Weak. If you have a release to…
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Canadian Metal – New Release Round-Up: February 2016, part 2
As I mentioned in the first of these posts, Adam Wills and I are always seeking out new Canadian metal releases to highlight on our CFMU* show, Kill Eat Exploit the Weak. Today’s entry is the third of the year, covering Canadian metal released between February 13 and today, February 26, 2016 (more or less). As always,…
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Interview: Rebel Wizard
Hellbound contributor Jason Oberuc recently had a chance to pose some questions to Australia’s Rebel Wizard. Read the Q&A below. Hey, Bob, how’s it going? I hope all is well with you. Now tell me a little bit about how this project started. I know you’ve had an atmospheric black metal project Nekrasov since 1997 that…