Category: Features
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Hellbound Interviews : MORBIKON’s “Land” Phil Hall – November 18, 2022
Having been totally taken in by MORBIKON “Ov Mournful Twilight” since its release this fall, Hellbound contributor Danielle Griscti was excited to speak with Phil “Land Phil” Hall (Municipal Waste, Cannabis Corpse, Iron Reagan) about it. Read the interview below, and listen to “Ov Mournful Twilight” on Bandcamp here via Tankcrimes Records. Hellbound (HB) :…
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Metal Picks to check out this Bandcamp Friday – December 2, 2022
Just like that, we’re here in December wondering how on earth we’re going to choose the overall “albums of the year” of 2022. In the meantime, here’s the freshest of the fresh on Bandcamp for your riff-ening pleasure. Read more about Bandcamp Friday. A FLOCK NAMED MURDER – “Garden of Embers” (single) https://aflocknamedmurder.bandcamp.com/ released December…
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Hellbound Interviews : EXHUMED’s Matt Harvey – November 10, 2022
It’s November 10th, 2022, and somewhere along the highway in a van on the way to Portland, Matt Harvey is getting ready to kick off a headlining tour with EXHUMED. Their latest album “TO THE DEAD” has been out since October 21st (via Relapse Records, links below). Hellbound’s Danielle Griscti was eager to pick his…
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Bandcamp Friday Picks – September 2022
Today – it’s time again for Bandcamp Friday, where the folks over at Bandcamp completely waive their revenue share in order to offer more support directly to the artists. More info is on the Bandcamp blog. Here are a couple of picks to guide you in navigating the huge catalogue that’s available: Silurian – End…
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Imperial Triumphant – Live – August 14th, Glasgow, UK
Sunday night – what better time for an evening of thinking man’s chaotic avant-garde black metal, namely Imperial Triumphant from New York. This show was another covid casaulty, originally penned in for last year but was inevitably postponed. Formed in 2005 by Zachary Ilya Ezrin, they released a few full-lengths but it was 2008’s Vile…
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Cattle Decapitation – Live – August 18th, Glasgow, UK
Hot off the trail of their debut appearance at Bloodstock Festival, American death/grinders Cattle Decapitation are back in Glasgow. In 2019, they released their prescient album Death Atlas and toured for it into the following year, before cancellations due to you-know-what. So this delayed European tour promotes that album and feels timely considering the global depression…
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Dr. Laura Wiebe (11 January 1976 – 16 August 2022)
My friend Laura Wiebe passed away earlier this week. I met Laura around 1995 when she was in a gothic metal band Embrace and they played a disastrous show in Guelph that I helped put together for my friends in Tchort (possibly still called Tchort and the Family Mantis at the time). Laura was smart,…
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Mayhem & Mortiis Live Review – Glasgow, UK
Finally, infamous Norwegian black metallers Mayhem are in Glasgow. A show initially penned for two years ago pre-plague. It’s third time lucky for this rescheduled date and the city is ready for it – the show is entirely sold out. Support comes from fellow Norwegian band, Mortiis. He was in an early incarnation of the seminal…