Category: Features
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AMATEUR CONCERT PHOTOGRAPHY HOUR: OM, Melvins, Crowbar, June 19-23, 2015
I must admit, I’m not as big into NXNE as I used to be. I just don’t have the stamina anymore to stay up till 3 am 3-4 nights in a row, running from venue to venue in search of heavy music. These days, I only do NXNE when there’s someone I really wanna see…and…
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Christopher Lee (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015): An Appreciation
It is very sad for me to write this obituary. Christopher Lee was, and still is, one of my great heroes, and his passing has left the world emptier than he found it. But Lee achieved much in his long, well-lived life. His career as a performer spanned almost 70 years (!), encompassing everything from…
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Hellbound summer metal fest guide (staff picks for 2015)
TUSKA photo above by Aku-Axel Muukka. It’s been a couple of weeks now since Maryland Death Fest wrapped up for another year. Time to look ahead to what else the summer festival season has to offer the metal-inclined. Well, actually, our current staff picks for summer fest highlights look more like a June onslaught, a July…
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In From Out Of Nowhere – Round Eye Emerges
Ask any rock fan – even the disciples of the deepest quadrants of the underground – and none will proclaim that Shanghai is a hub of rock excitement. The city never jumps to mind when one thinks of rock n’ roll; places like New York, Los Angeles, London, Cleveland, Austin, Seattle, Toronto, Detroit and Liverpool…
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Anti-Flag: Against The Odds
It seems deliberately discordant in many ways, but some bands need to fight their battles on an uphill incline in order for them to produce their own best selves. These kinds of bands are the sort which need to feel as though they have something to prove because they’ve been knocked down or counted out,…
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Events You Don’t Want to Miss, Toronto – May 2015 Mostly Metal edition
Danielle Griscti offers a rundown of of what’s coming up metal-wise (mostly metal, anyway) in Toronto in the latest entry in our Events You Don’t Want to Miss series. Wednesday the 6th Knurl, Andrew Hock, Cetacea, Scalp Elevator Jam Factory, 8pm, $6 www.facebook.com/events/1595414454071229 Sunday the 10th Zephyr with Brenna MacCrimmon Smiling Buddha, 7pm, $10 www.facebook.com/events/1608058956099128 Friday the 15th…
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MAY DAY: another round of staff playlists
It’s been a few months but we’re back with another round of Hellbound staff playlists. Here are some current favourites and a taste of what our contributors have been listening to. Bill Adams Round Eye – s/t (Ripping Records): I can’t quit this album! A great compromise between western indie punk and eastern flavoring, this sounds quite unlike…
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May Metal Madness In Limerick!
Planning to be in Limerick this month? Here are a few events to look out for, courtesy of our Irish correspondent… May brings no less than three metal gigs to the famous Dolans venue in Limerick City: Negura Bunget on Friday 8th of May at 8.00pm (tickets 12 Euros). Then… On the 16th of May, Bad Reputation…
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The Dark Side of the Big Easy – interview with Sean Yseult
The Scott Edwards Gallery presents Sean Yseult – Soirée D’Evolution: Tableaux Vivants et Nature Morte April 16 to June 14 Let’s play a little game. I’ll describe a city and you tell me where it is. This city has secret societies, a penchant for debauchery and a general love for the the dark and occult. If you…
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From the archives – Type O Negative: Geriatric ‘Souldiers’ of Rock and Roll
Originally published in Unrestrained! in 2007. Peter Steele says he’s a “souldier,” a “tool of god.” And as that tool, Steele (who’s best known as the bassist/frontman of Type O Negative) claims it’s his duty to transmit god’s unpopular message any way he can – whether that’s through “rock and roll or heavy metal or…