Category: Features
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Full Metal Parenting #8: GODS
A lot of metal fans will tell you that the genre has taken them on journeys to dark, unexpected, and wholly beautiful places, leading them to question nature, reality, and the meaning of existence. Well, welcome to parenthood! It’s pretty much the same, and often twice as loud. Parenting is livin’ after midnight by default…
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Primordial – Live at Cernunnos Festival preview
If you haven’t been fortunate enough to experience Primordial live, or if you have and just want to revisit the breautality of the band’s live performance, Metal Blade appears to be looking out for you. This latest find comes courtesy of Hellbounder Danielle Griscti: “Pretty well shot, sound is good, and the rendition of ‘Coffin…
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Wacken Metal Battle Canada thunders on
The latest news from Wacken Metal Battle Canada comes from the West coast, where Victoria thrash band Torrefy emerged triumphant in their home town. Torrefy move ahead to the WMBC Vancouver final to compete with Gushwhacker, Unbeheld, Resurgence, and Medevil – April 10 at the Rickshaw Theatre. Before Vancouver’s victor is announced, Edmonton’s final round takes place…
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Video Premiere: DEAD ASYLUM – Forgotten Sacrifice
Hellbound is proud to present the video premiere of “Forgotten Sacrifice” by Vancouver melodic death metal quartet Dead Asylum. Dead Asylum formed in Vancouver, BC at the end of 2011, featuring vocalist/guitarist Mike Lister, vocalist/guitarist Tyler Forde, bassist Tyler Meierhofer and drummer Samantha Landa. Dead Asylum’s style spans the spectrum of metal–combining elements of thrash…
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Pallbearer spring tour
The band whose 2014 release was named by Hellbound as #1 album of the year is just about to head out on the road. Pallbearer kick off their spring 2015 tour March 20th in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and cross over into Canada (Vancouver) at the end of the month (March 30). After more American dates they cross the border again in…
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Metal events you don’t want to miss in Toronto – March Madness Edition
Danielle Griscti offers a rundown of of what’s coming up metal-wise in Toronto in the latest addition to our Events You Don’t Want to Miss series in this, the 2015 March Madness Edition. Thursday the 5th Godstopper, Guiltfeeder, Demonic Possessor, Greber The Boat/9 p.m./$5 www.facebook.com/events/1376483369319810 Saturday the 7th Metalian, Demontage, Droid Bovine/9 p.m./$10 *19+ Neurotic www.facebook.com/events/801759336527678 Saturday the 14th Fuck…
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Get out your popcorn kiddies, MUTANK is coming
A deranged lunatic broke out of an insane asylum (which was really a front for a mutagenic testing facility) with a strong sexual magnetism towards nuclear waste. Upon finding a discarded vat of the stuff in a nearby swamp, he proceeded to pound-off into the glowing green slime. The smell brought back memories of his…
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Relapse Records: 25 Years of Contamination
Now available from Relapse Records: “Celebrate 25 years of independent metal with over 180 tracks from our catalog! From death and doom to grind and hardcore to experimental and noise, get acquainted with our entire roster and help us celebrate a quarter century of contamination!” Right away I got a new discovery, and I was only…
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Anticipating: Enslaved – In Times (March 10)
Available on March 10th 2015 in North America, from the folks over at Nuclear Blast, it’s ENSLAVED with In Times. So far only an edited version of one track has been released. These guys know very well their fans will still bite though – with a discography like theirs, one doesn’t really need to hesitate too…
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Anticipating: Melechesh – Enki (out March 10)
Available on March 10th 2015 in North America, from the folks over at Nuclear Blast, it’s MELECHESH with Enki. Promising to add yet another solid full length to their just about flawless repertoire, MELECHESH are set for a European tour to perform tasty new tracks like “Multiple Truths” (lyric video below). MELECHESH accompanied by a…