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  • Metal Fest Rundown – Winter 2019

    Metal Fest Rundown – Winter 2019

    A rundown of some of the metal festivals taking over the world in January, February and March… Black Flags Over Brooklyn “Anti-fascist, anti-racist extreme metal festival held in the dark heart of Brooklyn” January 25-26th ~ Brooklyn, NY Vile Creature, Dawn Ray’d, Cloud Rat, Occultist… https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-flags-over-brooklyn-fest-pass-tickets-52898497831 Brews & Bruise Fest March 29th-30th ~ Diesel Concert…

  • PREVIEW: Damnation Festival, 3 November 2018

    PREVIEW: Damnation Festival, 3 November 2018

    Damnation Festival 2018, November 3rd, Leeds, UK While the first weekend in November will be hosting Guy Fawkes celebrations across the country, Leeds University will have its own reason to celebrate: Damnation Festival 2018, which will be taking place on November 3rd at Leeds University’s Student Union. Over the years the festival has featured a…

  • METAL EVENTS YOU DON’T WANNA MISS – FALL 2018

    METAL EVENTS YOU DON’T WANNA MISS – FALL 2018

    The seasons turn and the metal goes on. As you settle into the fall (at least for those of us in the northern hemisphere), consider making your way out to one of the fall metal fests. Have we missed any good ones? Let us know! Festivals coming up in the final months of the year…

  • Welcoming the very first edition of Very Prog Festival

    Welcoming the very first edition of Very Prog Festival

    Exciting news for prog metal fans! There’s a brand new festival emerging dedicated to the genre: Very Prog Festival. Its very first edition will be taking place on October 12-13, 2018 at Le Metronum in Toulouse, France. Le Metronum, a 600 person capacity venue, welcomes bands round the year and is no newbie to hosting festivals.…

  • TOXIK in Toronto – make-up date: 25 August 2018

    TOXIK in Toronto – make-up date: 25 August 2018

    Back in March, New York’s TOXIK were scheduled to play live dates in Quebec City, Montreal and Toronto. These shows didn’t happen – Toxik got stopped at the US/Canada border. But take-two is happening this month, with the band’s rescheduled date in Toronto set for Saturday, August 25 at Coalition T.O., presented by Heavy & Humble…

  • Festival preview: Aftershock 2018

    Festival preview: Aftershock 2018

    With summer in full swing, as everyone heads (and has headed) out and about to take in their favorite music festival, let’s not forget one experience that is a must for any music lover: Monster Energy’s Aftershock Festival. Aftershock takes place October 13th and 14th in beautiful Discovery Park, located in Sacramento, California. For the 7th…

  • Metal events you don’t wanna miss: summer 2018

    Metal events you don’t wanna miss: summer 2018

    June ended and July began with one of the great international festivals: TUSKA (29.6.–1.7.2018 | SUVILAHTI, HELSINKI) and METALOCALYPSTICK 2018, a Western Canadian festival celebrating heavy metal and embracing the power of women in metal, punk and rock (June 30 – July 1 | metalocalypstickfest.rocks). Here we list some of the notable metal events scheduled throughout the…

  • Metal vs cancer: Kitchener Metalfest 2018

    Metal vs cancer: Kitchener Metalfest 2018

    Raising funds + raising awareness on May 26th Kitchener Metalfest returns on Saturday, May 26 for a celebration of metal and a ‘frak off’ to cancer. Beyond raising money, the organizers also aim to raise awareness about cancer prevention. Concert-goers can pick up some useful health information while enjoying some live metal – Vesperia, Atria, Maitreya,…

  • Metal events you don’t wanna miss – spring 2018

    Metal events you don’t wanna miss – spring 2018

    As the weather warms and festival season approaches, we Hellbound folks are looking ahead to some of the significant metal events coming up this spring. If we’ve missed a fest or other metal gathering you’re looking forward to, let us know. Have a submission for the summer edition of this list? Speak up in the…

  • Hellfest 2018: The Preview

    Hellfest 2018: The Preview

    Pointless are the summers without music festivals. Hellfest, though, is beyond any definition of rock music festival. It gathers in one place the legends you have been dreaming of seeing live since you were a child: three days of pure magic for all metal enthusiasts and lovers of high decibel music out there! This year is no…