Category: PSA
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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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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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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…
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Cold weather, death metal and beer
More entries in Hellbound’s “Events You Don’t Want to Miss” category The February edition Wednesday, the 4th NAPALM DEATH and EXHUMED top off a multi-course death metal feast rounded out by VOIVOD, Iron Reagan, and Black Crown Initiate. [Opera House, $25/$30 (doors), Inertia Entertainment] Saturday the 14th MUFFIN treat you to a Valentine’s evening like no other…
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Anticipating: Wolves of Avalon and Meads of Asphodel (Godreah Records)
A couple upcoming release picks from our Irish correspondent, Steve Earles: Godreah Records will release a new Wolves of Avalon MCD this year entitled Across A Twilight Field of Corpses Grey, Only The Trilling of Nightingales Can Be Heard. Keep an eye out for it in February 2015. This will include a 25-minute prog pagan epic…
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Wacken Metal Battle Canada 2015 competition has begun
In 2013, Canada stepped up to compete in the international Wacken Metal Battle competition, a contest for emerging metal bands that takes place alongside the annual Wacken Open Air metal festival in Germany. In 2013, Canada also won the competition – or, more specifically, Toronto’s Crimson Shadows fought their way to the top while representing the…