Category: PSA
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January metal shows you don’t want to miss (Toronto edition)
Need some live metal to spice up your post-holiday life or dispel the winter blues? The January chill is on here in Hellbound’s southern Ontario home but there are lots of good reasons to drag your carcass out onto the frosty evening streets. If you’re in the Toronto area, here’s a glimpse of the heavy delights scattered…
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Christmas at the Garrison holiday food drive – Dec 18
It’s not metal but it’s for a good cause. If you’re in the mood for burlesque, 50s and 60s music, and supporting the Daily Bread food bank, you might want to check out “Christmas at the Garrison.” Here’s the scoop: “Christmas at the Garrison is an annual holiday food drive where 100% of the proceeds go directly to…
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Northumbria ‘Bring Down the Sky’ to hold release show – Dec 11 @ the Garrison in Toronto
A couple of weeks ago Toronto based drone duo Northumbria released their second full length titled Bring Down the Sky. To celebrate they’re bringing their live improvisations to the Garrison (1197 Dundas St W, Toronto, Ontario) for a CD release show on December 11, 2104 at 9pm. Joining them will be fellow experimentalists Gates and…
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Wacken Metal Battle Canada announces plans for 2015
News from the Wacken Metal Battle Canada team: WMBC has just announced plans for the upcoming 2015 competition. Submissions are set to open on November 20th, 2014 and will run till January 6th, 2015. WMBC is also proud to announce its expansion to Ottawa, Quebec City, Saskatoon and Winnipeg to join Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, and Montreal as the official battle grounds.…
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Crowned by Fire news and contest winners
Thanks to everyone who checked out the new Crowned by Fire video via Hellbound. We have copies of Space Music for Cave People for three lucky Hellbound readers: Lee Chavez, whose favourite space movie is WALL-E. Darth Grimby, whose favourite space movie (featuring epic music too) is Star Wars. Tim, whose favourite music movie is Tenacious…
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Ken Mode announce European tour with Hark
The guys in Ken Mode are having a busy year following the success of their Juno-nominated 2013 album, Entrench. The last of their live summer prairie dates falls on July at the in Winnipeg. They’re scheduled to play the Housecore Horror Film Festival in Austin, Texas in October. And in between they’ll be swinging through…
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Wacken Metal Battle Canada 2014: who are the final combatants?
This coming Saturday five bands will step up to compete in Wacken Metal Battle Canada 2014 one last time, each striving to represent their home and native land in the international metal battle competition at Germany’s Wacken Open Air festival. If you can make it out to the show, don’t hesitate – it looks to be…
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AGALLOCH US/CANADIAN tour announced
New album The Serpent & The Sphere out from Profound Lore May 13th: http://www.profoundlorerecords.com/agalloch-complete-work-on-new-album/ New track “Celestial Effigy” streaming link: http://agalloch.bandcamp.com/album/the-serpent-the-sphere Soaring and epically beautiful, what longtime fans know as the standard from Portland, Oregon’s AGALLOCH. From 1999’s Pale Folklore their sound has often invoked the atmosphere of a dark forest; this track follows that path…
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Wacken Metal Battle Canada continues – semi-finals updates
With each live event Wacken Metal Battle Canada draws closer to the final rounds of the competition — choosing a band to represent Canada at Wacken Metal Battle in Germany this summer. The most recent Wacken Metal Battle contest (April 23) sends Death Toll Rising to join Quietus, Samandriel, and Eye of Horus in the Edmonton semi-final round, scheduled for May 7.…
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Hellbound’s Guide to Record Store Day 2014: Toronto and Hamilton
TORONTO Where to go on Record Store Day in Toronto By Gruesome Greg Hey buddy, if you’re spending your Record Store Day at HMV, you’re a massive tool. (I don’t really shop at HMV, I just wait for one of their stores to go out of business, then scoop stuff up for cheap.) The whole purpose of this…