Category: Staff Picks
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Honourable mentions of 2017
We at Hellbound are nearly ready to weigh in on the best metal releases of 2017 with our collective top ten, as voted by the contributors. Before we share this overall ‘best of’ list, we present to you, our readers, a long list of honourable mentions. Our annual top ten, like our best Canadian list,…
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Hellbound’s Halloween Playlist 2017: another spooky + heavy soundtrack
It’s been a few years since the folks here at Hellbound put together a staff playlist for Halloween. This year we decided to give it another go, including some of the classics while challenging ourselves to expand our haunted horizons a little this time around. Here is what we came up with, along with a…
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Resonant Realms
Landscapes Inspired by Heavy Metal Music A Small Series by Rachel Kahn It’s always exciting to get goodies in the mail and this week my most inspiring delivery came from Portable City Illustration and Comics, the online store of independent creator Rachel Kahn. I’m a huge fan of Rachel’s By Crom! comics and her artwork…
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Aftershock 2017: California metal extravaganza
Last year Hellbounder Gene A. Gaona covered Aftershock for Capital Chaos TV – and interviewed Igor & Max Cavalera: This year, the sixth annual Monster Energy Aftershock festival will feature headliners like Nine Inch Nails, Ozzy Osbourne with Zakk Wylde, A Perfect Circle, Five Finger Death Punch, Run The Jewels, Stone Sour, Marilyn Manson, and Mastodon and is primed to sell out once…
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Best metal of 2017 so far, part 2
Back in April Hellbound shared some of our staff picks from the first few months of 2017 (part one | part one, b). Now it’s time for part two, the spring/summer edition: more new metal that’s been catching our ears. More 2017 heavy metal highlights according to Hellbound Gene A. Gaona Expulsion – Nightmare Future Newcomer…
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UK Thrash: Part 4
Noted UK punk rock journalist Ian Glasper recently announced that he’s writing a book on the history of UK thrash metal, to be published in 2018. That announcement got me thinking about all the old-school UK thrash and crossover bands I used to listen to back in the day, and the ones that I still…
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UK Thrash: Part 3
Noted UK punk rock journalist Ian Glasper recently announced that he’s writing a book on the history of UK thrash metal, to be published in 2018. That announcement got me thinking about all the old school UK thrash and crossover bands I used to listen to back in the day, and the ones that I…
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UK Thrash: Part 2
Noted UK punk rock journalist Ian Glasper recently announced that he’s writing a book on the history of UK thrash metal, to be published in 2018. That announcement got me thinking about all the old school UK thrash and crossover bands I used to listen back in the day, and the ones that I still…
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UK Thrash: Part 1
UK author Ian Glasper has written a number of books on the history of punk rock, including Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980–1984, and The Day the Country Died: A History of Anarcho Punk 1980–1984. Both of those books feature in-depth commentaries and scores of detailed band biographies, and I was thrilled to…
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Heavy Metal Canada Day, eh? The throwback edition
Here at Hellbound it’s been our practice to honour our Canadian origins with regular celebrations of Canadian heavy metal. We do this every year’s end with our top Canadian albums lists, but we also do this every July 1, Canada Day, when we Canucks celebrate our nation’s birthday. This year’s post is, in part, a…