Category: Staff Playlists

  • Canuck Metal You Don’t Wanna Miss: the best Canadian metal of 2015

    Canuck Metal You Don’t Wanna Miss: the best Canadian metal of 2015

    Here at Hellbound we get a great deal of satisfaction from promoting the Canadian metal releases we most appreciate, and one of the highlights of this ongoing coverage is our annual end-of-year Canadian metal feature. Which, disappointingly, didn’t happen this year. We haven’t yet mastered time travelling technology, so we can’t go back and give it another…

  • Staff picks & playlists: end of summer edition

    Staff picks & playlists: end of summer edition

    Another round of playlists and picks from the Hellbound team. In this edition we look back on our soundtracks for the summer (or, in one case, winter) that was and forward to the new season ahead with some recommendations and anticipation. Justin Allec Summer Listening: Khemmis – Absolution Tau Cross Deceased – Surreal Overdose Amorphis…

  • MAY DAY: another round of staff playlists

    MAY DAY: another round of staff playlists

    It’s been a few months but we’re back with another round of Hellbound staff playlists. Here are some current favourites and a taste of what our contributors have been listening to. Bill Adams Round Eye – s/t (Ripping Records): I can’t quit this album! A great compromise between western indie punk and eastern flavoring, this sounds quite unlike…

  • Hellbound’s Halloween playlist 2014

    Hellbound’s Halloween playlist 2014

    Around here at Hellbound Halloween may just be our favourite holiday of the year. In honour of the creepiest, eeriest and most delightful of seasons, here are our staff picks for Halloween 2014. (Acid Witch photo above courtesy of www.metal-archives.com). Jay H. Gorania BLACK SABBATH – “Black Sabbath” TYPE O NEGATIVE – “Black No. 1 (Little…

  • Staff playlists: the fall (and Canadian thanksgiving) edition

    Staff playlists: the fall (and Canadian thanksgiving) edition

    It’s staff playlist time again! Check out the most recent picks (though not necessarily for recent music) from Hellbound’s staff. Some are fall themed, or tuned in to the celebratory long weekend of Canadian Thanksgiving (perhaps even Oktoberfest). Others, well, we picked ’em just because we like ’em. Keep reading to get the scoop on…

  • Staff playlists: the Labour Day weekend edition

    Staff playlists: the Labour Day weekend edition

    Autumn doesn’t officially arrive in the northern hemisphere until the fall equinox – due this year on the 23rd of September. But for many of us, the final long weekend of summer marks the change in seasons we actually feel. Here at Hellbound we’re saying “see you later, summer” with another set of staff playlists: the Labour…

  • Staff playlists: deep summer picks

    Staff playlists: deep summer picks

    The northern summer is half way done – here are a few listening suggestions to help you enjoy the warm(ish) days and nights that are left in the form of the latest staff playlists.  Some of our regular Hellbound staffers offer up their music picks for the cottage, camp site, beach or patio as we ease into…

  • Staff playlists: the May two-four edition (2014)

    Staff playlists: the May two-four edition (2014)

    Whatever monarchistic or memorial functions are attached to the first long weekend in May in North America, it’s also (and for many people, it’s predominantly) the first party weekend of the year. Americans have to wait another week, but here in Canada we’re just about ready for the party to start. And, behold, we have…

  • Return of the staff playlists: April 2014

    Return of the staff playlists: April 2014

    It’s been a while since Hellbound shared what our contributors have been listening to and enjoying beyond the new releases or shows covered on the site. We figured it was about time to change that, so here, back by popular demand, is Hellbound’s staff playlist feature, the April 2014 edition. The Lists Danielle Griscti LISTENING:…

  • Editor’s playlist – songs for a cold, snowy Thursday

    Editor’s playlist – songs for a cold, snowy Thursday

    For a serious music fan (and I assume anyone reading this must be), finding sounds that really click for you has to be one of the most satisfying pleasures — encountering music that resonates with some part of your psyche, your emotions, your cells… And when you find those artists, albums, or songs that hit all the right…