Category: Staff Playlists
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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…
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Hellbound Staff Interrogation: Todd Owens
Hellbound first ran a series of staff interrogations to celebrate our second anniversary. Since then we’ve published a lot more metal coverage (and a little non-metal too), and our contributor list has continued to evolve. As we approach another birthday, this time marking eight years in action, we figured it was time to properly introduce…
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Staff Interrogation: Gene A. Gaona
Hellbound first ran a series of staff interrogations to celebrate our second anniversary. Since then we’ve published a lot more metal coverage (and a little non-metal too), and our contributor list has continued to evolve. As we approach another birthday, this time marking eight years in action, we figured it was time to properly introduce…
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Ritual & Revival: Preserving heavy metal, one jar at a time
Renee Trotier is stirring a pot in the culinary world. In it, she combines freshly picked plums, essence of lavender and drops of gin to create a beautiful deep purple concoction. In a few hours, it will be ready to go with your favourite crackers and cheese, on toast, or with dessert. But don’t forget…
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STAFF INTERROGATIONS: Josh Sullivan
Hellbound first ran a series of staff interrogations to celebrate our second anniversary. Since then we’ve published a lot more metal coverage (and a little non-metal too), and our contributor list has continued to evolve. As we approach another birthday, this time marking eight years in action, we figured it was time to properly introduce…
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STAFF INTERROGATIONS: Matt Hinch
Hellbound first ran a series of staff interrogations to celebrate our second anniversary. Since then we’ve published a lot more metal coverage (and a little non-metal too), and our contributor list has continued to evolve. As we approach another birthday, this time marking eight years in action, we figured it was time to properly introduce some…
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A NEW YEAR, MORE NEW (IN) METAL: 2017, PART 1b
Last week, in part 1, we noted that there’s too much going on in metal these days to leave all our ‘best of’ and year-in-review lists to December. Now a few more Hellbounders have chimed in on what’s caught their ears so far in 2017. Check out their highlights (and the odd disappointment) below. Metal…
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A new year, more new (in) metal: 2017, part 1
While much of modern civilization seems to be imploding (or, perhaps, some destructiveness is becoming harder to not see), metal continues to evoke, chronicle, critique, ignore, and sometimes contribute to the chaos. There’s too much going on in metal these days to leave all our ‘best of’ and year-in-review lists to the end of the year. Here…
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Canadian metal playlist – Canada Day 2016
Hellbound is based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. This year, on July 1st, 2016, Canada turns 149 years old. Canada’s first contribution to the pre-history of heavy metal was (according to Wikipedia)* a band called The Sparrows, which formed in 1964 and went on to become Steppenwolf. Canadian heavy metal band Anvil released the album Metal on Metal in 1982.…
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A valentine’s playlist: romance, heavy metal style?
This week I was asked if I would come up with (and be willing to defend) a top five list of the most romantic songs of all time. I said no. I don’t consider myself to be particularly romantic, and my tastes are fairly particular, so I hardly felt qualified to speak about romantic music in…