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  • Darkspace – III I

    Darkspace – III I

    “We die praising the Star Maker, the Star Destroyer.“ With little tangible to pin down in a typical ‘kvlt’ sense (beyond corpse paint and obsidian stage pageantry), the mercurial interstellar ritualism of Bern, Switzerland trio Darkspace remains one of ambient black metal’s most intriguingly opaque and highly original offerings. Since their advent in 1999, Darkspace…

  • Downfall of Gaia – Aeon Unveils the Thrones of Decay

    Downfall of Gaia – Aeon Unveils the Thrones of Decay

    Aeon Unveils the Thrones of Decay is in many ways similar to Suffocating in the Swarm of Cranes, the last album from Germany’s Downfall of Gaia. It’s also heavier in sound and less immediately accessible. Thus, the record is less memorable and cohesive-sounding as a whole but as equally rewarding with repeated listens. The slight…

  • Prizehog – Re-Unvent the Whool

    Prizehog – Re-Unvent the Whool

    Not gonna lie, my first reaction to Prizehog (aside from noting the intentionally bad spelling) was to think of 90s one-hit wonders Spacehog. Apparently, those guys are still touring. Say whaaaa!? However, this Portland trio isn’t living in the meantime, but rather in the present. This is, in fact, their fifth album, though I can’t…

  • The Unsemble – The Unsemble

    The Unsemble – The Unsemble

    By Bill Adams The complicated thing about instrumental albums is that they’re really easy to make (getting a band to just jam is never difficult), but making a great and memorable one is surprisingly difficult. The reason for that is simple; most rock bands operate within the pop songwriting paradigm which means a song should…

  • A Triptych of Death: Horrendous / Ominous Crucifix / Vore

    Catching up on some of the late 2011 releases that nearly went under the radar, Craig Haze reviews a triptych of death metal albums, including the latest from Horrendous, Ominous Crucifix and Vore.

  • Weapon – From The Devil’s Tomb

    On From The Devil’s Tomb, Weapon manage to weave a thread of incredible beauty through what should be truly ugly music.

  • Jag Panzer – The Scourge of Light

    Along with Iced Earth, Jag Panzer remains the cream of the crop for American Power Metal. Welcome back boys, nice to have you.

  • 70000 TONS OF METAL Cruise Recap Part 2

    Last week the inaugural 70000 TONS OF METAL cruise sailed from Miami, FL to Cozumel, Mexico and back and featured live performances by forty-two metal bands. Hellbound.ca was lucky enough to have been able to send four of its contributors on the cruise and here is what they had to say about the performances that…

  • Metal Parrot Sings Her Way Into Your Withered Heart

    Leanne Palmerston wants you to watch this Parrot sing a Drowning Pool song

  • Legion of the Damned-Descent into Chaos

    If you want simple no nonsense thrash delivered in a frenzy high octane effort then you can do no wrong with Descent Into Chaos.