Heavy metal in 2017 by Gene A. Gaona
Ah, that most glorious time of the year for music writers – year-end season is upon us once again! 2017 was a tumultuous year,…
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Power Trip @ The Velvet Underground, 25 September 2017
Texas five-piece thrashards Power Trip formed during the apex of the thrash revival in 2008. However, unlike the forgettable clone bands that were spawned…
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Gruesome Interview: Matt Harvey in Oakland, 6 May 2017
Hellbound’s Mean Gene met up with Matt Harvey when Gruesome headlined at The Golden Bull in Oakland, California. If you’re into thrash and death…
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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…
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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…
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Illyrian – Round 2: Fight!
Previously known by the impressive monicker of Hellborn Death Engines (which sounds like a great lost 80s film), Illyrian impressively fuse such influences as classic thrash,…
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Slowly We Rot: The Resounding Influence of Death Metal Album Art
By Connor Glaze (www.smashwords.com/profile/view/cglaze) The 13th of February marked the 46th anniversary of Black Sabbath’s self-titled debut album. Looking at the fast, feverish development…
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Year-in-review 2015: Sean Palmerston
As another year draws to a close, we metalheads tend to take time to reflect on what the year in metal meant to us,…
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Year-in-review 2015: Justin Allec
As another year draws to a close, we metalheads tend to take time to reflect on what the year in metal meant to us,…
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Patrick Macnee (February 6, 1922- June 25, 2015) – An Appreciation
This is an appreciation, not an obituary, because Patrick Macnee (February 6, 1922- June 25, 2015) led a life worth living, a life full…
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