Cretus – Dux Mea Lux
Given the mainstream success of Ghost, it’s not surprising to see a wave of copycat acts beginning to rise like that drunk idiot who…
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Grime – Circle of Molesters
As far as sludge bands go, Grime is aptly named. These Italians play a dirty, gritty blend of downtuned doom, taking the foundation that…
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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…
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Hellbound @ Heavy Montreal, Day 2: August 8, 2015
Day 2 of this year’s Heavy Montreal was hotter and sunnier and, for us, off to a slow, humid start. We arrived in time…
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Fredericton: GREBER video premier and tour dates
GREBER‘s latest full-length, Kiln Hardened Psalms, came out late last year but the momentum is still building. The newest result? A video for one of…
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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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Hellbound @ Tuska Open Air 2015 in Helsinki
The annual Tuska Open Air festival in Helsinki has become my most traveled metal festival aside from ProgPower USA in Atlanta, Georgia. People go…
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Hellbound summer metal fest guide (staff picks for 2015)
TUSKA photo above by Aku-Axel Muukka. It’s been a couple of weeks now since Maryland Death Fest wrapped up for another year. Time to look…
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Tribulation – Children of the Night
On Tribulation’s third album, The Children of the Night, the Swedish quartet follows metal’s obsession with horror much further than their peers. On their…
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From the archives – Type O Negative: Geriatric ‘Souldiers’ of Rock and Roll
Originally published in Unrestrained! in 2007. Peter Steele says he’s a “souldier,” a “tool of god.” And as that tool, Steele (who’s best known…
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