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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GRUESOME GREG’S TOP 10 CONCERTS OF 2014
Doesn’t feel like I did as much travelling last year as in years past. When our dollar was at par, a quick roadtrip to, say, Cleveland was pretty cost-effective. But when everything in the States costs 15% more loonies, well, that’s a bit of a bummer. Mind you, I still saw some solid outta-town shows in 2014…especially if you consider Hamilton outta town.
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Hellbound’s best of 2014: honourable mentions (#11-15)
Hellbound’s 2014 year-end coverage continues this week with the next installment in our collective top 20. Part two features the albums that ranked in…
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Dawnbringer – Night of the Hammer
One might wonder if music fans rejoice more than the classic metal underground crowd when Chris Black releases a new album. You can almost…
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SATAN TOUR DIARY – Final Instalment
By Steve Ramsey [as emailed to and edited by Kevin Stewart-Panko] By the time you read this, original NWOBHM death-cheaters, Satan will have had…
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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…
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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,…
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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,…
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Full Metal Parenting #5: Anger
One of the first things my Full Metal Parenting co-conspirator, Matt, and I ever discussed, was the fact we’d both spent time in anger…
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Amon Amarth/Enslaved/Skeletonwitch @ Granada Theater, Lawrence KS, February 9, 2014
Review by William Seay Photos by Jackson May (Amon Amarth main, Enslaved) and Jake Dodge (Amon Amarth) So I’ve decided that Amon Amarth are, in…
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