Tag: Atheist

Dog Shredder—Brass Tactics

By Rob Hughes My favourite music has two qualities: it is weird and it is cool. It’s not quite enough just being one or the other. The Residents are weird, but they’re kind of obvious about it, don’t you think? Conversely, Motörhead are untouchably cool, but they’re so reliable—you know what to expect when the…

May 24, 2012
Revocation – Chaos Of Forms

Chaos Of Forms is stunningly complex, completely vicious and, above all else, a hugely confident release.

August 26, 2011
Mean Deviation: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal by Jeff Wagner

Mean Deviation is an amazing compendium of everything weird in the world of metal—a book as grand and unlikely as the music it documents.

February 9, 2011
This Week in Metal!

King Diamond and Nergal going under the knife (all of us at Hellbound wish them all the best and a speedy recovery), Metal Film Festivals, Year End lists and more make up “This Week in Metal”, a weekly feature that features what has gone by the past week.

December 19, 2010
HELLBOUND RADIO: December 5th, 2010 playlist

Here is what we played on the December 5th edition of Hellbound Radio

December 13, 2010
HELLBOUND RADIO: November 21st, 2010 playlist

Here is what we played on the Sunday, November 21st edition of HELLBOUND RADIO

November 27, 2010
Atheist—Jupiter

Jupiter succeeds through sheer intensity and vitality, enhancing Atheist’s legacy as they scream to be heard in the noise-saturated 21st century.

November 22, 2010
Steve Flynn of Atheist: The Hellbound Interview

“It was horrible. We were not well-received at all. People would throw dog food at us. People called us pussy metal.” On the eve of the release of their excellent comeback album Jupiter, Justin M. Norton speaks with ATHEIST drummer and co-founder Steve Flynn about their early years, the re-emergence of the band and their…

October 29, 2010
STAFF PLAYLISTS: September 2010

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! Find out what HELLBOUND’s contributors have been listening to during the month of September. Almost every writer has submitted their Top 5 list and have an option to list a book and a film they are into right now too

September 20, 2010
Arsis – Starve for the Devil

There will be some complaints that Starve for the Devil utilizes a more traditional rock/metal songwriting style, however, the riffs are still challenging and hook laden, and because the time changes are more restrained than before, the songs have an openness that lets you get into the riff and commence air guitaring.

January 25, 2010