Tag: Baroness

  • Hellbound @ Tuska Open Air 2017 in Helsinki

    Hellbound @ Tuska Open Air 2017 in Helsinki

    Once again I find myself in Helsinki to attend the Tuska Open Air Festival, which has become a staple in my yearly concert plans. The weather called for rain, but for the most part we were lucky to dodge shit weather — mostly. One thing I love and admire about this festival is that the…

  • Wildlights – Self-Titled

    Wildlights – Self-Titled

    Wildlights, a North Carolina heavy-rock duo, is composed 50% of ASG.  While I’m unfamiliar with Thunderlips, the other outfit in the equation, the outstanding recent output of the former was compelling enough for me to check this out. You can definitely hear the ASG influence here, while Torche would be another strong comparison point. That…

  • Valkyrie – Shadows

    Valkyrie – Shadows

    Been a while since we’ve heard from these Virginia doomsters—split 7” with Earthling aside, they haven’t released a record since 2008.  And yet, their profile has grown somewhat in their absence, what with guitarist Pete Adams joining Baroness.  Suffice to say, the Baroness connection secured their record deal with Relapse, providing the resources—recorded by Sanford…

  • Dwellers – Pagan Fruit

    Dwellers – Pagan Fruit

    If we’re judging an album by its cover, the sophomore effort from this Utah-based trio, Dwellers, sure looks like a Baroness album. Hey, as long as we’re talking Red or Blue, and not Yellow & Green, that’s OK with me. Pagan Fruit paints with a similar palette to the Georgian no-longer-sludgesters. An amplified, mellow, country-blues-rock…

  • Drawers – Drawers

    Drawers – Drawers

    By Gruesome Greg Sure, there’s certainly no shortage of silly European band names, but Drawers!? If you’re going to name yourself after furniture, at least adopt the Swedish moniker they give it at Ikea (that would be Helmer, in case you’re wondering) to avoid sounding like a pseudonym for underpants. Boy, we’re not off to…

  • STAFF PLAYLISTS: August 2013

    Back again by popular demand! You keep asking when it’s coming back, so here it is. Here is what the staff of Hellbound.ca has been enjoying during the months of July and August 2013.

  • HELLBOUND RADIO – August 4, 2013 Playlist

    Hellbound Metal: Radio playlist for the Sunday, August 4th edition of Hellbound Radio, broadcast live on INDI 101 FM in Hamilton ON

  • ASG – Blood Drive

    Hellbound Metal: “Uplifting post-sludge!? I think I just coined a new sub-genre…”

  • Anciients – Heart of Oak

    Put even simpler, this is lumber, beard, and weed metal, homegrown with Columbian ocean/mountain/sky pride.

  • Best of the Best – A Tally of the Year’s Best Albums

    Best of the Best – A Tally of the Year’s Best Albums

    I’m not sure exactly what this list means – is this list any better than any of the individual lists? Probably not. Every list that comes out has their own personality, has albums that may be less obvious. But perhaps what this list does show is what the collective metal media thought was the “can’t…