Tag: Bathory

  • The best so far: celebrating five years of Hellbound.ca

    The best so far: celebrating five years of Hellbound.ca

    Hellbound.ca turned 5 years old earlier this month and we’re ready to celebrate! Wow, I sometimes find it hard to imagine that this little webzine that we started oh so long ago is still around, but here we are, a little more than five years later. Hellbound.ca is still here, still turning out great features…

  • Chicken Dinner with Quorthon

    In 1996, Hellbound’s Sean Palmerston was offered the chance to do the first ever in-person North American radio interview with Quorthon, leader and visionary behind legendary Swedish black metal act Bathory. They also went out for dinner together beforehand, and here are Sean’s memories of that fateful night some seventeen years ago, shared in public…

  • Film Review: Så Jälva Metal – The History of Swedish Hard Rock and Heavy Metal

    Film Review: Så Jälva Metal – The History of Swedish Hard Rock and Heavy Metal

    I’d recommend the documentary for metal fans who are particularly interested in the origins of the genre and the roots of metal in hard rock. While I think the narrative could have been weighted more evenly, there is some fascinating archival and interview footage in Så Jälva Metal, and seeing the music from a new…

  • Interview with Yasin Hillborg, director of Så Jävla Metal

    Interview with Yasin Hillborg, director of Så Jävla Metal

    Currently set to celebrate its Canadian premiere at the NXNE festival in Toronto, Så Jävla Metal is a documentary about the evolution of heavy metal music in Sweden. The film traces the beginnings of heavy metal through hard rock, beginning with bands like Europe, and continuing to trace the development of the sound as the…

  • Voices From Valhalla: A Godreah Tribute To Bathory

    Voices From Valhalla: A Godreah Tribute To Bathory

    Beautifully packaged, and as an extra-special feature, it includes a unique interview that Quothon did with Godreah main-man Crin for the legendary Godreah magazine. Truly these are songs to hail on high!

  • Goatwhore – Blood For The Master

    Goatwhore – Blood For The Master

    Blood For the Master isn’t a radical step forward, but nor, given its traditional metal underpinnings, is it a step back. It is exactly the album Goatwhore needed to make right now.

  • Metalion : The Slayer Mag Diaries

    Metalion is one of the greatest books about metal ever produced.

  • Opeth–Heritage

    As it’s still unforeseen where Opeth are heading to next, Heritage stands out as an eccentric anomaly in their catalogue. But this doesn’t diminish the quality of the album one bit. Heritage is a fantastic album, although it’s not without its flaws. However, those flaws have nothing to do with Opeth’s decision to become preoccupied…

  • Demonaz – March of the Norse

    Really catchy and melodic, the whole album has a nice flow and you can really bang your head to it. The production is very warm and sounds great cranked up loud.

  • The Gates of Slumber – The Wretch

    Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed the trad-metal gallop of tunes like “Ice Worm” and “Iron Hammer,” but the new, slower TGOS on display on this album is right up my alley.