Tag: Black Sabbath
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Eve Of Darkness Book Explores Toronto’s Heavy Metal Scene From 1980-1989
Saturday, September 25th will make the launch of a very important artifact chronicling the history of the heavy metal music scene in the greater Toronto, Ontario area. On that day, UXB Press will be releasing their newest book, entitled Eve Of Darkness: Toronto Metal in the ’80s. This book is a massive, painstakingly put together…
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AMATEUR CONCERT PHOTOGRAPHY HOUR: TOP 10 CONCERTS OF 2016
Though I seem to have seen fewer concerts this year, what 2016 lacked in concert quantity, it more than made up for in quality. In any given year, any of this year’s Top Six could have easily been Number One, but when it comes to the overall best live concert experience, the winner was undisputed.
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Valkyrie – Shadows
Well, kudos for the name for a start! Opening with ‘Mountain Stomp’, Valkyrie nail their colours to the mast. This fine tune is somewhat reminiscent of Thin Lizzy’ circa ‘Emerald’. ‘Golden Age’ could well refer to the period of time they take musical influence from – here we find them drawing on the spirit of…
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Love Becomes A Funeral Pyre: A Biography of The Doors
Book by Mick Wall Published by Orion There can be no doubting the influence of The Doors on our beloved genre of heavy metal. Danzig’s first four albums (i.e The good ones!) are highly influenced by The Doors and thus brilliant (for proof, compare any of these four albums with the vile industrial influenced fifth…
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Season of the Witch: How The Occult Saved Rock and Roll by Peter Bebergal
Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll is epic in every sense of the word. Author Peter Bebergal sees the influence of the occult in rock music from The Beatles to Black Sabbath and beyond. From Elvis to Led Zeppelin, he explains how the occult has not only provided fuel for rock music, but is an integral…
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Crypt Sermon – Out of the Garden
Everything about Crypt Sermon just screams power-metal (in a Dio-style falsetto) to me. The name, the font, the album cover of a knight riding up to a castle…and yet, I’m told they have more than a hint of the Candlemass, or even the Dio-era Sabbath, to them. Hey, if this album’s anything like Atlantean Kodex,…
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Black Sabbath: The Vault by Paul Elliot
Without Black Sabbath, I wouldn’t be writing this and you wouldn’t be reading this… it’s that simple. Published by Carltonbooks, (available to order here). “Written by a leading music journalist and illustrated throughout with rare and previously unpublished photographs, Black Sabbath: The Vault is the ultimate interactive celebration of the iconic rock group. Featuring 20…
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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 seasons, here are our staff picks for Halloween 2014. (Acid Witch photo above courtesy of www.metal-archives.com). Jay H. Gorania BLACK SABBATH – “Black Sabbath” TYPE O NEGATIVE – “Black No. 1 (Little…
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Aleister Crowley: Magick, Rock and Roll, and the Most Wicked Man in the World
Aleister Crowley: Magick, Rock and Roll, and the Most Wicked Man in the World Written by Gary Lachman Published by Tarcher/Penguin There can be few music fans that aren’t aware of the name Aleister Crowley. From The Beatles through to Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden, Crowley (AKA The Beast 666) enjoys a bountiful afterlife. Much has been written about…
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Overkill – White Devil Armory
When you think of modern day thrash metal, which band represents the legacy that started back in the early eighties better than Overkill? This, their seventeenth studio album, is a follow up to their previous release, The Electric Age, in 2012. For some listening to Bobby Blitz and company has been something of a thrash…