Tag: Blue Oyster Cult

  • Transmaniacon – The Darkening Plain

    Transmaniacon – The Darkening Plain

    Now, this is a band-name well chosen, for ‘Transmaniacon’ is a track from Blue Oyster Cult. Blue Oyster Cult are a criminally overlooked act in the inspiration stakes, with most people just knowing them for the track ‘Don’t Fear The Reaper.’ This is in part due to it being featured in films like Halloween (the…

  • 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 Playlist – Sunday, July 7, 2013

    Hellbound Metal: “So, as you may or may not have noticed, we took June 30th off to spend with our significant others and get ready for Canada Day. However, we were back in full force this past Sunday – or at least Kevi Metal was. Yes, we made Mr. Metal do a solo show once…

  • Satan – Life Sentence

    Common law never sounded so exceptional!

  • Church of Misery –Master of Brutality

    Church of Misery –Master of Brutality

    By Gruesome Greg Japanese murder doomsters Church of Misery are finally coming to North America for the first time, playing Maryland Deathfest and a dozen other US dates, which makes this the perfect time for Metal Blade (via Rise Above) to reissue their first two full-length albums. The band had already been around for a…

  • Blue Coupe – Tornado On The Tracks

    I’d love to say that Tornado on the Tracks blew me away, but it didn’t. It’s definitely catchy and a good listen, but it’s a lot more mellow and not quite as memorable as I had hoped. I think it’s a good first step for the band, hopefully this will result in further albums from…

  • Ghost – Opus Eponymous

    If you consider Opus Eponymous to be a pop album, you probably think Yes and Genesis are pop bands, too. Erm, wait a minnit. Well, I can’t say I see Ghost going down that route, anyways. After all, it won’t be the 80’s for another 69 years…

  • The Devil’s Blood – The Time of No Time Evermore

    What makes The Devil’s Blood successful is its masterful gift for restraint. The band knows how to hold back, painting a partial musical portrait consisting solely of shadows and allowing the listener to infer the details using that most horrifying of artists: the imagination. Tate Bengston gives us a great review of the latest output…

  • Blue Coupe, Bouchard’s Outrageous Canadians @ This Ain’t Hollywood, Hamilton ON, August 22, 2009

    It was loud, it was sweaty and it was a hell of a rock and roll show from a band whose combined age is somewhere around 235. Three of the four may be of retirement age, but on this night the Blue Coupe rocked harder than most bands 1/3 of their age.

  • ALICE COOPER & BLUE OYSTER CULT fans in Ontario unite! BLUE COUPE returns!

    Two of the most important American bands of the early seventies were ALICE COOPER and BLUE OYSTER CULT. Both bands had a string of successful studio albums, sell-out tours and even hit singles on the radio. Some of the key members of the original versions of both these bands have joined force in a new…