Tag: Britain

  • Patrick Macnee (February 6, 1922- June 25, 2015) – An Appreciation

    Patrick Macnee (February 6, 1922- June 25, 2015) – An Appreciation

    This is an appreciation, not an obituary, because Patrick Macnee (February 6, 1922- June 25, 2015) led a life worth living, a life full of light, one such as only being so near to death, as he was in World War 2, can give you. A few weeks ago I wrote about the passing of…

  • Staff Picks: Our Fave Maiden Albums

    The Hellbound staff wax poetic about their favourite Maiden album.

  • Tank: Their War Drags Ever On

    Of all the original NWOBHM bands, few have been as sadly under-valued as London’s Tank. Formed by former Damned/Saints bassist Algy Ward in early 1980, Tank took the raw aggression of Algy’s former punk bands and applied it to a more metal setting.

  • Judas Priest – Metal Gods

    Judas Priest is quintessential British heavy metal. One of the first groups to truly embrace the heavy metal tag, over the past 35 years the Birmingham, England-based quintet have remained one of the genre’s most important bands and have the bruises to show for it.