Tag: California

  • The Dils – Live! [Reissue] LP + CD

    The Dils – Live! [Reissue] LP + CD

    The Dils Live! [Reissue] LP+CD (Porterhouse Records) While plenty of punk bands have been well exposed since the public became interested in learning about the early days of the L.A. punk scene (X’s catalogue has been reissued by Fat Possum Records, Porterhouse reissued (MIA) by The Germs and other labels have reissued titles by The…

  • Interview: NECROT

    Interview: NECROT

    After wrapping up their stint as part of the 2019 Decibel Tour in March, Necrot have not been just sitting around. The band has already announced more shows for this summer, including two exclusive Canadian dates (in Calgary and Winnipeg). And at the end of April they joined Aseptic in opening for Exhumed at Eli’s…

  • RAGE Fest 2018 in Los Angeles, CA

    RAGE Fest 2018 in Los Angeles, CA

    Photos and review by Josue Solano Attila with Suicide Silence, Volumes, Spite, and Cross Your Fingers Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA – 24 August 2018 Just as you thought summer was over Attila came through and brought the party to us once again with a tour called Rage Fest. This was the most insane line up of…

  • Slayer says farewell in San Jose, 26 August 2018

    Slayer says farewell in San Jose, 26 August 2018

    SLAYER w/ Lamb of God, Anthrax, Testament, Napalm Death @ the SAP Center in San Jose, CA August 26th brought the final show of Slayer’s North American “Farewell” tour to the SAP Center in downtown San Jose, California, and along with it some mixed emotions from this Slayer lover. Having seen the Thrash Metal giants well over…

  • Soulfly INTERVIEW: Mike Leon in Berkeley CA, May 2018

    Soulfly INTERVIEW: Mike Leon in Berkeley CA, May 2018

    This spring Soulfly set out on a co-headlining tour with Nile. When the tour hit Berkeley, California in May, Hellbound’s Gene Gaona sat down for a chat with bassist Mike Leon. Check out their conversation below, or watch the video on Hellbound’s YouTube channel. Recorded at UC Theater Berkeley, 16 May 2018. SOULFLY Max Cavalera…

  • DYING FETUS interview: Trey Williams in San Jose, March 2018

    DYING FETUS interview: Trey Williams in San Jose, March 2018

    Ever hear a member of Dying Fetus sing John Denver? Check out Gene Gaona’s interview with drummer Trey Williams, recorded when the Dying Fetus / Thy Art Is Murder co-headlining tour swung into San Jose, California on March 30. Interview with Trey Williams of Dying Fetus, recorded by Gene Gaona at The Ritz in San Jose,…

  • Interview: Exmortus guitarist/vocalist Conan, 10 Feb 2018

    Interview: Exmortus guitarist/vocalist Conan, 10 Feb 2018

    Exmortus recently had the chance to join Sabaton and Kreator for a few shows in the U.S. and our Mean Gene Gaona grabbed the chance to speak with Jadran ‘Conan’ Gonzalez in the hours leading up their final date in Berkeley, California. Gene and Conan chat live shows, new music, the Exmortus sound, NAMM (National Association…

  • Black Sheep Wall – I’m Going to Kill Myself

    Black Sheep Wall – I’m Going to Kill Myself

    Harsh.  Caustic.  Slower than molasses dripping off a tortoise’s nutsack.  These are all terms to describe the new Black Sheep Wall album, which isn’t anywhere nearly as friendly as its cover might suggest…though tis certainly more befitting of its title.  Lemme put it this way: there’s this one riff on “Metallica,” the cheekily named, 34-minute…

  • Cardinal Wyrm – Black Hole Gods

    Cardinal Wyrm – Black Hole Gods

    There have been enough notable sludge/doom outfits from down by the Bay Area—Sleep, Noothgrush, Neurosis, to name but a few—that when a newer outfit from San Fran or Oakland starts getting some press, I’d naturally be inclined to stop and check them out.  But Cardinal Wyrm, much like the Finns in Cardinals Folly, employs the same…

  • BL’AST! – Blood

    Hellbound Metal: “A long-lost recording from the California hardcore crew with the new guy from Alice in Chains, remastered by Dave Grohl himself? OK, so you’ve piqued my interest.”