Tag: Canada Day

  • Happy Canadian Metal Day 2019!

    Happy Canadian Metal Day 2019!

    Celebrating Canuck Metal: 10 Years of Canada Day coverage from Hellbound Year 1: Canada Day 2009 Canada Day 2011 Canada Day 2014 Canada Day 2015 Canada Day 2016 Canada Day 2017 Canada Day 2018

  • Heavy Metal Canada Day, eh? The throwback edition

    Heavy Metal Canada Day, eh? The throwback edition

    Here at Hellbound it’s been our practice to honour our Canadian origins with regular celebrations of Canadian heavy metal. We do this every year’s end with our top Canadian albums lists, but we also do this every July 1, Canada Day, when we Canucks celebrate our nation’s birthday. This year’s post is, in part, a…

  • Canadian metal playlist – Canada Day 2016

    Canadian metal playlist – Canada Day 2016

    Hellbound is based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. This year, on July 1st, 2016, Canada turns 149 years old. Canada’s first contribution to the pre-history of heavy metal was (according to Wikipedia)* a band called The Sparrows, which formed in 1964 and went on to become Steppenwolf. Canadian heavy metal band Anvil released the album Metal on Metal in 1982.…

  • 10 Great Canadian Albums You May Have Missed in 2015

    10 Great Canadian Albums You May Have Missed in 2015

    Happy Canada Day! Even though I’m in the metal capital of the world (Finland), I’m still excited about celebrating Canada Day with some Canadian metal. In between beers and trips to the sauna, I’ve thrown together a list of Canadian albums that you may or may not have had a chance to check out this…

  • It’s Canada Day! (2015)

    It’s Canada Day! (2015)

    With Hellbound’s primary editorial and web resources overseas, we bring you a nostalgic retrospective of Canada Day features past. We have also declared it national Rush day in Finland.   Heavy Canada Day retrospective: The very first Hellbound Canada Day special (2009): STAFF PICKS: FAVOURITE CANADIAN METAL ALBUMS Canada Day – the sequel (2010): STAFF/GUEST PICKS: FAVOURITE RUSH ALBUM…

  • Canada Day 2014: Best Canadian metal from years ending in ‘4…

    Canada Day 2014: Best Canadian metal from years ending in ‘4…

    As Canada Day rolls around again, some of our regular Hellbound contributors have pitched in for another year of celebrating Canadian metal on the nation’s anniversary. This July we give you a snapshot of Canadian metal over the decades, selecting some highlights from 10, 20, 30 and 40 years in the past as well as…

  • Hellbound Staff Interrogation #7: Laura Wiebe

    Our seventh staff interview is with fellow Hamiltonian Laura Wiebe

  • Hellbound Staff Interrogation #4 – Ola Mazzuca

    Today’s staff interrogation is with Toronto university student and Hellbound contributor Ola Mazzuca

  • Staff/Guest Picks: Favourite Rush Song of All-Time

    Happy Canada Day! July 1st is our nation’s official birthday here in Canada, so we thought we’d try to do something to pay honour to arguably the greatest and most famous band that our ten provinces and three territories have given birth to. We asked Hellbound’s regular contributors to write a paragraph or two about…