Tag: death metal
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Coffin Torture – Dismal Planet
This South Carolina sludge duo only had three indie EPs and a couple live-off-the-floor albums to their credit, but The Sludgelord liked them so much, they started a label just so they could sign ‘em. So that’s gotta count for something. Dismal Planet offers up seven tracks, most around the seven-minute range, on their full-length…
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Mammoth Grinder – Cosmic Crypt
2018 is shaping up to have some epic releases within the metal world. For some reason Mammoth Grinder wasn’t on my radar, but I’m glad I found it. Cosmic Crypt will be released on January 26th via Relapse Records; it’s the bands first release in five years, and it’s a good one. Going into the…
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Best CANADIAN Metal of 2017: TOP 15
Our contributors’ submissions for this year’s best of Canadian metal list revealed a surprising amount of consensus and an unsurprising amount of varied tastes. We had so little trouble coming up with a top ten that we expanded the list to our top fifteen. And our numerous honourable mentions indicate how much more great Canadian…
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Temple of Void / Tomb Mold in Toronto, December 2017
Temple of Void / Tomb Mold @ Coalition, Toronto, 9th December 2017 If anyone tries to tell you death metal is dead metal, they’re dead wrong. It’s always heartening to see a bill of highly praised fresh talent live and tonight at the Coalition is one such example. Detroit’s Temple of Void are making their…
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WarCall – Invaders
Like a black metal Motorhead or the mutant offspring of New Wave of British Heavy Metal legends Tank, WarCall really live up to their name! Indeed the comparisons with Motorhead and Tank are apt as WarCall are a strong power trio. On this, their fourth album (following ‘Demonarchy’, ‘Blood, Guts and Dirt’, and ‘III’), they show…
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Mayhem live in Kitchener, November 2017
Mayhem + Immolation @ Elements in Kitchener, November 4, 2017 Legendary Norwegian black metal heretics Mayhem return to North America for the second time this year, yet again to perform the seminal genre-defining ‘De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas‘ in its blasphemous entirety. For those questioning the objective to seeing this album again, New York death metal…
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GATECREEPER video interview, November 2017
Arizona death metallers Gatecreeper are on tour with Cannibal Corpse and Power Trip through to December 8. When the tour stopped in San Francisco last week, Hellbound’s Mean Gene got a chance to chat with Gatecreeper vocalist Chase Mason. Gene A. Gaona interview with Chase Mason (vocalist) of Gatecreeper. Recorded at Slim’s in San Francisco,…
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Cattle Decapitation + more in Toronto, 31 October 2017
Cattle Decapitation + Revocation + Full of Hell + Artificial Brain @ The Opera House, Toronto on 31st October 2017 It’s the creepiest time of the year and there really is no better way to celebrate All Hallow’s Eve than to attend a gristly death metal tour. The range of bands haunting the Opera House…
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Origin – interview with vocalist Jason Keyser
Q&A with ORIGIN’s Jason Keyser Hellbound: You guys play at some ridiculous tempos. Does this ever affect your ability to follow the music for lyrical performances? Jason Keyser: Not at all, this is why we do what we do. If we couldn’t keep up with the pace we would pack it in and quit.…
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Akercocke – Renaissance In Extremis
When Akercocke broke up in 2012, it was a sad loss for the metal scene, for they are that rarest of beasts, an original band with a unique vision (and I loved the suits!). Thankfully, five years on,Akercocke have returned. It’s difficult to categorize their music, featuring as it does elements of black metal, death metal,…