Tag: experimental metal

  • Vhol – Deeper Than Sky

    Vhol – Deeper Than Sky

    So it’s probably no secret that we are fans of Mike Scheidt here at Hellbound.  Searching for what we had to say about the speed demons of VHOL here in the past, I stumbled upon two interviews and several features on a little project of his called Yob.  When careening your way through the little…

  • The Visit – Through Darkness Into Light

    The Visit – Through Darkness Into Light

    Shiver-inducing.  If that isn’t a qualifier of “metal” status then what is? Through Darkness Into Light is a release of goosebumpy highs and deep rumbling lows from The Visit, Ottawa duo Raphael Weinroth Browne (cello) and Heather Sita Black (voice). Listening to the album repeatedly lends newfound appreciation of the emotional wallop packed into this seemingly…

  • Sigh – Graveward

    Sigh – Graveward

    There are bands that we call progressive; bands that think outside the box. Then there are bands like Japan’s Sigh, which have never acknowledged that there was a box in the first place. I got into them with the album Imaginary Sonicscape (2001), an album that to this day still pushes the envelope of what…

  • Yakuza – Of Seismic Consequence

    Even though this might be the darkest Yakuza record thus far, it’s also the most song oriented. It seems that Yakuza has focused on crafting their free form jazz metal jams into more succinct pieces this time around, which allows for a more palatable record. Palatable that is, for folks who found their previous work…

  • Orphaned Land: The Hellbound Interview

    “Israel is not an easy place for a normal life, but OL’s music can emerge only from a place such as the Holy Land. The multi cultural life here, being a spiritual center, a center of religious wars and conflicts and even being a Jewish back to his homeland after 2,000 years. I’m in a…