Indian – From All Purity
By Gruesome Greg These Chicago sludgesters are a filthy, dirty beast that would rather rape your ears than shake your hand. Case in point,…
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Culted – Oblique to All Paths
By Gruesome Greg Bit of an interesting back story to this death-doom unit, mostly from Winnipeg, but with a Swedish singer they’ve never actually…
HELLBOUND’s TOP 10 CANADIAN METAL ALBUMS OF 2013
Since Hellbound.ca is a Canadian-owned and operated metal publication, we do things a little bit different than most. While 2013 was coming to a close we asked all of our contributors to pick their Top Canadian metal albums of the year. We then tabulated up their responses and have created our fifth annual Top 10 Canadian Metal Albums writers poll.
Please check out what our writers feel to be the best Canadian metal albums released in 2013.
Hellbound.ca INDIVIDUAL TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2013
Ask the Hellbound writers what the best albums of 2013 were and you get a wide-ranging list covering well over 100 records. It’s a…
HELLBOUND.CA’s TOP 10 METAL ALBUMS OF 2013
Hellbound’s writers compared notes on the top albums of 2013, and though we didn’t always agree, we did manage to identify some areas of collective appreciation. And so… (drum roll) Here are the best ten metal albums of 2013, according to Hellbound. (The math never lies!)
Lumbar – The First and Last Days of Unwelcome
By Gruesome Greg There’s quite the back story behind this band. Seattle guitarist Aaron Edge, suffering from multiple sclerosis, sets out to record his…
The Mezmerist – The Innocent, The Forsaken, The Guilty
Black Sabbath’s 13 might not have Bill Ward on drums, but this album does. Well, the first four songs of it, anyways. Seems that Bill Sabbath was slumming around back in ’83 when he hooked up with some cat named Mezmercardo for some session work, and the rest was buried in history… until now.
Hellbound Metalhead’s Holiday Gift Guide 2013
Once again, Hellbound offers you some of the best holiday gift-giving suggestions to satisfy your favourite metallers.
Red Fang – Whales and Leeches
There is definitely a cleaner, crisper sound on this one, the band seemingly going for a more widespread appeal, but without entirely abandoning its roots. Put it this way: Whales and Leeches is the album Queens of the Stone Age shouldda put out this year.
Corrections House – Last City Zero
By Gruesome Greg Q: What do you get when you put Mike Williams, Scott Kelly, Bruce Lamont and Sanford Parker in one building? A:…