Tag: heavy metal
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Cauldron – New Gods
After four albums and over 11 years of countless shows and tours across Canada and the world, Cauldron’s highly anticipated release New Gods, which is available now from The End Records, further cements their legacy. Masterfully produced by Chris Stringer at Toronto’s Union Sound Company, New Gods perfectly captures everything you would expect from Cauldron.…
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Monster Truck – True Rockers
Fresh off the road from opening for the legendary Deep Purple in Europe, Monster Truck hit the studio to record the follow up to 2016’s Sittin’ Heavy. True Rockers, available on 9/14/2018 from Dine Alone Records is holds its own against the band’s brilliant back catalog. Monster Truck is a band that has clearly carved…
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Diemonds – Diemonds
Diemonds follow up 2015’s Juno-nominated, High Times Magazine Doobie Award-winning Never Wanna Die with Diemonds, a powerful self-titled release. The record is masterfully produced, engineered, and mixed by the returning Eric Ratz, who has previously worked with Canadian heavyweights Monster Truck and The Cancer Bats. His efforts give this album a perfectly balanced sound that…
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Staff playlists, August 2018
Join us as we continue with this revived Hellbound tradition – our monthly staff picks/playlists. Every few weeks we ask our contributors to weigh in on what they’re listening to, watching, going to see… Expect a few quirks and idiosyncrasies now and then, but these are our standard staff pick categories: Listening to – an…
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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…
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The Skull – The Endless Road Turns Dark
When The Skull played Toronto on a cold winter’s night in January, they ran through Trouble’s self-titled in its entirety before tacking on a couple of originals at the end. Hey, after all, that 1990 record has been long out of print, and this outfit includes both Eric Wagner, the voice of Trouble, along with…
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La Chinga – Beyond the Sky
The third album from this heavy rockin’ trio proves that rock ‘n roll hasn’t been priced out of Vancouver… yet. Their second effort for Small Stone Records is heading straight outta the 70’s, with 11 tracks clocking in at an even 45 minutes. “Nothing That I Can’t Do” starts off with a heavy boogie-rock riff…
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Into the Grave Festival, August 2018
10-11 August – Leeuwarden, Holland This was the time and place to be for a weekend spiced with an exquisite selection of death, groove, black and symphonic metal. After a seven-hours drive through the typical German Friday’s traffic jams, I finally arrived at the festival location, unfortunately missing already the first two acts: the Belgians Toxic Shock…
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Festival preview: Aftershock 2018
With summer in full swing, as everyone heads (and has headed) out and about to take in their favorite music festival, let’s not forget one experience that is a must for any music lover: Monster Energy’s Aftershock Festival. Aftershock takes place October 13th and 14th in beautiful Discovery Park, located in Sacramento, California. For the 7th…
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Witch Mountain – Witch Mountain
The three previous albums from Witch Mountain – Cauldron of the Wild, South of Salem, Mobile of Angels – are truly superb. This is the first Witch Mountain album with Kayla Dixon on vocals. She has an incredible voice, powerful, heartfelt. The songs are excellent. This is timeless music, made for all the right reasons. Billy Anderson…