Tag: Heavy
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Mr. Plow – Maintain Radio Silence
If you remember the glory days of Man’s Ruin and MeteorCity, this album might be right up your alley. Mr. Plow started playing heavy riffs back in ’97, and released four indie recordings in 2000, ’04 and ’06 before calling it a day. Toronto scenesters might even know that voice—their singer made a brief appearance…
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Honourable mentions of 2017
We at Hellbound are nearly ready to weigh in on the best metal releases of 2017 with our collective top ten, as voted by the contributors. Before we share this overall ‘best of’ list, we present to you, our readers, a long list of honourable mentions. Our annual top ten, like our best Canadian list,…
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Butthole Surfers – Locust Abortion Technician 10” EP
At first glance, it’s hard not to smirk a little at the design, intention and construct of the Locust Abortion Technician EP. The Butthole Surfers have broken their decade-long silence with a celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of their Locust Abortion Technician album and, to mark the occasion, they’ve reissued thirty percent (roughly) of the album…
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CROWBAR video interview, Oakland CA, 16 November 2017
What’s the next best thing to hanging out with Kirk Windstein from CROWBAR? Watching Mean Gene Gaona’s interview with Kirk Windstein from CROWBAR. Check it out if you want to learn about Windstein’s favourite Louisiana cuisine, his dad’s love for heavy metal, star-struck moments with Barry Gibb and Jimmy Page, and much more. Gene A.…
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Dead Quiet – Grand Rites
Though they might be a new band, Dead Quiet are no strangers to the vaunted Vancouver heavy rock scene. Featuring former members of Barn Burner and 3 Inches of Blood, these dudes have already toured with Anciients and Black Wizard, before issuing their debut album on… a Toronto EDM label??? However, there ain’t no techno…
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Amenra – Mass VI
After destroying several stages while opening for Neurosis and Converge, this trilingual Belgian sludge squad have graced us with their sixth album. If you didn’t show up early enough to see Amenra‘s live set, this is what you missed. Mass VI offers up six new songs spanning just under 41 minutes, although two tracks are…
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BongCauldron – Binge
Hailing from the U.K. by way of the Ministry of Silly Names, this trio wears its Weedeater and Bongzilla influences on their sleeves—right down to their redneck nicknames. Corky, Jay and Biscuit of BongCauldron bring us eight tracks of downtuned heaviness on this, their debut album. Binge begins with the simply titled “Devil,” with a…
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Unsane – Sterilize
It’s been a good five years since we last had a new Unsane album, and while much has changed in the world since 2012, the NYC noise vets are as reliably dreary as ever. Dig the simple, one-word album title, with bolded font over a blood-spattered backdrop, and the 10 tracks within, only one of…
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Low Flying Hawks – Genkaku
Don’t call it a side project! Although Low Flying Hawks features Dale Crover on drums, with guest appearances by King Buzzo and ex-Melvin Trevor Dunn, this outfit is the brainchild of two fully dedicated, otherwise unknown musicians going by the names of AAL and EHA. Following last year’s successful Kofuku debut on Magnetic Eye, the…
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IN CONVERSATION WITH (THE) MELVINS: THE SUB-POP THICKENS
Kyle Harcott interviews Buzz Osborne, Dale Crover and Steven McDonald in Vancouver, July 2017 Nearly thirty-five years into their career as sludge-metal progenitors, (The) Melvins have a well-known salty reputation with rock journalists that precedes them. Being masters of sardonic wit and not suffering fools gladly, an interview with them can either come out entirely…