Tag: Hellhammer

  • Martin Eric Ain, 1967 – 2017

    Martin Eric Ain, 1967 – 2017

    “The sands of time will never run For an immortal dead man” Celtic Frost – “Visions Of Mortality” Hellbound mourns the sudden passing of Martin Eric Ain, legendary bass player for the genre-birthing Swiss bands Hellhammer and Celtic Frost. Born Martin Stricker, Ain, would form his first band Shizo out of the same small Swiss…

  • Iron Will paints a picture of strength, on stage and off, for death metal gladiators Kataklysm

    Iron Will paints a picture of strength, on stage and off, for death metal gladiators Kataklysm

    “Director Tommy Jones captures the band’s stories of challenges and victories, both drunk and sober. Every. Single. One. You want an in-depth music documentary on a death metal band? This is it.” Ola Mazzuca reviews Iron Will: 20 Years Determined, the new 2 DVD, 2CD compilation celebrating the first twenty years of Northern Hyperblast from…

  • Hellbound invades Maryland Deathfest 2012, Part 2

    Hellbound invades Maryland Deathfest 2012, Part 2

    “If you’re a fan of extreme metal and you live in North America, it’s likely that you have a strong impulse to attend the continent’s biggest annual festival: Maryland Deathfest. Actually attending the fest, however, isn’t always possible, especially if you live thousands of miles away.” Part two of Jay H. Gorania’s recap of Maryland…

  • Voices From Valhalla: A Godreah Tribute To Bathory

    Voices From Valhalla: A Godreah Tribute To Bathory

    Beautifully packaged, and as an extra-special feature, it includes a unique interview that Quothon did with Godreah main-man Crin for the legendary Godreah magazine. Truly these are songs to hail on high!

  • Voivod – To the Death 84

    Voivod – To the Death 84

    Despite the rough-hewn quality of the demo’s performances and recording, it reveals that the essence of Voivod was present at the outset. While in 1984 it seemed unlikely that these four rivet-heads from Jonquiere would become prog-metal pioneers, it was obvious from the abrasive, alien nature of Voivod’s early material that this band was truly…

  • Metalion : The Slayer Mag Diaries

    Metalion is one of the greatest books about metal ever produced.

  • On the Bus with Tom Gabriel Fischer

    “Once you have lived this for a while you are free to have different experiences. Each tour brings a new experience. But I’m a somewhat nostalgic guy. This is my seventh U.S. tour or something like that and there are a lot of memories. We played Portland last night and there was a full moon.…

  • Book review – Only Death is Real: An Illustrated History of Hellhammer and Early Celtic Frost 1981–1985

    Like many pioneers, Hellhammer took their lumps from everyone, including its own members. They were hobbled by geography and underdeveloped talent, but they built a great mystique around themselves as they toiled to spread their malodorous gospel, only to be sent back to the drawing board after every recording session and demo release. This unlikely…

  • Tom Gabriel Fischer of Triptykon: the Hellbound Interview

    `I didn’t just leave Celtic Frost in the heat of the moment. It took an immeasurable amount of personal problems for me to walk out of my own band. I was the main songwriter in Celtic Frost. We worked for so many years to achieve the status that we only achieved at the very end.…

  • Triptykon – Eparistera Daimones

    Could it be that after three decades as metal musician Fischer has found his voice after playing with so many different styles? Eparistera Daimones is not that different from Monotheist, but that’s not a detriment when following an album that revived your career and reputation. Triptykon’s debut is a worthy piece in Fischer’s enigmatic but…