Tag: interview
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Profaner co-host Kill Eat Exploit the Weak
This week on Kill Eat Exploit the Weak, Adam Wills and I had the pleasure of hosting local heroes / Wacken Metal Battle Canada winners Profaner as special guests on our (pre) Canada Day special. If you’re reading this in July 2016, you can listen to the entire show via the CFMU website: Programming >…
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Diemonds is a band on the rise
By Madison McSweeney (rantsandwritingsblog.wordpress.com) After signing with eOne in 2015, Toronto glam-metal act Diemonds released their first major label album Never Wanna Die, which combines aggressive riffing with hair-metal hooks. Hot off a Juno nomination for Heavy Metal Album of the Year, frontwoman Priya Panda took a break from her rehearsal schedule to chat about the…
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Interview: Jesse Matthewson from KEN mode
Last October, Hellbound’s Gabe Hugh had the chance to talk to Jesse Matthewson from KEN mode at their tour stop in Kingston, Ontario. Here, finally, is the Q&A that emerged from that encounter. Hellbound: You guys are currently on the “Huge Success” tour. What are some essential dining and foods that are always part of…
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Interview: Tom Remigio, vocalist of Panzerfaust and Inertia employee
Inertia Entertainment marked its 20th anniversary with a celebratory show, held at Toronto’s Opera House on February 27, 2016. Inertia employee Tom Remigio was there for the birthday party but as vocalist of Canadian “black metal fundamentalists” Panzerfaust he was there to perform as well. Hellbound contributor Gabe Hughes had a chance to ask Remigio a…
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Interview: Rebel Wizard
Hellbound contributor Jason Oberuc recently had a chance to pose some questions to Australia’s Rebel Wizard. Read the Q&A below. Hey, Bob, how’s it going? I hope all is well with you. Now tell me a little bit about how this project started. I know you’ve had an atmospheric black metal project Nekrasov since 1997 that…
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Interview: Mandroid Echostar
Guelph-based progressive metal band Mandroid Echostar is bassist Adam Richards, guitarist Sam Pattison, drummer Matt H-K, guitarist/keyboardist James Krul, guitarist Stephen Richards and vocalist Michael Ciccia. The band released Coral Throne, their third record (and second full-length) on January 15, 2016. A month or so after the new record became available, Michael Ciccia spared Hellbound some time, answering a…
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Full Metal Parenting presents: The Jamie Myers interview
Back in September Sabbath Assembly released their latest occult doom/rock album, Sabbath Assembly, to much praise. It was around this time that Craig and I had the opportunity to ask vocalist Jamie Myers some questions about her role as a “heavy metal parent.” She was gracious enough to respond to our queries about balancing her…
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Hellbound Q&A with the Metal God: Rob Halford of Judas Priest
Metal gods require no introduction. Rob Halford took a breather from Judas Priest’s massive North American tour to discuss redemption, the PMRC, longevity, and picking out the damn setlist with our Kyle Harcott. Here’s the conversation. Thank you for speaking to me. First off, my congratulations on the tour, Redeemer of Souls, and your recently…
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Cosmic Echoes: a conversation with Pyramids on Mars
Pyramids on Mars have released Echo Cosmic, which is easily the finest instrumental metal album since Joe Satriani’s seminal Surfing With the Alien. It is by turns inspiring, jaw dropping, progressive and uplifting. Pyramids on Mars are what metal could be, but increasingly (and sadly) is not. This is metal to banish the blues and…
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I love what I love… Hellbound’s 2015 Q&A with Phil Anselmo
Phil Anselmo needs little introduction to metalheads. He is best known as the frontman of the platinum-selling titans Pantera, but there is also Down and Superjoint to name but a few of his well-known bands. He recently spoke with Hellbound’s Jay Gorania, a week before setting out with Superjoint on Danzig’s Blackest of the Black tour,…