Tag: interview
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Dread Sovereign: Celebrating the vernacular of heavy metal
I first heard the distinctive Nemtheanga vocal assault in 2002 (yeah, I know, I was late to the party), when Primordial mesmerized me, in a pummelling sort of way, within the first blistering seconds of Storm Before Calm. The next year I was thrilled to discover that Primordial were set to play Summer Breeze, my…
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Inside Mastodon’s Next Revolution
The anticipation of getting to play Once More ‘Round The Sun – Mastodon’s sixth full-length album – has finally overcome drummer Brann Dailor. He has reached the point where he wants everyone to hear all of his band’s new album and to start playing it live. “I am so excited to start bringing this album…
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Amnesia Rockfest: outdoing themselves one year at a time
On some level, every show organizer and promoter wants to have the event that those who attended look back and remember as the most incredible thing they ever saw. The memories of seeing that moment when a band hit that perfect stride after having been mothballed for years or that chime when a baby band…
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Hopeless Youth
Montreal’s Hopeless Youth have been on the road since late May, touring in support of Disgust, their Candlelight Records debut. From the outside, it looks like their collective career has moved as quickly as their music. In two years (Hopeless Youth formed in 2012) they recorded an EP and album with engineer Frank Daniel Shooflar (Blessed By A…
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Interview with Mike Hill of Tombs
Brooklyn black metal alchemists Tombs are set to release their third album entitled Savage Gold today. One of the year’s most anticipated albums, the follow up to 2011’s critically lauded Path of Totality delivers everything fans could expect it to. Hellbound’s Matt Hinch fired off a few questions to vocalist/guitarist/mastermind Mike Hill and his responses…
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Full Metal Parenting #3: Image
The birth of this Full Metal Parenting series is all thanks to one offended parent. Let me explain. Last year, as I waited to pick my son up from school one day, a parent told me that my tee shirt, which happened to feature a picture of a church in flames on the front, was…
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Social Code – Words From Se7eN Goza of Social 66
In conversation with Se7eN Goza, it’s easy to see that the guitarist is willing to do whatever he needs to do in order to help his band break through and achieve the next level of exposure. He’s ready to get on the road and tour as long as he, bassist Eric Seevers, drummer Joe Bailey…
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Full Metal Parenting #2: interview with Beth Winegarner
A lot of metal fans will tell you that the genre has taken them on journeys to dark, unexpected, and wholly beautiful places, leading them to question nature, reality, and the meaning of existence. Well, welcome to parenthood! It’s pretty much the same, and often twice as loud. Parenting is livin’ after midnight by default…
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Unleash the Archers: creating a lasting impression
Unleash the Archers is a female fronted, melodic power metal band hailing from Vancouver, BC. Since forming in 2007, UTA have released three self-produced full length albums and one EP. While the band is generally defined as power metal, UTA’s music seems to span many other metal genres. Unleash the Archers have shared the stage…
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America Noir tour interviews: Atrocity, Leaves’ Eyes, and Moonspell
Interviews with Atrocity, Leaves’ Eyes, and Moonspell The Riot Room, Kansas City, Missouri, Friday, February 14, 2014 Alexander Krull (Atrocity/Leaves’ Eyes) We begin with a conversation with Alexander Krull from Atrocity and Leaves’ Eyes. Most of our discussion was about Atrocity, although since both bands share members it’s difficult to keep them 100 per cent separate. When…