Tag: Loss

  • Best metal of 2014 – Collaborations

    Best metal of 2014 – Collaborations

    Collaborations between artists are never a sure-fire thing. While some releases can pool creatives together to create a piece that meshes well, there’s always Metallica and Lou Reed’s disastrous project to remind us that sometimes these mashups just don’t work. Here, Hellbound contributors review some of the better collaborations that were released in 2014. Esoteric…

  • Barghest – The Virtuous Purge

    Barghest – The Virtuous Purge

    For their second full-length, The Virtuous Purge, Louisiana deathened black metal titans Barghest have ratcheted up the production quality several notches. They still sound raw and born from the places hidden from the sun’s piercing glare, but now all the hellish screams, ice cold, bowel-shaking guitars and manic percussion can be heard with a new…

  • Hellbound.ca INDIVIDUAL TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2013

    Ask the Hellbound writers what the best albums of 2013 were and you get a wide-ranging list covering well over 100 records. It’s a sign of our diverse but discerning tastes. It’s also a powerful reminder of what a great year it’s been for metal.

  • Disma – Towards The Megalith

    Towards the Megalith is crushingly heavy – like monolithic pillars being dropped on top of you. Firmly anchored in the OSDM realm, the album features a demoralizing mix of harsh, seriously downtuned, doom-laden dirges that crawl along on split knuckles.