Iron Reagan/Gatecreeper split
This is not the split album that we necessarily need – but it is certainly the one we deserve. Split albums are usually pretty…
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In memoriam: Metal luminaries pay tribute to Necrophagia’s Killjoy
Frank (Killjoy) Pucci, 1966-2018 Legendary death metal pioneer Frank “Killjoy” Pucci passed away Sunday, March 18. The frontman of the seminal act Necrophagia was…
Metal events you don’t wanna miss – spring 2018
As the weather warms and festival season approaches, we Hellbound folks are looking ahead to some of the significant metal events coming up this…
Uterine Derangement: with much respect to Vile Creature
In celebration of anti-oppressive queer vegan Canadian science-fiction metal It’s thanks to my Kill Eat Exploit the Weak co-host – Hellbound photographer/web guy Adam…
Bison – Earthbound (reissue)
It figures that just a few months after putting out their comeback album, which wound up being one of our top five Canadian releases…
Zeke – Hellbender
Not sure I was expecting to hear from these Seattle punk rockers again. Zeke last released a full-length record almost 15 years ago, and…
Eagle Twin – The Thundering Heard
I’m not always a fan of two-piece doom bands—especially when they don’t have a bassist. But some can still generate enough sonic power to…
Earthless – Black Heaven
You know the world’s been twist-turned upside down when Fu Manchu is kicking out 18-minute jams and Earthless is singing—yes, actually singing—sub-10-minute numbers. That’s…
Yamantaka // Sonic Titan – Dirt LP
In this age of post-modern songwriting and culturally blended musicianship, finding something which is truly striking and unique in its composition, performance and presentation…
Violation Wound – With Man In Charge
A simple summation of Violation Wound’s sound is that they sound like Autopsy or Abscess without the death and doom elements of their music….