Tag: metal
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HELLBOUND STAFF PICKS, FEBRUARY 2018
Last month we reintroduced an old Hellbound tradition – our monthly staff picks/playlists! We’ve asked our regular and longtime contributors to weigh in on a few categories as follows (expect a few variations to our lists throughout the year, as well as some individual quirks and touches): Listening to – an album, ep or song from…
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The Opium Cartel – “What’s It Gonna Be” (Ratt cover)
The Opium Cartel is the sister band of White Willow, whose last album, Future Hopes, we gushed over last year. The Opium Cartel seems to be a necessary outlet for bandleader Jacob Holm-Lupo, a way to explore a lighter, poppier style away from the weight-of-the-world concerns of White Willow. You’ll hear a similar palette of…
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Green Druid – Ashen Blood
In a scene full of witches and wizards, sometimes it’s good to be a druid. These Denver doomsters may not stray too far from the beaten path (they do have a song called “Nightfall,” after all), but their crunchy doom tones still satisfy on their 74-minute(!) Earache Records debut. “Pale Blood Sky” kicks things off…
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Black Wizard – Livin’ Oblivion
Black Wizard’s last album, 2016’s New Waste, just narrowly missed our Hellbound Top 10 Canadian albums… and it’s probably my fault. I think I had it at Number 11 or 12 on my own list—not that there was anything wrong with it, just that there were a lot of great Canadian records released in 2016.…
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Paradise Lost – Host
Paradise Lost really have mutated to survive over the years. With their debut Lost Paradise, they had a sound inspired by Autopsy, Celtic Frost and Black Sabbath, yet even there their own identity shone through. It was dark, and that would be the way for Paradise Lost to this day (a great name, all the great…
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KREATOR live in Berkeley, CA, 10 Feb 2018
Concert review: SABATON & KREATOR co-headlining in Calibornia, February 2018 On the evening of February 10th my son Benjamin and I were lucky enough to attend a very odd pairing of a couple of metal acts at the UC Theater in Berkeley, California. The sold out co-headlining tour that rolled into town this night was Sabaton and…
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Interview: MIKE FURY of DIE YOUNG and MOD, Berkeley CA, Feb 2018
Hellbound’s Gene A. Gaona met up with drummer Mike Fury recently, while Die Young was on tour in the American south west. Mike and Gene talk about the new Die Young release The God for Which We Suffer (out January 26 via Good Fight Music), touring, and the evolution of Die Young’s sound, before shifting gears…
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Thy Kingdom Slum – A History of Dissent *CANADIAN*
Man, “Century” by Lodown was probably one of my most-played songs back when I was on CKLN. This catchy, groovy, heavy rock number had a few listeners asking me “Dude, who the heck was that?” But despite having such a killer track, the Windsor-based outfit didn’t get much respect—they always seemed to be playing the…
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Windhand / Satan’s Satyrs split
Although they offer very different takes on what you might file under doom, they’re both at the top of their game. Windhand and Satan’s Satyrs put on a great gig in Toronto while touring together last year, and now they’ve teamed up again on this 31-minute split EP. Although Windhand only gets two songs to…
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Wacken Metal Battle Canada returns to Hamilton, ON
After a one-year hiatus, Wacken Metal Battle Canada has returned, with this year’s competitions kicking off in Calgary this past January. This month the battle comes to Ontario, with rounds beginning in Toronto this Friday, February 9 and in Hamilton this Saturday, February 10. The full schedule of shows can be found on the WMBC…