Tag: Obituary
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Amon Amarth – Live in Toronto – December 2022
The Great Heathen Tour saw Viking metal legends Amon Amarth joined by death metal giants Carcass, Obituary and Cattle Decapitation for a North American tour of epic proportions. Belatedly, here are some captures of the tour’s stop in Toronto at the east-end venue History, by guest photographer Keith Ibbitson of Lower Eastside Photography. Follow Keith…
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Dr. Laura Wiebe (11 January 1976 – 16 August 2022)
My friend Laura Wiebe passed away earlier this week. I met Laura around 1995 when she was in a gothic metal band Embrace and they played a disastrous show in Guelph that I helped put together for my friends in Tchort (possibly still called Tchort and the Family Mantis at the time). Laura was smart,…
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Obituary interview: Trevor Peres in San Francisco, May 2018
Death metal pioneers OBITUARY conquered North America again this spring with their latest headlining tour, supported by Pallbearer, Skeletonwitch and Dust Bolt. The tour began May 2 in Atlanta, Georgia, and wrapped up June 3 in Miami, Florida. On May 25, Obituary rolled through San Francisco, and Hellbound’s Gene Gaona was there for the action.…
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A NEW YEAR, MORE NEW (IN) METAL: 2017, PART 1b
Last week, in part 1, we noted that there’s too much going on in metal these days to leave all our ‘best of’ and year-in-review lists to December. Now a few more Hellbounders have chimed in on what’s caught their ears so far in 2017. Check out their highlights (and the odd disappointment) below. Metal…
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After 30 years, Obituary still looking for frontman…
Hellbound interviews Obituary’s Don Tardy Obituary arrived in San Francisco on March 26, 2017 as part of this year’s Decibel magazine tour. Hellbounder Gene A. Gaona was there to chat with founding drummer Donald Tardy. Watch the full video interview below: OBITUARY are: John Tardy – Vocals Trevor Peres – Guitar Ken Andrews Jr. – Guitar Terry…
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Patrick Macnee (February 6, 1922- June 25, 2015) – An Appreciation
This is an appreciation, not an obituary, because Patrick Macnee (February 6, 1922- June 25, 2015) led a life worth living, a life full of light, one such as only being so near to death, as he was in World War 2, can give you. A few weeks ago I wrote about the passing of…
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Death To All and Obituary in Toronto, Nov 27, 2014
DEATH (Death to All Tour) with OBITUARY, MASSACRE, RIVERS OF NIHIL Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto November 27th, 2014 So, I know I’m not one of the lucky thousands to have experienced the very beginnings of the death metal genre itself. DEATH, at any of the many peaks of their long-running lineup, fronted by the legendary…
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Asphyx – Deathhammer
This is pretty much the same mid-tempo old school shit all the way through. It is exactly how Asphyx wants it, and if you like good quality, be it fairly unoriginal Death Metal then you will fully dig this.