Tag: Relapse
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ZOMBI – ZOMBI and Friends Volume 1
This album is possibly the Zombi album that will get the least amount of repeated plays of their entire recorded output but it is a really fun listen nonetheless. It’s a big step, at least to these ears, from what the band is best known for, but kudos to them for putting it out there.
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Hellbound interviews Genocide Pact in San Francisco
This fall, Washington DC’s Genocide Pact are busy touring North America as part of the Relapse Contamination Tour 2018. When the tour hit San Francisco, Hellbound’s Gene Gaona got a chance to talk death metal and more with Genocide Pact drummer Connor and guitarist /vocalist Tim. INTERVIEW: Interview recorded at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco ,…
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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 fun, especially when two bands of like mind come together and create something that might not be viable on a full release. In this case, it seems like a casserole baked by…
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Genocide Pact – Order of Torment
Well what can I say, I had never heard of the Death Metal act Genocide Pact prior to the fine folks at Relapse Records sending me this gem of an album, and I’m super stoked they did. Order of Torment is due out on February 2nd on the aforementioned Relapse Records and it is a…
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GATECREEPER video interview, November 2017
Arizona death metallers Gatecreeper are on tour with Cannibal Corpse and Power Trip through to December 8. When the tour stopped in San Francisco last week, Hellbound’s Mean Gene got a chance to chat with Gatecreeper vocalist Chase Mason. Gene A. Gaona interview with Chase Mason (vocalist) of Gatecreeper. Recorded at Slim’s in San Francisco,…
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Tau Cross – Pillar of Fire
For those who love Amebix’s excellent, original and heartfelt music, there is much to enjoy here. Tau Cross (also featuring Voivod’s excellent drummer Away) are something of a progression from Amebix, yet still very much in the same vein as that seminal band. Amebix were very much prophets without honour in their own land yet now…
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Expulsion – Nightmare Future
Do you like grindcore? How about fast and extreme? Well, take your blood pressure medication and hit play. Expulsion’s highly anticipated album Nightmare Future drops on July 10th via Relapse Records and it is brutal! The band consists of grind/metal veterans Matt Olivo (Repulsion), Matt Harvey (Exhumed, Gruesome), Danny Walker (Intronaut, Exhumed, Phobia), and Menno Verbaten…
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Dying Fetus – Wrong One To Fuck With
Catchy and brutal as ever Dying Fetus return to the forefront of brutal american death metal, a genre that they arguably ruled for nearly a decade. Unloading a full clip of ammunition on the world in the form of Wrong One To Fuck With the Maryland metalheads do not extend any level of mercy on…
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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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Unearthly Trace – Stalking the Ghost
NYC doom dealers Unearthly Trance have returned from a seven-year recording hiatus—one that gave us a pair of Serpentine Path records, mind you, as they joined up with Tim Bagshaw of Electric Wizard fame. But now the original trio’s back in business, with their sixth album, out this month on Relapse Records. You can expect…