Tag: Root

  • Blasphemous Meals #11: Winter’s Wrath

    Blasphemous Meals #11: Winter’s Wrath

    Words and photos by Ola Mazzuca Happy New Year skids! I’m back with the 11th edition of Blasphemous Meals, delving into three dishes that are hotter than hell, perfect for frigid weather and snow-covered, kvlt landscape – straight outta Hellbent for Cooking: The Heavy Metal Cookbook by Annick Giroux, via Bazillion Points. Spin some vinyl,…

  • Opeth / Katatonia @ Guelph Concert Theater, Guelph ON, April 26, 2013

    Hellbound Metal: “I was delighted when they opened the set with an excellent rendition of “The Devil’s Orchard”, but I was absolutely over the moon when they followed it up immediately with “Ghost of Perdition” and, this was a real shocker, “White Cluster” off Still Life. I wasn’t expecting anything that old to be played…

  • Hellbound Q & A with… Terese Fleming of Scarab Productions

    Hellbound Q & A with… Terese Fleming of Scarab Productions

    Western Canadian metal owes a lot to Terese Fleming. As the organizer of the Noctis festival, she has put our region on the map as far as heavy metal culture goes. Incredibly supportive of her local and regional scene, Terese has been putting on shows, from tiny community halls to the now multi-day Noctis extravaganza…

  • Noctis Valkyries Returns This Weekend!

    This Friday and Saturday sees the return of Canada’s most unique metal festival – and I’m happy to say I am a part of it this year! Calgary, Alberta plays home to the fourth edition of the Noctis Metal Fest and Conference this weekend and I am about to jump on a plane on Thursday…