Tag: Saxon

  • Happy 30th birthday to… Motorhead’s Orgasmatron

    Happy 30th birthday to… Motorhead’s Orgasmatron

    It seems almost impossible to believe, but thirty years ago on this date Motorhead‘s Orgasmatron album was released on an unsuspecting public. It was the first album to see release after the band’s 10th anniversary celebrations and was the first full-length to feature Phil Campbell and Wurzel on guitar, along with former Saxon drummer Pete…

  • BOOK REVIEW – The Explosive Early Years of the NWOBHM

    BOOK REVIEW – The Explosive Early Years of the NWOBHM

    Wheels of Steel: The Explosive Early Years of the NWOBHM by Martin Popoff (Power Chord Press) It’s now over 20 years since Riff Kills Man! hit the shelves, and, amazingly, Martin Popoff’s output appears to have gone into overdrive. He’s written or co-written over 50 books at this point, and banked interviews with every metal…

  • ProgPower 2015: Day 2 (Thu, Sep 10)

    ProgPower 2015: Day 2 (Thu, Sep 10)

    ProgPower XVI: THURSDAY The Thursday Kick-Off Show originally featured Royal Hunt frontman DC Cooper performing a set that would span his career; that fell through. No big deal – just add heavy metal legends Armored Saint and Saxon to the bill, and you have yourself a fucking show.  But it started with Brazil’s Almah, a band…

  • Biff Byford: The Hellbound Interview

    Early last week NWOBHM legends Saxon made their first stop in Toronto for a show in over twenty-five years. As astonishing as it seems, the last time the venerable British metal unit made it to Canada’s most populated city was way back in 1986. It was a long time coming, but the band played one…

  • Built For Speed: Motörhead Revisited, Volume Two

    Part two of Adrien Begrand’s comprehensive wrap up of Sanctuary’s deluxe Motörhead reissues, from 1983’s diamond in the rough Another Perfect Day to 1987’s not-so-great Rock N Roll.

  • 70000 TONS OF METAL Cruise Recap Part 4

    This marks the final part of our coverage of the 70000 TONS OF CRUISE festival, recapping the activities of day four on the boat. This was a full day at sea with music from early morning until the late hours of the evening. In our fourth installment, Adrien, Kevin and Sean review live sets by…

  • 70000 TONS OF METAL Cruise Recap Part 3

    Day three of our trip started out with the arrival at our boat’s destination: Cozumel, Mexico. It was a day off from music and a chance to go onshore in Mexico to check out the local surroundings and shops. For our third installment, Adrien, Kevin and Sean describe the day spent in Mexico before another…

  • Motörhead – Orgasmatron

    Track after track of Orgasmatron delivers everything you could expect from a Motörhead record: fuzz, the distinct, violent and sexual, cigarette ravaged vocals of Lemmy, solos to air guitar along with, groove to shake your ass to, and power to pump your fist to.

  • 70000 TONS OF METAL Cruise Recap Part 2

    Last week the inaugural 70000 TONS OF METAL cruise sailed from Miami, FL to Cozumel, Mexico and back and featured live performances by forty-two metal bands. Hellbound.ca was lucky enough to have been able to send four of its contributors on the cruise and here is what they had to say about the performances that…

  • Mean Streak: Metal Slave

    The pace is very steady with solid lead guitars going back and forth, Metal Slave is about exactly what you always wanted in a NWOBHM style album. These guys give a helluva good performance, showing a great influence of Judas Priest, Battleaxe, Saxon and early Scorpions. It is a pleasure to listen to a debut…