Tag: Sean Palmerston
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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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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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Eve Of Darkness Book Explores Toronto’s Heavy Metal Scene From 1980-1989
Saturday, September 25th will make the launch of a very important artifact chronicling the history of the heavy metal music scene in the greater Toronto, Ontario area. On that day, UXB Press will be releasing their newest book, entitled Eve Of Darkness: Toronto Metal in the ’80s. This book is a massive, painstakingly put together…
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Vancouver’s SCRAPE RECORDS Launches Record Label, Signs Zimmer’s Hole
Vancouver has a brand new metal record label albeit one with a very familiar name. Please welcome Scrape Records!
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Happy 35th Birthday to… Iron Maiden’s The Number Of The Beast
Happy 35th birthday today to Iron Maiden’s The Number of The Beast. What an album!
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From the archives: ZOMBI show preview from 2005
Reading Steve Earles’ awesome review of the John Carpenter film score retrospective has sent me on a musical journey this weekend, dealing primiarily with horror music soundtracks. I started out with some Carpenter scores, then listened to and watched some live Goblin – mostly the awesome Austinato live blu-ray that features Steve Moore as a…
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Opeth / The Sword @ Massey Hall, Toronto ON, October 5, 2016
It’s not very often anymore that I am willing to go out to a mid-week show, but when you get the chance to see one of your favourite bands play in a beautiful, historic concert hall sometimes you have to take the plunge. That was me this past Wednesday night, when Opeth made their debut…
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Happy 30th Birthday to… Iron Maiden’s Somewhere In Time
Thirty years ago today Iron Maiden released their sixth studio album, the progressively tinged Somewhere In Time. Following up the incredible success of the preceeding Powerslave album and subsequent World Slavery Tour, Time came nearly two years after Powerslave‘s release and found some diehard fans disappointed with its more experimental leanings. The album was advanced…
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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…
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Video Premiere: DEAD ASYLUM – Forgotten Sacrifice
Hellbound is proud to present the video premiere of “Forgotten Sacrifice” by Vancouver melodic death metal quartet Dead Asylum. Dead Asylum formed in Vancouver, BC at the end of 2011, featuring vocalist/guitarist Mike Lister, vocalist/guitarist Tyler Forde, bassist Tyler Meierhofer and drummer Samantha Landa. Dead Asylum’s style spans the spectrum of metal–combining elements of thrash…