Tag: year end

  • Staff picks and playlists – December 2019

    Staff picks and playlists – December 2019

    Another year ends and a new one begins. Thanks for hanging with us in 2019. Stick around for lots more to come in 2020! This month, in addition to our usual staff playlists, some of us Hellbound folks have nominated our 2019 and all-decade favourites and highlighted what we’re looking forward to in this new…

  • The best uncelebrated metal of 2017

    The best uncelebrated metal of 2017

    2017 was a solid year for metal, no doubt. I’ve noticed, while perusing “year end” lists, a lot of the same things coming in at the top. Credit where credit is due – some of the metal genre’s best bands released some awesome material – Enslaved coming in with another genre-bending masterpiece; Loss and Bell…

  • Best CANADIAN Metal of 2017: TOP 15

    Best CANADIAN Metal of 2017: TOP 15

    Our contributors’ submissions for this year’s best of Canadian metal list revealed a surprising amount of consensus and an unsurprising amount of varied tastes. We had so little trouble coming up with a top ten that we expanded the list to our top fifteen. And our numerous honourable mentions indicate how much more great Canadian…

  • Best CANADIAN Metal of 2017: Honourable Mentions

    Best CANADIAN Metal of 2017: Honourable Mentions

    This has been another great year for Canadian metal, with strong releases coming out across the country. After several Hellbound contributors put our heads together, we managed to produce a list of fifteen favourites – and we’ll be announcing these soon. As usual, we came up with too many selections for one short list; hence,…

  • Heavy metal in 2017 by Laura Wiebe

    Heavy metal in 2017 by Laura Wiebe

    Ah, that most glorious time of the year for music writers – year-end season is upon us once again! 2017 was a tumultuous year, but even so, it was a damned good one for heavy metal, and Team Hellbound had a cornucopia of great albums to choose from. Here, we turn the page over to…

  • Heavy Metal in 2017 by Adam Wills

    Heavy Metal in 2017 by Adam Wills

    Ah, that most glorious time of the year for music writers – year-end season is upon us once again! 2017 was a tumultuous year, but even so, it was a damned good one for heavy metal, and Team Hellbound had a cornucopia of great albums to choose from. Here, we turn the page over to…

  • Heavy metal in 2017 by Adrien Begrand

    Heavy metal in 2017 by Adrien Begrand

    Ah, that most glorious time of the year for music writers – year-end season is upon us once again! 2017 was a tumultuous year, but even so, it was a damned good one for heavy metal, and Team Hellbound had a cornucopia of great albums to choose from. Here, we turn the page over to…

  • Heavy metal in 2017 by Kyle Harcött

    Heavy metal in 2017 by Kyle Harcött

    Ah, that most glorious time of the year for music writers – year-end season is upon us once again! 2017 was a tumultuous year, but even so, it was a damned good one for heavy metal, and Team Hellbound had a cornucopia of great albums to choose from. Here, we turn the page over to…

  • Heavy metal in 2017 by Jay H. Gorania

    Heavy metal in 2017 by Jay H. Gorania

    Ah, that most glorious time of the year for music writers – year-end season is upon us once again! 2017 was a tumultuous year, but even so, it was a damned good one for heavy metal, and Team Hellbound had a cornucopia of great albums to choose from. Here, we turn the page over to…

  • Heavy metal in 2017 by Gruesome Greg

    Heavy metal in 2017 by Gruesome Greg

    Ah, that most glorious time of the year for music writers – year-end season is upon us once again! 2017 was a tumultuous year, but even so, it was a damned good one for heavy metal, and Team Hellbound had a cornucopia of great albums to choose from. Here, we turn the page over to…