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Graveyard / The Shrine @ The Shelter, Detroit, MI, February 4, 2013
By Renee Trotier Good things come to those who wait, or so the adage goes. It’s meant to extol the concept of patience as a virtue, but patience doesn’t come in infinite supply. Sometimes you’ve got...
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J.P. Gaster of Clutch: The Hellbound Interview
By Matt Hinch It’s not every day that you get to interview a member of your favourite band. So when the opportunity to talk to drummer J.P. Gaster of hard rockers Clutch presented itself, I jumped all...
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Chicken Dinner with Quorthon
By Sean Palmerston During the early to mid-nineties I lived in Toronto, Ontario. I moved there in 1991 to attend York University for a BA in Geography (I later switched to Canadian History) and I...
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Absu/Sylvus/Empyrean Plague @ Annex Wreckroom, Toronto, ON, April 15, 2013
Review and photos by Danielle Griscti Empyrean Plague opened up the night after making the long trek to Toronto. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing these guys many times over the years and now through a...
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Clutch / Orange Goblin / Lionize / Scorpion Child @ Sound Academy, Toronto...
Live review by Renee Trotier; Photos by Albert Mansour Arriving to the Sound Academy before the doors opened at the early hour of 6:30pm, I was surprised to discover a lineup that was sparsely...
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Death to All / Anciients @ Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto ON, April 28, 2013
Review by Laura Wiebe; Photos by Adam Wills Last year some of the original members of Florida extreme metal pioneers Death got together with special guests to play some shows. The all-star metal...
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Opeth / Katatonia @ Guelph Concert Theater, Guelph ON, April 26, 2013
Live review by Sean Palmerston; Concert photos by Mike Bax, lithiummagazine.com It was a Friday night not to be missed: one of my favourite Swedish metal bands playing as close to my house as they’ve...
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Heavy Metal, Popular Culture, and Academia
By Laura Wiebe A few days into April, Sarah Kitteringham and I loaded into Adam Wills’s car for a heavy metal road trip to Bowling Green, Ohio. Our destination wasn’t a concert, although live music...
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Decibel Magazine Tour 2013 @ Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto ON, May 31, 2013
By Matt Hinch, Cannibal Corpse concert photos by Adam Wills* Toronto’s Phoenix played host to the second installment of The Decibel Magazine Tour. Where last year’s tour was Satanically based, this...
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Blasphemous Meals #8: Canucks a la Cuisine – headbanging over hot plates.
Photos and words by Ola Mazzuca Give’er! Genocide Yellow Pea Soup By Mark Bouffard of DISSECTION This ain’t no can of Habitant! With fresh, shredded carrot, yellow peas and pancetta, this Quebecois...
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Check This Out: Hypertension – Primeval Tyrants Prevails
By Sean Palmerston In early April occasional Hellbound.ca contributor Jared Hynes sent me an email asking me if I wanted to go in with him to order the newest demo from Sweden’s death/thrash/black...
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Philip H. Anselmo is a true original, raw and at his core
By Ola Mazzuca Be it that gnarly scream, outspoken attitude or empowering stage presence, Philip H. Anselmo can do it all. The multifaceted musician from NOLA is everyone’s favourite frontman of...
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STAFF PLAYLISTS: August 2013
Back by popular demand! It’s the staff playlists page! Here’s what we’ve been listening to in July and August 2013… Bill Adams THE HEAVY BLINKERS – Health (self-released) MIXTAPES – Ordinary Noise (No...
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Hellbound @ Tuska Open Air: The Review – Day 1
Review and photos by Justin Richardson I got to Finland two weeks or so before the Tuska festival. While the festival was the main reason I was traveling overseas, it ended up being the last thing on...
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Exhumed – Necrocracy
By William Seay A new album from Exhumed almost seemed unlikely just a few years ago, but with the 2011 “comeback” album All Guts, No Glory, we saw a startlingly polished return to form. Exhumed have...
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Southern Ontario Metal Fest, Club Absinthe, Hamilton ON, August 23-25. 2013
By Laura Wiebe, Photos by Adam Wills The Southern Ontario Metal Fest is a few years old now but this was the event’s first year in Hamilton – a move in-city from the wilds of a Port Burwell...
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Blood Ceremony / Biblical / Cauchemar @ Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON,...
By Danielle Griscti Toronto’s Horseshoe Tavern saw no time or space wasted on Saturday night, as the eagerly anticipated album The Eldritch Dark by Blood Ceremony got an official release party. People...
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Steve Hackett @ Oakville Centre For the Arts, Oakville ON, October 8, 2013
By Sean Palmerston; Photos by Albert Mansour Tuesday night was the first of back-to-back performances by former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett and his band at the intimate Oakville Centre For the...
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Anathema / Alcest / Mamiffer @ The Opera House, Toronto ON, September 18th, 2013
By Jonathan Smith I cannot speak for the whole audience attending Wednesday’s show, but from where I was standing that night there was a palpable sense of excitement in the minutes leading up to...
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Katatonia / Cult of Luna / Intronaut / Tesseract @ The Opera House, Toronto...
Review by Laura Wiebe; Photos by Adam Wills When you’re into foreign underground bands who are often slotted into short opening slots because they’re not widely known… well, you get used to enjoying...
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