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No Skeletons in the Closet: An Interview with Evan Linger of Skeletonwitch
By Renee Trotier; Evan Linger live photo by Laina Dawes For the past 10 years, Skeletonwitch have proven themselves as one of the most consistent and hard working bands in the business. Not always an...
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Bill Ward: The Hellbound Interview
Photo (c) Christopher Wagner By Kyle Harcott It don’t mean a thing if don’t got that caveman swing. Heavy metal’s birth, squalling and screeching, is, invariably, always credited to the guitarist of...
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Gorguts / Origin / Nero Di Marte / Fragile Existence @ Annex Wreckroom,...
Review and photos by Danielle Griscti When I was asked by my friends in Fragile Existence to come out and try my hand at doing some video recording, I had no idea what I was in for with the rest of...
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HELLBOUND.CA’s TOP 10 METAL ALBUMS OF 2013
Compiled and edited by Laura Wiebe Hellbound’s writers compared notes on the top albums of 2013, and though we didn’t always agree, we did manage to identify some areas of collective appreciation. And...
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HELLBOUND’s TOP 10 CANADIAN METAL ALBUMS OF 2013
If there was ever an indication of just how strong a year Canadian metal had, it was in the flood of album votes that flooded my inbox this past month. A total of 57 titles were chosen by 16 Hellbound...
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Alcest – Shelter
By Jonathan Smith The Prophecy Productions write-up for Alcest’s fourth full-length album, Shelter, states that the record is “about the concept of shelter as a safe place that allows everybody to...
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Wacken Metal Battle Canada: Canucks winning their way to an international stage
Interview by Laura Wiebe If you’re a metalhead you’ve heard of Wacken Open Air. Founded in 1990, the German festival is a mecca for metal pilgrims, a status immortalized in Sam Dunn and Scot...
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Blasphemous Meals #9: Slaughter of the Bowl
Photos and words by Ola Mazzuca This entry of Blasphemous Meals . I chose each for their type of protein and method of preparation, which ultimately makes them fitting year round. For our Toronto...
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Crimson Shadows: Ready to Take on the World
Hellbound presents: Canuck metal you don’t want to miss Interview by Laura Wiebe Hellbound is a Canadian-based metal site. That doesn’t determine our coverage – we can appreciate, evaluate and cover...
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Thou – Heathen
By Matt Hinch “Only amidst the sea of refuse shall we find enlightenment pure.” — from “Immorality Dictates” The ever-prolific Thou continue what has thus far been a stellar 2014 with Heathen. Their...
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XUL: Poised to take the world of metal by storm
Photo by Bailey Ann Gottlieb Interview by Patrick Chappelle Occasionally, the boundaries of metal are tested and stretched beyond the confines of what its fans find acceptable, by bands bands who seek...
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Alcest – Still the same stone, but what you see is different
Interview with Winterhalter (drummer for Alcest) by Jonathan Smith January saw the release of Alcest’s latest album, Shelter. Even though I myself am not a big fan of this particular offering from the...
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Shooting Guns: dealing some heavy instrumental magic
Interview by Natalie Zina Walschots Photo by Travis Cole When it comes to the metal aesthetic many bands feel they need to choose the route of texture or torture. Bands decide whether to build weapons...
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No Skeletons in the Closet: An Interview with Evan Linger of Skeletonwitch
By Renee Trotier; Evan Linger live photo by Laina Dawes For the past 10 years, Skeletonwitch have proven themselves as one of the most consistent and hard working bands in the business. Not always an...
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Bill Ward: The Hellbound Interview
Photo (c) Christopher Wagner By Kyle Harcott It don’t mean a thing if don’t got that caveman swing. Heavy metal’s birth, squalling and screeching, is, invariably, always credited to the guitarist of...
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King Diamond / Jess and the Ancient Ones @ Sound Academy, Toronto ON, October...
Review by Sean Palmerston – Concert photos by Adam Wills This was a Saturday night worth remembering. A cold, crisp October evening just a few weeks before Halloween made for a fitting return of King...
View ArticleThe Wild Beast Manifesto: One writer’s response to Metalsucks
Every American presidential election has a profound, lasting impact on the entire world. The recent election has been incredibly divisive online and in person, driving wedges between friends and family...
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Dragged Into Sunlight – American tour blog 2016
I tagged along with England’s Dragged Into Sunlight for their first journey across America in 2012. I did so again for their second American tour last summer that spanned 27 cities. Comparing crowd...
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King Diamond / Jess and the Ancient Ones @ Sound Academy, Toronto ON, October...
Review by Sean Palmerston – Concert photos by Adam Wills This was a Saturday night worth remembering. A cold, crisp October evening just a few weeks before Halloween made for a fitting return of King...
View ArticleThe Wild Beast Manifesto: One writer’s response to Metalsucks
Every American presidential election has a profound, lasting impact on the entire world. The recent election has been incredibly divisive online and in person, driving wedges between friends and family...
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