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Schizoid: The Next Extreme
By Laura Wiebe In 1999 a small but international underground label called D-Trash Records released a noisy, electronic and metallic record called Enough is Enough! – the debut from southern Ontario...
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Hellbound’s Getting Stoked For… NOCTIS VALKYRIES 5!
By Kyle Harcott As far as metal festivals go, historically speaking Western Canada has been about as headbanging as a church potluck. It’s kinda ridiculous, when you think about it; I mean, what’s a...
View ArticleHellbound.ca INDIVIDUAL TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2012
Today we published the TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 2012 list, as voted by the writers of Hellbound.ca. Here are the individual Top 10s that were submitted by our writers for your personal enjoyment… BILL ADAMS 1....
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Best of the Best – A Tally of the Year’s Best Albums
By Adam Wills As I was putting together my list of “Best Albums of 2012,” I was curious about the other lists that various metal publications put together and how both my own and Hellbound’s lists...
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Atriarch – Ritual Of Passing
By Matt Hinch Atriarch’s Ritual of Passing is not a complacent album. One should not just put it on as background music. While it would serve perfectly well to destroy silence, the lyrical content...
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Gojira / Devin Townsend Project / The Atlas Moth @ The Phoenix, Toronto, ON,...
Review and photos by Adam Wills A capacity crowd came together at Toronto’s Phoenix Concert Theatre last week to witness France’s mighty Gojira, Canada’s own Devin Townsend Project, and Chicago’s...
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Indesinence – Vessels of Light and Decay
By Matt Hinch Vessels of Light and Decay is the second full length from London, England’s Indesinence. It’s been six years since their last release but this brand of death doom isn’t the sort of...
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Ash Borer – Bloodlands 12″
By Matt Hinch Ash Borer have been making quite the name for themselves in the underground circles in a relatively short period of time. Their split with Fell Voices, and a self-titled debut in 2011...
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Altar of Plagues – Teethed Glory and Injury
By Jonathan Smith Altar of Plagues‘ Teethed Glory and Injury sounds like it owes much more to the band’s experimental split with Year of No Light than it does their last full-length album, 2011′s...
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HELLBOUND RADIO Playlist – Sunday, June 9th, 2013
Well holy shit, it’s a Hellbound Radio playlist! Well, there actually hasn’t been a playlist for a while, as it has been nearly a month since we have done the show live. Never fear however, faithful...
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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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Subrosa – More Constant Than The Gods
By Matt Hinch Salt Lake City’s Subrosa established themselves on 2011’s No Help For The Mighty Ones. That album garnered the band considerable praise, and rightly so. Incredible tone, two electric...
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Grave Miasma – Odori Sepulcrorum
By Matt Hinch Finally rising from the catacombs buried deep in the blood soaked soils of London is the debut full length from Grave Miasma. It is eight tracks of demented and ethereal death metal sure...
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Castevet – Obsian
By Matt Hinch You know what? New York can keep pumping out black metal bands and I would be perfectly fine with that. As long as they continue to be as good as Castevet. With Obsian, their follow-up...
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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...
View ArticleHellbound.ca INDIVIDUAL TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2013
Ask the Hellbound writers what the best albums of 2013 were and you get a wide-ranging list covering well over 100 records. It’s a sign of our diverse but discerning tastes. It’s also a powerful...
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Avichi – Catharsis Absolute
By Matt Hinch Dark times call for dark music. So it happened that following my grandmother’s passing last week Catharsis Absolute by Avichi came around on my playlist. And stayed there for days as I...
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Artificial Brain – Labyrinth Constellation
By Matt Hinch A few things are required for assembling an Artificial Brain: extremely talented musicians, super-technical riffs, complicated song arrangements, Colin Marston production, terrifying...
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Editor’s playlist – songs for a cold, snowy Thursday
For a serious music fan (and I assume anyone reading this must be), finding sounds that really click for you has to be one of the most satisfying pleasures — encountering music that resonates with...
View ArticlePsalm Zero – The Drain
Profound Lore has become known over the years as a go-to label for some of the best and most extreme black and death metal bands. But with the release of Vaura‘s The Missing last year, the label...
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