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High on Fire – De Vermis Mysteriis
By Gruesome Greg Though I’m not nearly as devoted to them as I am to Matt Pike’s previous outfit, the recent output from High on Fire has been solid enough that a new record from them still lands on...
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Untimely Demise/ Grand Master/ Mares of Thrace/ Agony Spawn @ Amigos,...
By Adrien Begrand To Sonic Unyon, having two of the Hamilton label’s most prized metal signees play a rare show together is something special, a neat little showcase for the wide range of styles it...
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Witch Mountain / Blood Ceremony / Castle @ Hard Luck Bar, Toronto ON, June...
By Natalie Zed Every once in a while there is a concert line-up that makes you do a double take. The bands are so perfect for each other and the show so expertly curated that you almost can’t believe...
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The Return of… Kevi Metal’s Rimshots (August 2012 edition)
By Kevi Metal Ok, so it’s been a while since I did one of these, but I’ve been busy with that whole trying to make a living while remaining true to one’s ideals nonsense. Anyone got wind of a good job...
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Sylosis – An Interview With Josh Middleton
By Jason Wellwood Sylosis have just unleashed their latest masterpiece Monolith through Nuclear Blast on October 5th. On this, their third album, the band has taken their blend of progressive thrash...
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Barge To Hell Cruise Recap Part 1
Last week the inaugural BARGE TO HELL cruise set sail from Miami, FL and Hellbound.ca was lucky enough to be there to take it all in. Here is the first of four installments about what Adrien, Albert...
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70,000 Tons of Metal 2013, Part Two
Read part 1 of our 70,000 Tons review here Review by Adrien Begrand; Live photos by Marc Hansen, Michael Jagla, Ag Babin, and Adrien Begrand. Day Two, 285 nautical miles southwest of Miami: Unexpect,...
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70,000 Tons of Metal 2013, Part Three
Read part 1 of our 70,000 Tons review here Read part 2 of our 70,000 Tons review here Review by Adrien Begrand; Live photos by Marc Hansen, Michael Jagla, Ag Babin, and Adrien Begrand. Day Three: Grand...
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Holy Grail – Ride The Void
By Matt Hinch The whole “trad metal” thing doesn’t seem to be slowing down does it? I don’t imagine it’s likely to when quality bands like Holy Grail put out albums those with an old school affinity...
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Satan – Life Sentence
By Gruesome Greg Hey wait, is this the same Court in the Act Satan from ’83? Not only the same band, but all of the musicians who recorded said cult classic some 30 years ago, to boot! Though they had...
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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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Fatality – Psychonaut
By Matt Hinch Earlier this year Montreal’s Barn Burner announced they were calling it quits. This bummed me out terribly. Quite terribly actually. On the bright side, one fine day Psychonaut by...
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Chron Goblin – Life for the Living
By Gruesome Greg Last time I heard from this Calgary crew, on their self-titled EP, they were total Kyuss worshippers. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but it was to the point where there...
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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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Axeslasher – Anthology of Terror Vol. 1
By Matt Hinch Earlier this year Denver/LA thrashers Axeslasher teased us with the “Mark of the Pizzagram/Invasion of the Babesnatchers” single. That was to become the lead track(s) on Anthology of...
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Ashes of Ares – Ashes of Ares
By Jason Wellwood When Matt Barlow left Iced Earth the last time, I thought he had retired from music for good. Needless to say, I was very excited to hear that he had returned with a band of his own,...
View ArticleCrowbar – Symmetry in Black
Crowbar’s Sever the Wicked Hand was an awesome album, one of my top albums of 2011. And despite an unfortunate head-kicking incident at MDF, I was still pretty psyched to hear what the band would come...
View ArticleBarghest – The Virtuous Purge
For their second full-length, The Virtuous Purge, Louisiana deathened black metal titans Barghest have ratcheted up the production quality several notches. They still sound raw and born from the places...
View ArticleOverkill – White Devil Armory
When you think of modern day thrash metal, which band represents the legacy that started back in the early eighties better than Overkill? This, their seventeenth studio album, is a follow up to their...
View ArticleLaugh At The Fakes – Dethrone The Crown
Just looking at the publicity for the splendidly named Laugh At The Fakes, I see them being recommended for fans of such bands as Opeth (no, Opeth sound like Goblin these days, and that works well for...
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