Hellbound.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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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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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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Band Brand Beer Battle: Iron Maiden’s “Trooper” vs AC/DC
By Matt Hinch As anyone that follows me on Twitter or Instagram knows, I’m a big fan of two things: metal and beer. But up here in Canada, unlike our neighbours to the south, where there are all...
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Full Metal Parenting #1: Birds, bees, and big old riffs
Illustrated by Ali Hinch (http://www.alisonhinch.com). A lot of metal fans will tell you that the genre has taken them on journeys to dark, unexpected, and wholly beautiful places, leading them to...
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Full Metal Parenting #2: interview with Beth Winegarner
By illustrator Ali Hinch (http://www.alisonhinch.com). A lot of metal fans will tell you that the genre has taken them on journeys to dark, unexpected, and wholly beautiful places, leading them to...
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Full Metal Parenting #3: Image
The birth of this Full Metal Parenting series is all thanks to one offended parent. Let me explain. Last year, as I waited to pick my son up from school one day, a parent told me that my tee shirt,...
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Why ProgPower Still Matters
In the mid 1990s, heavy metal in the United States was hanging on by a thread. The ’80s were an amazing time for the entire heavy metal realm. The New Wave of British Heavy Metal blossomed with titans...
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Video Premiere: DEAD ASYLUM – Forgotten Sacrifice
Hellbound is proud to present the video premiere of “Forgotten Sacrifice” by Vancouver melodic death metal quartet Dead Asylum. Dead Asylum formed in Vancouver, BC at the end of 2011, featuring...
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Patrick Macnee (February 6, 1922- June 25, 2015) – An Appreciation
This is an appreciation, not an obituary, because Patrick Macnee (February 6, 1922- June 25, 2015) led a life worth living, a life full of light, one such as only being so near to death, as he was in...
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Why ProgPower Still Matters
In the mid 1990s, heavy metal in the United States was hanging on by a thread. The ’80s were an amazing time for the entire heavy metal realm. The New Wave of British Heavy Metal blossomed with titans...
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Video Premiere: DEAD ASYLUM – Forgotten Sacrifice
Hellbound is proud to present the video premiere of “Forgotten Sacrifice” by Vancouver melodic death metal quartet Dead Asylum. Dead Asylum formed in Vancouver, BC at the end of 2011, featuring...
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Patrick Macnee (February 6, 1922- June 25, 2015) – An Appreciation
This is an appreciation, not an obituary, because Patrick Macnee (February 6, 1922- June 25, 2015) led a life worth living, a life full of light, one such as only being so near to death, as he was in...
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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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UK Thrash: Part 1
UK author Ian Glasper has written a number of books on the history of punk rock, including Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980–1984, and The Day the Country Died: A History of Anarcho Punk...
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UK Thrash: Part 2
Noted UK punk rock journalist Ian Glasper recently announced that he’s writing a book on the history of UK thrash metal, to be published in 2018. That announcement got me thinking about all the old...
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UK Thrash: Part 3
Noted UK punk rock journalist Ian Glasper recently announced that he’s writing a book on the history of UK thrash metal, to be published in 2018. That announcement got me thinking about all the old...
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UK Thrash: Part 4
Noted UK punk rock journalist Ian Glasper recently announced that he’s writing a book on the history of UK thrash metal, to be published in 2018. That announcement got me thinking about all the...
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