IN CONVERSATION WITH (THE) MELVINS: THE SUB-POP THICKENS
Kyle Harcott interviews Buzz Osborne, Dale Crover and Steven McDonald in Vancouver, July 2017 Nearly thirty-five years into their career as sludge-metal progenitors, (The) Melvins have a well-known...
View ArticleVancouver’s SCRAPE RECORDS Launches Record Label, Signs Zimmer’s Hole
Vancouver has a new metal record label about to launch, albeit one with a very familiar name. Scrape Records was a long running metal record store, in existence from November 1, 1997 until 2016...
View ArticleEve Of Darkness Book Explores Toronto’s Heavy Metal Scene From 1980-1989
Saturday, September 25th will mark the launch of a very important artifact chronicling the history of the heavy metal music scene in the greater Toronto, Ontario area. On that day, UXB Press will be...
View ArticleAcid – Acid Box [3LP]
Acid Acid Box (3LP box set) (Narnack Records) There’s no question that bands have come up with some pretty unusual items to include with their albums and/or box sets in the twenty-first century, but...
View ArticleMayhem & Mortiis Live Review – Glasgow, UK
Finally, infamous Norwegian black metallers Mayhem are in Glasgow. A show initially penned for two years ago pre-plague. It’s third time lucky for this rescheduled date and the city is ready for it –...
View ArticleCattle Decapitation – Live – August 18th, Glasgow, UK
Hot off the trail of their debut appearance at Bloodstock Festival, American death/grinders Cattle Decapitation are back in Glasgow. In 2019, they released their prescient album Death Atlas and toured...
View ArticleImperial Triumphant – Live – August 14th, Glasgow, UK
Sunday night – what better time for an evening of thinking man’s chaotic avant-garde black metal, namely Imperial Triumphant from New York. This show was another covid casaulty, originally penned in...
View ArticleHellbound Interviews : MORBIKON’s “Land” Phil Hall – November 18, 2022
Having been totally taken in by MORBIKON “Ov Mournful Twilight” since its release this fall, Hellbound contributor Danielle Griscti was excited to speak with Phil “Land Phil” Hall (Municipal Waste,...
View ArticleFestival Review: Fortress Festival 2024
As a young buck, I was never attracted to Black Metal more than when it was filled to the brim with inconceivable levels of exalted atmosphere that encapsulated the world around me in all aspects;...
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