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Heavy metal in 2017 by Laura Wiebe
Ah, that most glorious time of the year for music writers – year-end season is upon us once again! 2017 was a tumultuous year, but even so, it was a damned good one for heavy metal, and Team Hellbound...
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Best CANADIAN Metal of 2017: Honourable Mentions
This has been another great year for Canadian metal, with strong releases coming out across the country. After several Hellbound contributors put our heads together, we managed to produce a list of...
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Best CANADIAN Metal of 2017: TOP 15
Our contributors’ submissions for this year’s best of Canadian metal list revealed a surprising amount of consensus and an unsurprising amount of varied tastes. We had so little trouble coming up with...
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Hellbound staff picks, January 2018
This year at Hellbound we’ve decided to revive an old tradition – our monthly staff picks/playlists! We’ve asked our regular and longtime contributors to weigh in on a few categories as follows (expect...
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HELLBOUND STAFF PICKS, FEBRUARY 2018
Last month we reintroduced an old Hellbound tradition – our monthly staff picks/playlists! We’ve asked our regular and longtime contributors to weigh in on a few categories as follows (expect a few...
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The best uncelebrated metal of 2017
2017 was a solid year for metal, no doubt. I’ve noticed, while perusing “year end” lists, a lot of the same things coming in at the top. Credit where credit is due – some of the metal genre’s best...
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Uterine Derangement: with much respect to Vile Creature
In celebration of anti-oppressive queer vegan Canadian science-fiction metal It’s thanks to my Kill Eat Exploit the Weak co-host – Hellbound photographer/web guy Adam Wills – that I first heard Vile...
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Staff picks, March 2018
This year we reintroduced an old Hellbound tradition – our monthly staff picks/playlists! Every few weeks we ask our regular and longtime contributors to weigh in on what they’re listening to,...
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Heavy Metal Adam’s Quarterly Report – Q1 2018
Cover photo credit: Craig Reid Each quarter, Adam reviews some of the albums that stand out to him from the previous 3 months. There are no rankings, there is no order… only a collection of great...
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Staff Picks, April 2018
This month we continue a revived Hellbound tradition – our monthly staff picks/playlists. Every few weeks we ask our regular and longtime contributors to weigh in on what they’re listening to,...
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Staff Picks, May 2018
Join us as we carry on a revived Hellbound tradition – our monthly staff picks/playlists. Every few weeks we ask our regular and longtime contributors to weigh in on what they’re listening to,...
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Staff playlists: Happy Canada Day!
Join us as we combine two Hellbound traditions – our monthly staff picks and our annual Canada Day feature! Every few weeks this year we’ve asked our contributors to weigh in on what they’re listening...
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STAFF PICKS, JULY 2018
Join us as we continue with this revived Hellbound tradition – our monthly staff picks/playlists. Every few weeks we ask our regular and longtime contributors to weigh in on what they’re listening to,...
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Staff playlists, August 2018
Join us as we continue with this revived Hellbound tradition – our monthly staff picks/playlists. Every few weeks we ask our contributors to weigh in on what they’re listening to, watching, going to...
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Staff playlists, September 2018
Join us as we once again continue with this revived Hellbound tradition – our monthly staff picks/playlists. This time around we’ve got the usual categories, plus we’re taking a look back to highlight...
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Staff Playlists, October 2018 (Halloween edition)
Join us once again for an update on what the Hellbound folks are digging these days. On top of the usual picks this month, we share some of our spooky Halloween favourites. Hellbound recommends Bill...
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HELLBOUND’S Best of 2018: Canadian metal
As a Canadian-based music site, we here at Hellbound pride ourselves in shining the spotlight on Canadian metal when we can. Each year it seems to get easier to come up with a list of great metal...
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Gruesome Greg’s Canadian TOP 10 of 2018
10. A Low Winter’s Sun Artist: Heron Label: Sludgelord Considering the relative lack of proper post-sludge acts in this country, this release is well worth checking out. Listen to A Low Winter’s Sun...
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Keith Lloyd’s Canadian TOP 10 of 2018
10. Sinister Artist: Ominous Eclipse Label: self-released From being introduced to the band as they opened for Caym and Insurrection at the Brockville Memorial Centre, to befriending the band and...
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Sean Palmerston’s Canadian TOP 15 of 2018
15. Without New Growth Process is Bloodshed Artist: Astrakhan Label: self-released Listen to Without New Growth Process is Bloodshed on Bandcamp 15. The Sirens Artist: Into Eternity Label: M-Theory...
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