http://www.hellbound.ca for the love of metal Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:56:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As some of you know, I also run TooHighToGetItRight.com, a local stoner rock webzine.  Although I do more writing for Hellbound nowadays, I still have some THTGIR traditions, such as my annual Canadian Music Week recap, which I just posted about a week ago at this location.  There were some ... http://www.hellbound.ca/2010/03/how-i-spent-canadian-music-week/ By Natalie Zed I spent the vast majority of Canadian Music Week indulging my misanthropic side, sitting around my apartment in my underwear watching Batman: The Animated Series. By Sunday, it was time to emerge from my cocoon of grumpiness, put on some eyeliner and see what was happening out in ... http://www.hellbound.ca/2010/03/dillinger-escape-plan-march-14-2010/ Words by Melissa Andrews, Photos by Adam Wills The Wreckroom is often home to early shows - particularly on Weekend evenings when they want to be able to still cater to their regular club crowd that come in after 11 PM. The advantage of early shows is people who fall asleep ... http://www.hellbound.ca/2010/03/orphaned-land-with-suidakra-the-wreckroom-toronto-on-march-13-2010/ by Keith Carman Many years in the making, Our Circle Is Vicious finds European hardcore outfit Rise & Fall becoming more experimental and dynamic in approach. While this proves to be interesting and they occasionally slip into some straightforward, guttural attacks exemplified on tracks such as ... http://www.hellbound.ca/2010/03/rise-and-fall-our-circle-is-vicious/ By Adrien Begrand The trend of re-releasing albums as tarted-up "special editions" has been a disturbing one over the past six or seven years, a cynical attempt by record labels to cash in on the loyalty of metal fans. Sure, some savvy labels try to give fans bang for their buck, ... http://www.hellbound.ca/2010/03/revisiting-testaments-the-formation-of-damnation/ By Kyle Harcott Not without the requisite controversy among the black-metal community, once again it appears Darkthrone is determined to carve their name in the big stone book of metal/punk crossover, as another of those rare-treat bands who can appeal to both the ‘airies and the baldies ... http://www.hellbound.ca/2010/03/darkthrone-circle-the-wagons/ By Keith Carman You know a band is onto something when they can redefine what you thought were the parameters of a particular genre. In the case of Lewd Acts and this debut full-length, that would be making us realize that there is actually another meeting point between the various ... http://www.hellbound.ca/2010/03/lewd-acts-black-eye-blues/ By Gruesome Greg You could say that I’m leaving the best for last. Before I’d even heard a note of this record, I knew that it was going to be on several people’s Top 10 lists for 2009. Those are some pretty lofty expectations, yet I’d hafta say the ... http://www.hellbound.ca/2010/03/baroness-blue-record2/ By Keith Carman Thrash metal's inherent underdogs, longstanding outfit Hirax never seem to garner the respect, attention or praise they so diligently stalk. Some of that might be chalked up to sheer luck but as this latest release proves, there is an element of plain old desirability that plays a large ... http://www.hellbound.ca/2010/03/hirax-el-rostro-de-la-muerte/ By Bill Adams When Airborne appeared out of the wilds of Australia with some amped up blues riffs and a campy bad attitude three years ago, listeners were perfectly aware of what they might be witnessing: it was like time had wrinkled a little and delivered another AC/DC before the old ... http://www.hellbound.ca/2010/03/airbourne-no-guts-no-glory/