The Struggle – Endless LP
At this point in music history, surf rock’s impact on punk has really been downplayed with more attention put toward the more obvious, poppy…
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Muskets – Chew LP
As bands like Able Baker Fox, Into It. Over It., Citizen and Tiger’s Jaw have emerged (or reappeared, in some cases), the resurgence of…
Able Baker Fox – Visions LP
The first thing that Visions, Able Baker Fox’s first album in ten years, proves is that even if a type of music has fallen…
Incendiary – interview with Brendan Garrone
Hellbound’s Garren Ustel interviewed Incendiary vocalist Brendan Garrone earlier this year. Check out their conversation below. Hellbound: How did you first get into the…
This Means War – S/T 10” EP
The catch, when it comes to trying to be in a good melodic hardcore band, is that trying to navigate the waters of punk…
Crim – Blau sang, Vermell cel LP
The catch, when it comes to working within any pop music-based form (and, as inconvenient as it is to say, punk rock definitely falls…
Friendship – Hatred
Who says heavy music can’t have a sense of humour? Calling this Japanese outfit Friendship is a little on the nose, but the title…
Power Trip @ The Velvet Underground, 25 September 2017
Texas five-piece thrashards Power Trip formed during the apex of the thrash revival in 2008. However, unlike the forgettable clone bands that were spawned…
Mayhem & Dragged Into Sunlight (2017 tour diary)
Heavy metal’s grandfathers Black Sabbath set the genre’s tone of darkness with their music, visual aesthetic and energy, and it seems that the acorns…
Neurosis – The Word as Law (reissue)
Man, I’m looking forward to seeing Neurosis again in Toronto next month! Of course, they don’t really have any new material to promote—their last…