Samson – Bright Lights: The Albums 1979-1981
5CD Boxset If ever there was a box set to capture everything that was (and still is!) great and magical about the New Wave…
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Crossover The Edge
Where Hardcore, Punk And Metal Collide By Alexandros Anesiadis Foreword by Ian Glasper Published by Cherry Red Books This is a fine idea for…
Darkthrone – Old Star
A new album from Darkthrone is always a special occasion. Recently I was watching Behemoth at King John’s Castle in Limerick when a friend…
A chat with IRON VOID
Interview with Jonathan “Sealey” Seale and Steve Wilson of Wakefield, UK doom band Iron Void. In all my years of writing about heavy metal, one…
Cruickshank – self-titled
This new Ontario noise rock band is made up of local metal scene veterans, dudes who’ve done time in outfits like Teethmarks and Greber….
Techfest 2019
4-7 July, Newark Showground, UK UK Tech-Fest is a festival that celebrates all things technical, progressive and djent. Festival was formed in 2011 and…
Leather Lung – Lonesome, On’ry and Evil
While the Waylon Jennings reference in the title of this seven-song, 27-minute EP is what caught my attention, outlaw country this is not. Rather,…
Staff playlists – July 2019
Hellbound recommends Another round of staff picks and playlists from some of the folks at Hellbound. If you have your own recommendations, let us…
Carach Angren in Birmingham, UK
02.07.2019. Mama Roux Even though Dutch horror metallers Carach Angren have gained huge popularity and loyal following in the latest years, in UK they…
Mystic Festival 2019.06.25-26
Tauron Arena, Krakow, Poland Having retired the Mystic Festival in 2006, heavy metal promoters Mystic Production have brought this year the event back with…