Limb – Terminal
Limb play excellent stripped down stoner-doom, with more than a hint of Corrosion of Conformity and Motorhead. Another plus on the band’s second album,…
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Irata – Sweet Loris
Though Irata are relatively unknown, this Carolina trio comes with some instant sludge cred—this record was produced by Phil Cope and is being released…
Speedtrap – Straight Shooter
Reviews I’m seen for this simply splendid album seem to focus on two bands as influences on Speedtrap, Motorhead and Chrome Division (I don’t…
Crux of Aux – Mona
Despite the best efforts of No Why Records founder Mark McGee and his former bass playing cohort in I Hate Sally/The Chariot, Dan Vokey,…
Tau Cross – Tau Cross
Tau Cross features Rob Miller from Amebix and Away from Voivod and draws great strength from both bands. Amebix and Voivod are two of…
I love what I love… Hellbound’s 2015 Q&A with Phil Anselmo
Phil Anselmo needs little introduction to metalheads. He is best known as the frontman of the platinum-selling titans Pantera, but there is also Down and…
Unleash the Archers – Time Stands Still
Napalm made a very good decision in signing Unleash The Archers: they have all of metal’s strengths and none of it’s weaknesses. Time Stands Still…
Mick Wall’s Getcha Rocks Off (book review)
Writing about music now is very different from Mick Wall’s decades of involvement in the music industry, working both in PR and as a…
Voltang on Kill Eat Exploit the Weak
Several of us Hellbound folk moonlight as radio hosts, producers, volunteers and so on. You may already know this, and you may have had…
The Meads of Asphodel / Tjolgtjar – Taste The Divine Wrath
It is releases like this that are the reason I’ve dedicated so much time to this genre. It comes as no surprise that the…