Katatonia / Cult of Luna / Intronaut / Tesseract @ The Opera House, Toronto...
Review by Laura Wiebe; Photos by Adam Wills When you’re into foreign underground bands who are often slotted into short opening slots because they’re not widely known… well, you get used to enjoying...
View ArticleVarga @ Club Absinthe, Hamilton ON, December 7, 2013
Live review by Laura Wiebe; Concert Photos by Adam Wills Nearing two decades since their last album release, Hamilton’s Varga have a new entry in their discography, and they celebrated the occasion...
View ArticleHellbound Metalhead’s Holiday Gift Guide 2013
Photo lovingly stolen from LA Weekly Once again, Hellbound offers you some of the best holiday gift-giving suggestions to satisfy your favourite metallers. Compiled by Laura Wiebe with contributions...
View ArticleHellbound.ca INDIVIDUAL TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2013
Ask the Hellbound writers what the best albums of 2013 were and you get a wide-ranging list covering well over 100 records. It’s a sign of our diverse but discerning tastes. It’s also a powerful...
View ArticleHellbound’s Progressive Nation at Sea Awards 2014
In February 2014, Adam Wills and Laura Wiebe flew to Miami, embarked on a cruise ship, and indulged in four days’ worth of live progressive rock and metal. In lieu of a Progressive Nation at Sea 2014...
View ArticleReturn of the staff playlists: April 2014
It’s been a while since Hellbound shared what our contributors have been listening to and enjoying beyond the new releases or shows covered on the site. We figured it was about time to change that, so...
View ArticleHellbound’s Guide to Record Store Day 2014
This Saturday, April 19th is Record Store Day 2014, a day when music collectors line up early in the morning in the hopes of getting their hands on some new and often exclusive records. What is Record...
View ArticleHellbound’s Guide to Record Store Day 2014: Toronto and Hamilton
TORONTO Where to go on Record Store Day in Toronto By Gruesome Greg Hey buddy, if you’re spending your Record Store Day at HMV, you’re a massive tool. (I don’t really shop at HMV, I just wait for one...
View ArticleKing Diamond / Jess and the Ancient Ones @ Sound Academy, Toronto ON, October...
Review by Sean Palmerston – Concert photos by Adam Wills This was a Saturday night worth remembering. A cold, crisp October evening just a few weeks before Halloween made for a fitting return of King...
View ArticleHellbound @ Tuska Open Air 2015 in Helsinki
The annual Tuska Open Air festival in Helsinki has become my most traveled metal festival aside from ProgPower USA in Atlanta, Georgia. People go nuts over the bigger festivals in Germany like Wacken...
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