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Helstar – Rising From The Grave
By Jason Wellwood Rising From The Grave compiles the first two of Helstar’s Metal Blade releases (1988’s A Distant Thunder and 1989’s Nosferatu) into one package along with 2000’s Twas The Night of a...
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Slayer/ Megadeth/ Testament @ Molson Canadian Amphitheatre, Toronto ON, July...
Words by Natalie Zed; Concert Photography by Albert Mansour This is not going to be a straightforward review. I could easily write that piece. I could relate each band’s setlist, describe the quality...
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Fatality/ Terrorhorse/ Hallows Die @ El Mocambo, Toronto ON, August 6th 2010
By Natalie Zed Unfairly, the term “local band” is often be deployed in a dismissive or disparaging way. When I hear someone say that a band I enjoy is “good, for a local band,” for instance, it...
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Death Angel – Relentless Retribution
By Jared Hynes To give you readers an idea of where this reviewers frame of reference is coming from with respect to opinion and reviewing this album; I’ve been a big fan of the band since I heard The...
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Exodus/ Holy Grail/ Bonded By Blood/ Fatality/ Black Elysium @ The Mod Club,...
Review by Natalie Zed; Concert Photography by Adam Wills On tonight’s episode of My Stupid Life: Metal Edition, I managed to give myself food poisoning, doubtlessly because of the sketchy ham that...
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Forbidden – Omega Wave
By Rob Kachluba Back in the 80s during the 2nd wave of thrash metal, Forbidden played a more polished brand of thrash metal with dexterous playing, multiple time changes and a singer in Russ Anderson...
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Tankard – A Girl Called Cervesa
By Fritz The Thrasher The one thing that has always amazed me is how long running metal bands always somehow manage to piss off their fans, and become a laughing stock. However, there are a handful of...
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Happy 25th birthday to… Sacrifice’s Forward To Termination!
By Sean Palmerston Today, October 12th, is the 25th anniversary of the release of Forward to Termination, the sophomore album by Scarborough ON thrash metal quartet Sacrifice! Originally released on...
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Sylosis – An Interview With Josh Middleton
By Jason Wellwood Sylosis have just unleashed their latest masterpiece Monolith through Nuclear Blast on October 5th. On this, their third album, the band has taken their blend of progressive thrash...
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Skeletal Remains – Beyond The Flesh
By Rob Kachluba These Californian death dealers really know how to create a vibe in both sound and style with their deadly brand of death/thrash metal. The feel here is harkening back to the good old...
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Varga in Kingston ON, Dec 5, 2014
Varga live in Hamilton, December 2013. Photo by Adam Wills. VARGA with Non-Existent, Rise of Dissension, Meathook and Ithon December 5th, 2014 at the Overtime Sports bar in Kingston, Ontario What...
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Tsjuder – Antiliv
Let me start by saying… holy shit. Antiliv is THE most fierce black metal album to come out this year so far. From sounds of pure war, tanks, explosions, air raid sirens and riff after riff after...
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False Flag – Nest of Vipers
False Flag‘s Nest of Vipers is an excellent EP that doesn’t outstay it’s welcome. Four tracks of prime groove metal. Reference points are Lamb of God, Exhorder, and of course, Pantera. What gives this...
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Mountain of Wizard – Casting Rhythms and Disturbances
This NOLA quartet, Mountain of Wizard, is best known for having the drummer who replaced Joey LaCaze in Eyehategod. Unlike some other outfits from the area, they aren’t really known nationally… at...
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Slavestate – Illicit Mandate
With some albums, my response is immediate. I push ‘play’, and I don’t even have to try. A band does something so right within the first seconds of the first song that I can’t help but approve. I know...
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Slavestate – Illicit Mandate
With some albums, my response is immediate. I push ‘play’, and I don’t even have to try. A band does something so right within the first seconds of the first song that I can’t help but approve. I know...
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WARBRINGER interview: John Kevill in Oakland CA, 22 May 2017
“The band’s called Warbringer so it’s gotta blow your head off…” Warbringer is currently on tour with Destruction and Jungle Rot. Hellbound’s Todd Owens met up with vocalist and founding member John...
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SUAKA song premiere: I Am The Way
NYC-based Indonesian thrash band SUAKA have a new record out July 28, with a US tour kicking off the same day. Listeners can preview album tracks “Destroyer” and “Polisi Tidur” via Bandcamp, and today...
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HELLBOUND video interview: Byzantine in San Francisco, 16 September 2017
Byzantine are on tour in North America with label mates Sacred Reich, promoting their latest album The Cicada Tree. When the tour hit San Francisco earlier this month, Hellbound’s Todd Owens sat down...
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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 in this time and have since surpassed their...
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