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Diemonds is a band on the rise
By Madison McSweeney (rantsandwritingsblog.wordpress.com) After signing with eOne in 2015, Toronto glam-metal act Diemonds released their first major label album Never Wanna Die, which combines...
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Profaner co-host Kill Eat Exploit the Weak
This week on Kill Eat Exploit the Weak, Adam Wills and I had the pleasure of hosting local heroes / Wacken Metal Battle Canada winners Profaner as special guests on our (pre) Canada Day special. If...
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Full Metal Parenting presents: an interview with Bekki O
It’s been some time since we here at FMP have put anything together for you loyal readers. But hey, we’re parents after all. Life takes all kinds of turns. But Craig and I are back in the saddle (at...
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MOONSORROW interview: Ville Sorvali
Finland’s Moonsorrow unleashed their latest pagan metal masterpiece on the world earlier this year. In the week’s leading up to the release of Jumalten Aika” (which translates to “The Age Of Gods”),...
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Darkwell: interview with Roland Wurzer
Alive and Stronger than Ever This interview was originally published in Unrestrained! magazine in 2005. Some bands seem to release an album every year or two, writing quickly, recording quickly, and in...
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After 30 years, Obituary still looking for frontman…
Hellbound interviews Obituary’s Don Tardy Obituary arrived in San Francisco on March 26, 2017 as part of this year’s Decibel magazine tour. Hellbounder Gene A. Gaona was there to chat with founding...
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STAFF INTERROGATIONS: Josh Sullivan
Hellbound first ran a series of staff interrogations to celebrate our second anniversary. Since then we’ve published a lot more metal coverage (and a little non-metal too), and our contributor list has...
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Ritual & Revival: Preserving heavy metal, one jar at a time
Renee Trotier is stirring a pot in the culinary world. In it, she combines freshly picked plums, essence of lavender and drops of gin to create a beautiful deep purple concoction. In a few hours, it...
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Staff Interrogation: Gene A. Gaona
Hellbound first ran a series of staff interrogations to celebrate our second anniversary. Since then we’ve published a lot more metal coverage (and a little non-metal too), and our contributor list has...
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Superjoint interview: Stephen & Blue on working with Phil Anselmo + much more
Mean Gene chats with Superjoint members José “Blue” Gonzalez (Warbeast, Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals) and Stephen Taylor (Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals, Woven Hand, 16 Horse Power) about...
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Gruesome Interview: Matt Harvey in Oakland, 6 May 2017
Hellbound’s Mean Gene met up with Matt Harvey when Gruesome headlined at The Golden Bull in Oakland, California. If you’re into thrash and death metal scene histories, this one’s definitely for you....
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Hellbound Staff Interrogation: Todd Owens
Hellbound first ran a series of staff interrogations to celebrate our second anniversary. Since then we’ve published a lot more metal coverage (and a little non-metal too), and our contributor list has...
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Interview: Albert Bell of Sacro Sanctus
Albert Bell is one of metal’s great characters, well known in his native Malta and beyond. Not content with his sterling work with Nomad Son and Forsaken, in recent years he has produced two...
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JUNGLE ROT Interview: Dave Matrise in Oakland, 22 May 2017
Tune in below or through our Youtube channel for Hellbound’s latest video interview: Mean Gene’s chat with Dave Matrise from Jungle Rot, in which they discuss hunting, the Kenosha underground punk...
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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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Aaron Turner – “The Lost Interview”– November, 2012
Hydra Head Records is an independent label that first captured my attention when I was a young man just getting into hardcore and more underground metal. The outfit prides itself on its stellar roster...
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EXHUMED interview: Matt Harvey in Oakland, 23 May 2017
Matt Harvey returns to Hellbound – this time to talk about EXHUMED. (If you missed Gene Gaona’s Matt Harvey interview focused on his work with GRUESOME, check it out.) Near the end of May, Matt was...
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Internal Bleeding: Interview with Chris Pervelis in Oakland CA, June 6, 2017
Internal Bleeding was out on tour with Vader late this spring, alongside Sacrificial Slaughter, Voices Of Ruin, and Micawber. When the tour hit the Oakland Metro on June 6, Hellbound’s Todd Owens had a...
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Revocation interview: David Davidson in San Francisco, 15 June 2017
Mean Gene Gaona interviewed David Davidson at the Social Hall in San Francisco, California, when Revocation was on tour with Morbid Angel, Suffocation, and Withered. Their conversation included...
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SUFFOCATION interview: Terrance Hobbs + Kevin Muller, Social Hall SF CA, 15...
Hellbound’s Todd Owens interviews Terrance Hobbs and Kevin Muller of Suffocation, on tour with Morbid Angel, Revocation and Withered, June 2017. They talk set lists, touring non-stop, metal festivals,...
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