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Bullet: Enduringly Anthemic Affairs
By Keith Carman In these overly politically-correct times, it’s hard to find bands who live and die by the rock ‘n’ roll trilogy. The days of wanton personal and environmental—as in, what’s around...
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Graveyard – Hisingen Blues
By Kyle Harcott Dime-a-dozen retro bands take note: you cannot fabricate soul. It’s either there or it isn’t. I was about to say there’s no magic formula when I realized I’d be lying completely: it’s...
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Entrails – The Tomb Awaits
By Craig Haze Sweden’s Entrails originally formed in the early ’90s but they only got round to releasing their first album, Tales from the Morgue, in 2010. Guitarist Jimmy Lundqvist—who was...
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Interview with Yasin Hillborg, director of Så Jävla Metal
By Natalie Zed Currently set to celebrate its Canadian premiere at the NXNE festival in Toronto, Så Jävla Metal is a documentary about the evolution of heavy metal music in Sweden. The film traces the...
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Film Review: Så Jälva Metal – The History of Swedish Hard Rock and Heavy Metal
By Natalie Zed Så Jälva Metal is a documentary on the rise and evolution of heavy metal music in Sweden. Directed by Yason Hillborg and produced by Laika Film & Television AB, the film traces...
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Witchcraft – Legend
By Ola Mazzuca “Take your hands off me, I cannot let it go. Let this mantra speak, emotions overflow.” Poetic, mystical lyrics by Swedish doom metal band Witchcraft construct a listening environment...
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70,000 Tons of Metal 2013, Part Two
Read part 1 of our 70,000 Tons review here Review by Adrien Begrand; Live photos by Marc Hansen, Michael Jagla, Ag Babin, and Adrien Begrand. Day Two, 285 nautical miles southwest of Miami: Unexpect,...
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70,000 Tons of Metal 2013, Part Three
Read part 1 of our 70,000 Tons review here Read part 2 of our 70,000 Tons review here Review by Adrien Begrand; Live photos by Marc Hansen, Michael Jagla, Ag Babin, and Adrien Begrand. Day Three: Grand...
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Enforcer – Death By Fire
By Jason Wellwood Enforcer, Sweden’s NWOBHM contenders have returned with their third album, Death By Fire. Enforcer have moved out of the hard rock/glam feel of the previous albums into speed metal,...
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Hypocrisy – End of Disclosure
By Ola Mazzuca Peter Tägtgren is killin’ em on Hypocrisy’s latest. That’s why they call it death metal. The Swedes deliver strong melody and gut wrenching lyricism on End of Disclosure, a monstrous...
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Free Fall – Power & Volume
By Ola Mazzuca Free Fall takes you back. Waaayyy back. Their style is so classic rock that you can almost smell leather jackets, hear the clickety clack of cowboy boots and envision swinging suede...
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Check This Out: Hypertension – Primeval Tyrants Prevails
By Sean Palmerston In early April occasional Hellbound.ca contributor Jared Hynes sent me an email asking me if I wanted to go in with him to order the newest demo from Sweden’s death/thrash/black...
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Truckfighters – Universe
By Gruesome Greg This Swedish trio is one of the hardest-working bands in stoner rock. Though it’s taken a little while longer than expected to get their fourth album out there, they’ve made up for it...
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Monolord – Empress Rising
There are a number of things pulling me toward Sweden. Better government, a strong hockey program, blondes, Swedish death metal, the whole retro/stoner rock movement and more. But what has the greatest...
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Nightingale – Retribution
When most music lovers who favour the heavier side of things think of Sweden the first genre reference that comes to mind is Swedish Death Metal, but over the past 20-plus years bands and people like...
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Unleashed – Dawn Of The Nine
As I write this review I am looking out over the mighty River Shannon where, centuries ago, the Vikings sailed their long ships to establish the still-thriving city of Limerick. As an Irishman, the...
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Shining, Revenge, Wolvhammer @ The Garrison, Toronto ON, May 9, 2017
Tonight’s stop on the so-called No Safe Space Tour may be an attempt to take a swipe at the increasingly politicized climate the modern world exists in these days, but the line up, by black metal...
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Namazu – Works Cited
Although they built this city on blues ‘n BBQ, I can’t really think of any good music that’s come out of Memphis in the past 30 years or so. So when I heard about this heavy duo Namazu, I was certainly...
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Monolord – Empress Rising
There are a number of things pulling me toward Sweden. Better government, a strong hockey program, blondes, Swedish death metal, the whole retro/stoner rock movement and more. But what has the greatest...
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Nightingale – Retribution
When most music lovers who favour the heavier side of things think of Sweden the first genre reference that comes to mind is Swedish Death Metal, but over the past 20-plus years bands and people like...
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