HELLFIRE 76

track-list:
Rags to Rage
Steal Your Soul
1000 Crimes
As Above
The Keepers
Magic and Religion
Black Angel
The Omen

Hellfire 76 are:
Von Bury – guitar, bass, organ, vocals
Mike McGuiness – drums

discography:
2021 Self-Titled EP
2024 Rags To Rage LP

Doomed and Stoned:
“Dark, mysterious, foreboding, yet strangely inviting. This is the latest single (‘The Omen’) from HELLFIRE ‘76, a band that brings together the things you love about heavy music: bold, swinging riffs, gruff manic vocals, crunchy chugging rhythms. ‘The Omen’ has got it all going on, which lyrically ‘is about how religion uses fear to prey on weak minds to do the dirty work’.”
Heavy Mag:
“Drink the concoction prepared by the band, a cocktail of blood riffs, genuine rhythms and distorted vocals that you can find in the dirtiest pubs in New Orleans! Fans of Kyuss, ZZ Top, Killing Joke, The Melvins and Clutch will be thrilled!”
Integral Metal:
“In the radius of bituminous rhythms, nevertheless animated by a Rock energy, we frankly opt more for cousinage with CLUTCH, a formation that has always been able to evolve between thickness, melody and conciseness. With, as a bonus, these hints of greasy and oily Blues which inject a kind of groove and sap within a Metal which should not silence or ignore its affinities with the severe and groovy Metal proper to Pantera.”
Doomed Nation:
“Hellfire 76 comes at you hard and heavy and without mercy.”
Q C Nerve:
“Hellfire 76, A duo devoted to rampaging Stoner-Doom-Psych-Metal, which swings to dense blues licks that suggest a Triceratops mating with a Sherman Tank!”
Progressive Rock Journal:
“The Hellfire 76 use the masks of voodoo, witchcraft, the occult and tarot cards to tell us stories of how Evil has taken over our world, ruled by liars, impostors and careerists. People are flooded with a river of lies, perpetrated by governments and the Church, which obscure our view of the Truth.”

All killer-no filler, this two-piece brings 110% to their first full-length ‘Rags To Rage‘ due out at the end of November 2024.
The overall theme of this album is dark, taboo, spooky, tongue-in-cheek, fuzzed-out southern metal.
Von Bury explains further:
“The album ‘RAGS TO RAGE’ is a continuation of our first release, in that the subject matter is all thought-provoking. As for a lot of music, we want the lyrics to be literal but also open to the listener’s interpretation. Sticking with the theme and ideas of Voodoo, Witchcraft, The Occult, and other oddities. We want to take the listeners on a dark and ominous journey into a place they don’t normally think about.”
‘Rags to Rage’:
“Musically fast and aggressive, lyrically-it’s pretty much an ‘action/reaction’ lyric – each to its own interpretation.”
‘Steal Your Soul’:
“Is about the downfall of a narcissist, do bad things, and bad things happen to you.”
‘1000 crimes’:
“It’s about the thought that not all things that the Church creates are in good intentions…”
‘As Above’:
“Is about a soul-less dictator, what you reap is what you sow.”
‘The Keepers’:
“About the documentary about a twisted Christian cult.”
‘Magic and Religion’:
“It’s about the similarities between Magic and Religion, and how very similar they are.”
‘Black Angel’:
“Is about an angel that belongs in neither Heaven nor Hell.”
‘The Omen’:
“Is about how religion uses fear to prey on weak minds to do the dirty work.”
About the album artwork the band tells us:
“Old school distressed in a ‘SST Records’ kinda way…”
Taboo lyrics served over blues-infected grooves!
“Von Bury grew up in New Orleans Louisiana, home of all things decadent and spooky. So a lot of his writings are influenced by growing up in that city.”
This is the unique blend of sounds that HELLFIRE 76 brings to the table.
With influences ranging from ZZ Top, Killing Joke, and Kyuss to the Melvins, HELLFIRE 76 delivers a sound sure to satisfy doom, stoner, and psych rock fans alike…
Formed by founding members Von Bury (formerly of the Southern Gothic act LOVESUCKER and the Occult Rock act and Napalm Recording artist BLOODY HAMMERS) and Mike McGuiness (formerly of the Industrial Metal act FACE THE WORLD), HELLFIRE 76 set out to create a brand of Heavy Southern Stoner Devil Metal that has been missing for quite some time.
“HELLFIRE 76 was actually a 3 pc initially. Our Bassist came down with a debilitating nerve disease that prevented him from continuing on with the band. Seeing that all the songs were written by Bury/McGuiness, it made sense to just continue on as a 2 pc. He is a great guy and we felt he couldn’t be replaced so we soldered on as a duo.”
“Being a 2ps has some great advantages: We travel VERY cheap, can set up in front of most acts, less drama. It always makes for great conversation AFTER the show because people are always intrigued on how we get a huge sound for just 2 people. We’ve been told we are the ‘heaviest’ 2pc band in the land…. I think we are definitely one of them for sure!”
“When you are a 2pc act, there’s NO time for drama and trivial bullshit. You are like ‘bookends’ one without the other is a no go.”
For fans of Melvins, Clutch, Killing Joke, and Fu Manchu, ‘Rags To Rage‘ is due out on November 29, 2024.
“We actually have enough material at this time for 4 more albums if we didn’t write another note. We are pretty prolific in the writing capacity. We keep writing, always chasing the next idea. Keeps us engaged!”