Artist Biography

THE HOUNDS OF HELL exploded on the scene early in 2005, after members Gabe Gendreau (bass) and Carl Kills (vox/guitar) assembled their ideal crue of rockers with ex-Bludwulf guitarist Joshua Landon (lead guitar/background vox) and longtime friend and musical conspirator Rolfe "Gettin' Wild With It!" Newton (drums/background vox). The band recorded and released the "Hot Breath Demo," a five song live in-studio demo of the early songs. About a year later, a collection of that "Hot Breath Demo" and four new tracks was released as a self-titled demo. A midst the release of the 8 song demo was the addition of ex-Deathpact guitarist Bryan Wilkinson (rhythm guitar/bkg vocals) in January 2006, Carl now exclusively a frontman leading the pack. A two week East Coast Tour ensued in Early April 2006, the first for the band. Following was a few months of local and weekend shows, spanning the North east, and another two weeks on the road in July on the east coast. The rest of the year finished out with more local and weekend gigs, and the first sessions of recording the forthcoming release "Bury the Rose" in October of 2006 with producer/engineer Jesse Sprinkle. With the loss of original drummer, Rolfe Newton, at the tail end of December 2006, the band haulted recording to rehearse with Don of the Dead of rochester thrash punk outfit BludWulf to plan for the busy show schedule lined up for the next two months. Recording sessions continued mid-January to finish four tracks in full for a brand new EP. The Hounds of Hell took that EP, titled the Cold Killer EP, and went on the road with the Grenade Strikes Back Tour from February 6th-19th. Currently, plans of finishing the full length album for a November '07 release, and commencing early 2008, nationwide touring in support of the album, the band looks forward to playing live, and spreading the explosive, electrifying sounds of the Hounds of Hell!