REVIEW: HELL-BORN - HELLBLAST

 

HELL-BORN - HELLBLAST (Conquer Records, 2001)

Recorded at Hertz Studio

Artwork by Andrzej Zdrojewski

Tracks: 1- Intro; 2- Visions of Decline; 3- Raise the Dead; 4- The Victory; 5- Follow The Beast; 6- The Day of Wrath; 7- Inverted; 8- Hellraiser; 9- Those Are Dead But Shall rise; 10- Merciless Onslaught

Hell-born´s music is extremely raw and fast. Their riffs are played at hyper speed and the drummer loves doing blast beats and crushing your brain with them. Their music is what I would call black/thrash metal...and it is really powerful. Some bands come to my mind....Inferi, Usurper ....some Immortal things but all done with great personality (the way the vocals are treated is a trademark of Hell-Born´s music). Ojne of the things that I like most are the great riffs (the simple one at 2:14 of "The Vistory" is a killer one !!!!) very well conceived and the melodic solos (in "The Victory" you can have a sample of this too) that give a different dimension to the tracks and sometimes are connected with some melodic bridge. A killer release from this powerful band from hell!!

Favorite tracks: "Hellraiser"; "Follow The Beast" and "The Day of Wrath".

Contact: www.conquerec.com