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~~MicShazam~~ · 10-20-2017, 11:41 AM

NunSlaughter - Hells Unholy Fire

This definitely leans to the more grimy side of death metal, but not exactly the most complex. There are 18 tracks on the album and they tend towards a sort of punkish efficiency. Deliver a quick blast of energy, then exit before it gets boring. The problem is that there's precious little in way of catchy riffs or anything else noteworthy on the musical side of things. It doesn't help that the mixing is pretty bad. The cartoony, frankly silly vocals are louder than anything else and the guitars are sadly rather quiet. This really robs the album of some of the impact it could have had, but really, the vocalist brings this down hard for me. Of course I can't take him seriously - death metal vocals are inherently daft - but I could at least have played along if he was more powerful or theatrically convincing. He's just amateur and sounds like a 15 year old boy.

In all fairness, I think this was an early album for the band. Death metal bands often have pretty unimpressive beginnings.

3/10. A few moments of mid-tempo chugging was all I really liked here. It's just a tedious mess.

10-20-2017, 11:41 AM	#335 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	NunSlaughter - Hells Unholy Fire This definitely leans to the more grimy side of death metal, but not exactly the most complex. There are 18 tracks on the album and they tend towards a sort of punkish efficiency. Deliver a quick blast of energy, then exit before it gets boring. The problem is that there's precious little in way of catchy riffs or anything else noteworthy on the musical side of things. It doesn't help that the mixing is pretty bad. The cartoony, frankly silly vocals are louder than anything else and the guitars are sadly rather quiet. This really robs the album of some of the impact it could have had, but really, the vocalist brings this down hard for me. Of course I can't take him seriously - death metal vocals are inherently daft - but I could at least have played along if he was more powerful or theatrically convincing. He's just amateur and sounds like a 15 year old boy. In all fairness, I think this was an early album for the band. Death metal bands often have pretty unimpressive beginnings. 3/10. A few moments of mid-tempo chugging was all I really liked here. It's just a tedious mess. Last edited by MicShazam; 10-20-2017 at 12:05 PM.