Will start albums countdown shortly!
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 12 January 2014 19:53 (ten years ago) link
Bit of a tragic backstory for Hell
Hell are an English heavy metal band from Derbyshire, formed in 1982 from the remaining members of bands Race Against Time and Paralex. Due to a series of unfortunate and tragic events, the band originally folded in 1987, but were generally regarded as being many years ahead of their time, and have been cited as an influence by many notable musicians and bands of the genre. They were amongst the first bands to wear proto-corpse paint as part of their stage show, which features hysterical ranting from a Gargoyle- adorned pulpit, along with the use of a pyrotechnic exploding Bible which caused outrage amongst the clergy when it originally appeared in 1983.
They signed to the Belgian label Mausoleum, but two weeks prior to the recording of their debut album, the label collapsed into bankruptcy. Kev Bower subsequently quit the band. He was briefly replaced by Sean Kelley, though Hell split up soon afterwards, which led to the suicide of Singer Dave Halliday by carbon monoxide poisoning.
Although they were largely ignored by the media and record companies in the 1980s, their music became known through the underground tape trading phenomenon, and the band achieved a degree of cult status. In 2008 they reunited, and were signed by Nuclear Blast.[1] Their first full-length album, Human Remains, was released May 2011.[2] The album topped at No. 46 on the German album chart in its first week of release.[3]
The remaining original members of Hell reunited in 2008 to finally record their album which was entitled Human Remains. Sabbat members Martin Walkyier and Andy Sneap agreed to play on the album to replicate Dave Halliday's vocals and guitar tracks respectively, with Sneap also acting as the producer. Although Walkyier completed recording vocals for the entire album, the band have stated that no-one was really happy with the outcome since Walkyier's voice was so distinctive, and the result sounded "more like an unreleased set of Sabbat songs". Kev Bower's brother David (who is known as David Beckford in his career as a stage and television actor) was invited to do a voiceover for the song "Plague And Fyre" and subsequently joined the band as lead vocalist, re-recording all the lead vocal parts. Sneap subsequently also joined the band as their permanent second guitarist.
By the beginning of 2013, Kev Bower and Andy Sneap had completed demo recordings for the majority of songs which would appear on the band's sophomore album, with recording proper set to commence in the Spring. Since no early demo recordings were this time available to fill a bonus disc, the band elected to record a live DVD as a bonus complement to the album, and this was shot and recorded at the band's first 2013 show at Derby Assembly Rooms (UK) on February 23. The sellout event also unveiled the band's full Church Of Hell stage set and pyrotechnic show, with fans travelling from 13 different countries to attend. The band played a headline show at the R-Mine Metalfest (BE) and also appeared at Turock Open Air (DE), Hammer Open Air (FIN), Bang Your Head Open Air (DE) and made a return mainstage appearance at Bloodstock Open Air as one of the most heavily requested bands on the BOA user forum, and once again won the 'Best Mainstage Performance' vote. It was subsequently discovered that technical problems with the DVD recording at Derby had made some material unsalvageable, so additional footage was added from the band's appearance at this festival.
It was announced in August that the second album would be entitled 'Curse And Chapter'. To coincide with the album release, Hell were subsequently announced as being principal support for Amon Amarth and Carcass on the whole of their extensive European tour, taking in 25 shows in 13 countries, opening in Oberhausen (DE) on November 7.
Hell are most often described as a NWOBHM band, although they strongly distance themselves from this movement, citing that the NWOBHM was already in rapid decline by the time the band actually formed. Their progressive musical style incorporates elements of thrash, power, symphonic, gothic, speed, doom and black metal, encompassing great variety, and with no two songs ever sounding exactly alike. Underlying lyrical themes in much Hell material focuses on the occult and the darker sides of human nature. Typical themes include a distaste for organised religion, alien abduction, political imprisonment, mental illness, and historical events such as the Black Death and the Bubonic Plague. Although primarily guitar-driven, the band's sound is fleshed out by the use of keyboards and digital sampling to add depth and texture to the material. Their approach to songwriting is often unorthodox, with numerous complex tempo, time signature and key changes, along with a signature series of atmospheric, theatrical interludes and introductions to their songs.
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 12 January 2014 20:08 (ten years ago) link
really enjoyed that, thanks Kerr
― An embarrassing doorman and garbage man (dog latin), Sunday, 12 January 2014 20:11 (ten years ago) link
well, not that (as int he tragic story), i meant the countdown. also the live performance of that track is awesome.
― An embarrassing doorman and garbage man (dog latin), Sunday, 12 January 2014 20:12 (ten years ago) link
Remember to vote in this ILM 2013 | End of Year Albums & Tracks Poll | VOTING THREAD (Voting closes MIDNIGHT EST on Friday, January 17th, 2014)
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 12 January 2014 20:12 (ten years ago) link
Cheers, Charlie. It's a great song but the live version is even better. I really want to go see them now!
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 12 January 2014 20:13 (ten years ago) link
Tracks results playlisthttp://open.spotify.com/user/pfunkboy/playlist/3JEQkwsSD5C7VsXMg4k1HX
2014 METAL TRACKS POLL TOP 30 RECAP
30 Purson - well spoiled machine 44 Points, 3 votes29 Watain - The Wild Hunt 45 Points, 4 votes28 Darkthrone - leave no cross unturned 46 Points, 4 Votes, One #127 Dillinger Escape Plan - prancer 48 Points, 4 Votes26 SubRosa - The Usher 50 Points, 3 Votes25 Inter Arma - the survival fires 51 Points, 3 Votes24 Anciients - faith and oath 52 Points, 3 Votes, One #123 Bölzer - Entranced By The Wolfshook 54 Points, 3 Votes , TWO #1s22 Carcass - the granulating dark satanic mills 56 Points, 3 Votes, One #121 Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats - Mind Crawler 57 Points 5 Votes
20 Windhand - Woodbine 62 Points, 4 Votes19 Suffocation - eminent wrath 63 Points, 4 Votes18 Noothgrush - Thoth 66 Points, 4 Votes One #117 Vhol - Grace 66.0 Points, 5 Votes16 Ghost - Ghuleh/Zombie Queen 67 Points, 4 Votes, One #115 Fen - Consequence 73 Points, 5 Votes14 Deafheaven - Dreamhouse 75 Points, 5 Votes, 2 #1s13 Ghost - Monstrance Clock 81 Points, 6 Votes12 Jess and the Ancient Ones - Astral Sabbat 82 Points, 6 Votes, One #111 Grayceon - Pearl 85 Points, 6 Votes
10 Nails - Suum Cuique 105.0 Points, 7 Votes, Two #1s 9 Jesu - Homesick 105 Points, 8 Votes, One #1 8 Melt-Banana - The Hive 107 Points, 7 Votes, One #1 7 Black Sabbath - God Is Dead? 108 Points, 7 Votes6 Summoning - Old Mornings Dawn 123 Points, 7 Votes, FOUR #1s5 In Solitude - Sister 131 Points, 9 Votes4 Carcass - Thrasher's Abattoir 132 Points 8 Votes3 Kylesa - Unspoken 136 Points, 8 Votes2 ASG - Avalanche 142 Points, 8 Votes, One #1
1 Hell - Darkhangel 160 Points, 10 Votes, One #1
Thanks to all who took part!
Onwards to Albums Poll Countdown...
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 12 January 2014 20:24 (ten years ago) link
Hell live clip is bonkers ..
did wonder why the band look old (and the gargoyles are very spinal tap !), but the backstory explains.
would i listen to an album ?
i doubt it, as the vocals are too much for my delicate ears, but if they appeared on a festival that was at, i would love it.
ta for all this AG .. been interesting.
― mark e, Sunday, 12 January 2014 20:25 (ten years ago) link
It was fun. A good list I think and a great #1.
now onto albums presented to you by fastnbulbous,myself and with a lot of help from seandalai...
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 12 January 2014 20:35 (ten years ago) link
2014 ILM METAL ALBUMS POLL TOP 101Albums Playlist please SUBSCRIBE http://open.spotify.com/user/pfunkboy/playlist/6fsnIonKsPLF5NzZ9hJg27
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 12 January 2014 20:41 (ten years ago) link
101 Monster Magnet - Last Patrol 146 Points, 6 Voteshttp://i.imgur.com/dmR1GZ3.pnghttp://open.spotify.com/album/708B29H3PbtlXWxpabDkIbspotify:album:708B29H3PbtlXWxpabDkIb
http://www.deezer.com/album/6935494
our canadian friends and those who refuse to use spotify can use deezer :)
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 12 January 2014 20:43 (ten years ago) link
good album
― Mordy , Sunday, 12 January 2014 20:43 (ten years ago) link
i love the monster magnet album i have despite it apparently being one of their worst - monolithic baby
guess i should track down a few more.
― mark e, Sunday, 12 January 2014 20:43 (ten years ago) link
I've see people say it's their best since Spine Of God
I'd say best since God Says No
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 12 January 2014 20:56 (ten years ago) link
They would need to get John McBain back to get anywhere near Spine Of God
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 12 January 2014 20:57 (ten years ago) link
100 Watain - The Wild Hunt 150 Points, 5 voteshttp://i.imgur.com/ch9Kfbu.jpghttp://open.spotify.com/album/1FCdcUH6lumfoNYHTX5nz1spotify:album:1FCdcUH6lumfoNYHTX5nz1
http://www.deezer.com/album/6824858
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 12 January 2014 21:00 (ten years ago) link
Monolithic Baby is great! Some seriously killer tunes on that one.
― J3ff T., Sunday, 12 January 2014 21:09 (ten years ago) link
I was not much into Last Patrol tbh.
― fit for one who twerks and cries (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 12 January 2014 21:15 (ten years ago) link
99 Woe - Withdrawal 153 Points, 4 Voteshttp://i.imgur.com/Q4eyUKY.jpghttp://open.spotify.com/album/73yVPWPgaspivlcbqD6ztTspotify:album:73yVPWPgaspivlcbqD6ztT
http://www.deezer.com/album/6485829
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 12 January 2014 21:15 (ten years ago) link
obv genre descriptions are very controversial but maybe albums could have the encyclopedia metallum genre desc posted w/ them? i'd love to know what to check out but i'm not interesting in hunting down another thrash album for example
― Mordy , Sunday, 12 January 2014 21:18 (ten years ago) link
rateyourmusic.com have genre descriptions as well, and rankings of albums for the top 1000 in the year
e.g Woe - Withdrawal https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/woe_f1/withdrawal/
ranked: 417genre: Black Metal
― djmartian, Sunday, 12 January 2014 21:30 (ten years ago) link
its enough work as is tbh but if someone else wants to go for it
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 12 January 2014 21:31 (ten years ago) link
98 Corrections House - Last City Zero 154 Points, 5 voteshttp://i.imgur.com/QHFnuoV.jpghttp://www.deezer.com/album/7002606
Genre: Drone/Doom/Experimental
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 12 January 2014 21:35 (ten years ago) link
97 Sahg - Delusions of Grandeur 155 Points, 5 Voteshttp://i.imgur.com/mmuw62Z.jpghttp://open.spotify.com/album/7EAHkXYObQkiqLO0L8JZ6Kspotify:album:7EAHkXYObQkiqLO0L8JZ6K
http://www.deezer.com/album/6999998
Genre: Doom Metal
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 12 January 2014 21:45 (ten years ago) link
Not actually heard this yet
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 12 January 2014 21:51 (ten years ago) link
woe is kind of a… punky, thrashy, post-hardcoreish strain of black metal, not much by way of gimmicks or stylistic hybridization or drama or what have you, save that they sound modern and u.s. and… i dunno. blazing leads, fast drums, throaty howls.
i listened to it a fair bit, a fairly solid, satisfying record.
― j., Sunday, 12 January 2014 22:02 (ten years ago) link
96 Goatess - Goatess 158 Points, 4 Votes, One #1 http://i.imgur.com/L8K6oHB.jpghttp://open.spotify.com/album/192IbdIGft39UMkx7cino4spotify:album:192IbdIGft39UMkx7cino4
http://www.deezer.com/album/6723799
Genre: Doom/Stoner Metal
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 12 January 2014 22:03 (ten years ago) link
Playing this now for first time
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 12 January 2014 22:06 (ten years ago) link
Worst album cover of 2013?
― J3ff T., Sunday, 12 January 2014 22:07 (ten years ago) link
95 Obliteration - Black Death Horizon 162 Points, 4 Voteshttp://i.imgur.com/DzqHTph.jpghttp://open.spotify.com/album/0MRxKCVH1bWQEY0U7eeoTfspotify:album:0MRxKCVH1bWQEY0U7eeoTf
http://www.deezer.com/album/7045912
Genre: Death Metal
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 12 January 2014 22:21 (ten years ago) link
94 Ovo - Abisso 163 Points, 6 Voteshttp://i.imgur.com/v07M2PA.pnghttp://open.spotify.com/album/4vRrt449NhNLSmRDuxDeS6spotify:album:4vRrt449NhNLSmRDuxDeS6
http://www.deezer.com/album/7161730
Genre:www.google.com
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 12 January 2014 22:37 (ten years ago) link
Will take it down to 91 tonight.
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 12 January 2014 22:38 (ten years ago) link
That's a great record.
― Ian Glasper's trapped in a scone (aldo), Sunday, 12 January 2014 22:39 (ten years ago) link
Ha ha, I love that Goatess cover. Seems effective in creeping people out! Mixed feelings about the placing, glad it made the list, but feel it deserves higher, being at the top of my ballot. Similar with Sahg, my CD came in just a couple days ago and am listening to all four of their albums, and the band definitely deserve attention.
That oVo is freakin intense. Would be interested in seeing them live.
― Fastnbulbous, Sunday, 12 January 2014 22:39 (ten years ago) link
hang on, google is a metal genre now.fuck, i have so much to learn.
― mark e, Sunday, 12 January 2014 22:44 (ten years ago) link
93 Lumbar - the first and last days of unwelcome 164 Points, 7 Voteshttp://i.imgur.com/fHxajOC.jpghttp://open.spotify.com/album/4ME8872T5RIFqKvxLDbnAlspotify:album:4ME8872T5RIFqKvxLDbnAl
http://www.deezer.com/album/7081968
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 12 January 2014 22:50 (ten years ago) link
Genre: Doom/Sludge Metal
Goatess right up there with that other great baby cover:
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/9/0/9/5/9095.jpg?4754
― Siegbran, Sunday, 12 January 2014 22:53 (ten years ago) link
Corrections House was only okay. It wasn't Pinkish Blackish enough for me
― fit for one who twerks and cries (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 12 January 2014 22:54 (ten years ago) link
92 Ataraxie - L'Être et la Nausée 166 Points, 5 Voteshttp://i.imgur.com/MX0dxWA.jpg
Genre: Funeral Doom
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 12 January 2014 22:59 (ten years ago) link
One more to go tonight
That Ataraxie record is really good. Also notable was that the band also announced that Joey DeMaio of Manowar would appear on this as a guest musician. Of course, this news came out on April 1st...
― Siegbran, Sunday, 12 January 2014 23:08 (ten years ago) link
91 Cult Of Luna - Vertikal I&II 166 Points, 6 Votes http://i.imgur.com/b5Nzyt6.jpghttp://open.spotify.com/album/2RxFn9IzCEouUQxfDaBYH2spotify:album:2RxFn9IzCEouUQxfDaBYH2
http://www.deezer.com/album/7160365
Genre: Atmospheric Sludge/Progressive Metal/Post-Hardcore
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 12 January 2014 23:10 (ten years ago) link
Will resume around tomorrow lunchtime (UK) I guess.
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Sunday, 12 January 2014 23:11 (ten years ago) link
Well I missed the countdown for today. Damn. My wrap up: Tracks list was great!! Happy to see Hell take the top spot!
SAHG album's waaay too low, feel like a lot of people slept on that, it's really good.
And my challops: What is this new trend of death metal bands making album covers that look like black metal? I got excited by the cover of that Obliteration album and then it was all growly death. I mean a band can design their logo however they want and there's always been the cryptic hard to read logo thing in all branches of extreme metal, but something about the combintion of their logo and the cover art made me assume it was black metal... feels like false advertising in a way. It doesn't do what it says on the tin!!
That Summoning track is the only one not available on the album on US spotify so I never listened to it... damn I would have given it a high spot in my track ballot, its incredible! Reminds me of Dissection in its heavier parts, and also Finntroll, lol... it's great.
― Viceroy, Sunday, 12 January 2014 23:34 (ten years ago) link
Direct Link to poll recap & full results
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 13 January 2014 03:52 (ten years ago) link
I voted for two of those!
― J3ff T., Monday, 13 January 2014 03:54 (ten years ago) link
Which? (I dont have ballots to hand) or I would try to find out who voted for the album in last place..
319 jeff treppel and ozzy hamster sings/sqeaks - the best of nightwish 1 Point, 1 vote
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 13 January 2014 08:31 (ten years ago) link
hahaha!
― Viceroy, Monday, 13 January 2014 08:46 (ten years ago) link