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Hail Horror ReviewFor those of us who grew up appreciating metal in its prime (~83-~94), nothing has been more frustrating and disappointing than the last 15 years in the music industry. We have been forced to watch our favorite bands sell out, our favorite genre become nothing more than a footnote in history (and a misnamed VH1 special), and our favorite labels suddenly cater to either fringe subsects of metal or to baby-faced bubble-gum poppers who unconscionably replaced face-melting guitar solos with weak, yammering crybaby ditties. The final nail in the coffin of heavy metal was driven by all the *rock* stations in town who - almost simultaneously - replaced their rock-and-metal formats with the same aurally abusive playlist-based "Classic Rock" format. Heavy Metal seemed to have seen its day, and many of us long ago stopped mourning the Infinity and ClearChannel-sponsored holocaust of Metal.
I stopped buying CDs by the dozen long ago. Not because I didn't have the money, and certainly not because I was downloading albums (insert anti-piracy pitch here). Metal simply did not exist. There is a definite demarcation line between the last Metal age and today... It began with Nirvana, and the gap between Metal and "in-music" just broadened from there. Seattle killed heavy metal.
Well, Seattle has finally offered its penance for years of polluting the airwaves with poisonous, uninspired grunge in the form of Himsa - and I accept.
I first heard Himsa last year on a REVOLVER magazine "Bootleg Series" free download - and I was hooked. What was this? Is that a *riff*? Is that a *scream*? Did that song really begin with something other than a little boy complaining about his daddy issues over the same retarded fifth chords? "Rain to the Sound of Panic" single-handedly restored my faith in Metal. I immediately ordered the CD on Amazon, and it didn't leave my car for months. That was "Courting Tragedy and Disaster" - and that is a different review altogether.
With "Hail Horror", Himsa continues to improve on a brand of Metal the likes of which I haven't heard in years: heavy drums, thick guitars and some of the best solo work I've heard since the golden age of Heavy Metal. "Anathema" starts up politely enough, then marches right through your gray matter with a pulse-quickening riff, stomping beat, and vocals best described as "deliciously painful". It just gets better. "Sleezevil" was pre-released months ago, and if that breakdown didn't have you bobbing your head ("No more... empathy!"), you've certainly expired some months ago. But my favorite has to be "Wither". The intro is a bit long, but just wait for it: it's half nailbomb and half anvil, coming back to assault you at the 5:30 mark. My kind of grind. The music on this album is a true homage to the heroes of Metal - Pantera, Ozzy, even Testament and Iron Maiden influences can be heard in the awesome guitar work of Kirby and Sammi.
Some will review this album and, with astonishing arrogance, dismiss Himsa as "just another in the crowd" of similar Metal outfits hitting the scene recently. This is just a long shot, but I'm guessing they only listened to Hail Horror once, and already have their favorite band (insert some other "__"-core metal band name here). Their protective smugness is not unfounded: Hail Horror is the new guy in town; and Himsa certainly stands to threaten all other candidates as THE metal band to be, see, and hear in 2006.
There is only one thing I hear now. It grows a little louder every day... it sounds like Himsa, and it is the heartbeat of Heavy Metal coming back from the dead. Thank you Johnny, Kirby, Derek, Chad, Sammi and Prosthetic for bringing back Heavy Metal that swings, cuts, and bruises. This just may be the new Golden Age of Heavy Metal.Hail Horror Overview

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