Thursday, June 9, 2011

Hellwitch - Syzygial Miscreancy

After that last post, I feel like I need to regain some of my "cred", and what better way to do that than to dig up something really old.  Hellwitch, like many bands of the late 80's, straddled the line between Thrash and Death Metal, but few did so as well as they did.  While still having the "attack" and basic tone of yester-years Thrash bands, the sparse sprinkling of blast-beats, tremolo-picked riffs, and technical starts and stops hinted at the impending new era of heaviness.

This actually sounds a lot like Sadus, but a bit less mature.  If you're into early Death Metal, or the faster Crossover styles of S.O.D. and Cryptic Slaughter, this super-short LP is for you.

although stupid, this cover is kind of endearing in it's immaturity, which is going to save it from the "shitty album covers" label.  I also think it's a rip-off of this.


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