{"id":27524,"date":"2013-08-02T15:15:52","date_gmt":"2013-08-02T15:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-from-hell-heresy\/"},"modified":"2018-03-17T15:25:34","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:25:34","slug":"album-review-from-hell-heresy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-from-hell-heresy\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: From Hell – Heresy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"image\"When I think of Paper + Plastick Records<\/strong> I think of the country-tinged alt rock of Cheap Girls or the melodic punk \/ Lifetime worship that we all know and love Shook Ones for. It was for that reason that initially when I saw that they had released a ‘blackened d-beat \/ thrash’ record by Detroit based From Hell<\/strong>\u00a0it seemed a bit of a miss-match. After listening through the album, though, I can definitely see why Paper + Plastick<\/strong> broke away from their preferred brand of light-hearted punk rock to release From Hell\u2019s<\/strong> debut 7 track album \u2018Heresy\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In the opening track \u2018Nemesis Of Neglect\u2019<\/em> an eerie, clean guitar provides the background music for a haunting spoken word excerpt for around 30 seconds before you\u2019re hit with a hint of just how heavy this record is going to get. It\u2019s the perfect precursor for what you\u2019re going to be hearing over the next 18 minutes (yes, just 18 minutes, but we\u2019ll get to that later). The Converge influence is very prominent. In fact, if we want to get specific, the structure and style of track number 6 \u2018Holy War\u2019<\/em> is heavily reminiscent of Converge\u2019s \u2018Axe To Fall\u2019<\/em>. It emulates the shortness, sharpness and aggressiveness of \u2018Axe To Fall<\/em> \u2018 with the comparisons not ending there. They both start with a fast paced hardcore punk feel and slowly throughout the course of the song slow down until we\u2019re left with a slow, heavy as hell breakdown with the crunch of the guitars barely making it\u2019s way through the pure anger in the vocals.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

As we move through the record I can also hear elements that could easily be compared to Seattle hardcore outfit Trap Them, most notably the faster parts of which a perfect example can be heard in \u2018Terror\u2019<\/em>. I must point out though, even with such obvious influences I definitely wouldn\u2019t say there is any \u2018ripping off\u2019 going on here and to be honest if you\u2019re going to make a record in this genre I can\u2019t think of two better bands to draw influence from. From Hell<\/strong> combine these influences and inject their own refreshing originality, which is usually in the form of being able to cut from a fast paced, blast beat verse straight to an atmospheric bridge featuring only pianos and strings, all the while making it sound good, which is of course the hard part. The ability to make such transitions with such ease gives them an overall sound that helps them stand out from other bands doing the hardcore\/metal thing at the moment.<\/p>\n

I am aware, as I\u2019m sure the band are, that the haunting spoken word samples that feature on a few of the tracks are something that some people may feel are a tad overused and clich\u00e9 when it comes to this kind of metallic hardcore, but ultimately I think we should all appreciate that it comes down to how and when they are used. For example, \u2018Crucifix in a Deathhand\u2019<\/em> contains an instrumental produced just by piano and strings, along with one of the aforementioned vintage-sounding spoken word excerpts and it really makes for a fitting, appropriate way to bridge the gap between \u2018Unholy\u2019<\/em> and \u2018Holy War\u2019, <\/em>which are two of my personal highlights on the record. \u2018Unholy\u2019 takes almost every element that the other songs on the album have to offer and goes overboard with them, executing them perfectly and packaging them into just 2 minutes, plus \u2018Holy War\u2019<\/em>, the previously mentioned \u2018Axe To Fall\u2019<\/em> sound-a-like.<\/p>\n

From Hell<\/strong> use their dark metallic-hardcore and pair it with aggressive lyrics to try and and produce a sound that captures the darkness, anger and depression reflective of their surroundings and I\u2019d say they do a pretty good job. For example, in \u2018No Place Like Hell\u2019<\/em> we hear the line ’I am alone again, abandoned, forgotten, worthless, rotten’<\/em>\u00a0which completely nails everything that this album is about in just one line. Move on to the last words on the album: ’Sorry for all I have done, it\u2019s time. Terminate, suicide’\u00a0<\/em>and I think you\u2019ll have a pretty good idea of the sort of dark, self-deprecating lyrics that are used all through the record and if I\u2019m honest, they don\u2019t stray too far from the two examples I\u2019ve just given. On that note though, I can\u2019t say I expected much else.<\/p>\n

Lastly, with the record being on Paper + Plastick<\/strong>, a record label that was founded around the whole idea of the physical representation and art behind music, I can\u2019t not talk about this album\u2019s vinyl release. Limited to 650 copies, it comes in a variety of combinations in true P+P style. We\u2019re able to pick up any of the 600 copies that have regular artwork across three different colour schemes (300 black, 200 red and 100 black w\/ red stripe), although for any of those serious collectors out there are also offered an alternate artwork version limited to just 50 copies. If that wasn\u2019t enough for you, the sleeves for the release are hand screened with screening ink that contained samples of the band members\u2019 blood a la the Kiss comic book series in the 70s.<\/p>\n

In summary, as someone who doesn\u2019t like to indulge in too much in the metal side of things, the 18-minute cut off point isn\u2019t too much of a problem for me. I can, however, see die hard fans of the genre being a little disappointed after being promised an album yet only being delivered 18 minutes total. I do understand that you\u2019re supposed to keep the fans wanting more but there\u2019s a fine line between wanting more and feeling short-changed. It\u2019s not all disappointed though as although short, the record does provide thoroughly enjoyable take on mixing thrash and hardcore punk with heavier metal elements and I would suggest any fans of the more metallic side of hardcore to give this record a spin.<\/p>\n

4\/5<\/p>\n

\u2018Heresy\u2019<\/em> by From Hell<\/strong> is available now through Paper + Plastick Records<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

From Hell<\/strong> links: Facebook<\/a>|Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Joe Hart (@nottheJoeHart<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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