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CR 032 HELLBASTARD -The Need To Kill : Rage, Murder, Revenge & Retaliations ... The Rise Of The Working Classes ... LP
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1000 copies in a nice gatefold cover
200 copies in white vinyl (limited mailorder version, only available from the band and CIVILISATION RECORDS)
(some of them ended up in grey or marbled vinyl)
800 copies in black vinyl
SIDE A:
01. Cheyne Stoking
02. Going Postal
03. Anthropological Angst I / Stop Your Whining / Anthropological Angst II
04. Murder Workshop
05. Stressed
06. Fir Bolg, Bow To Slough Feg
07. My Best Friend Misanthropy
08. Business Pig Hole [ mp3 / 6,28 mB ]
SIDE B:
09. Executed II
10. Pylons II
11. The Beggar II
12. Bringing Death II
13. Darkness / Internal II
14. Camp Of The Dead I
Band Info:
HELLBASTARD are back, after many, many years of silence the Metal Crusties from the UK deliver a brand new album. Singer and guitarist Scruff (only left member from the old line-up) added two new members, then they went to the HELLFIRE Studios in Birmingham and recorded 14 furious Metal sonx for this LP. Some people will be surprised that the new sound is very metallic but I love the new songs. Crushing, fast and thrashy sonx with a lot of variety, way more modern Thrash Metal than the metallic Crust HELLBASTARD used to play in the past. This is the new HELLBASTARD of today !!!! Listen to their sound, bang your head and jump around like a maniac !!!
REVIEWS:
AUDIODROME WEBZINE / ITALY (by Michele)
Molto spesso, quando ai membri superstiti si unisce nuova linfa vitale, il risultato finale rischia di avere ben poco in comune con lo spirito originario o - al contrario - è possibile assistere a sospetti ritorni allo stile dei periodi più acclamati, quasi si tentasse di far dimenticare il percorso evolutivo compiuto dalla formazione prima di sciogliersi. Il nuovo lavoro degli inglesi HELLBASTARD (oggi composti da Scruff e dalle nuove entrate Gianluca al basso e Joint alla batteria) fuga tutti questi dubbi e ci presenta la formazione in splendida forma, in grado di proseguire il discorso iniziato in maniera credibile e ben più vicina alle derive thrash dell’ultimo periodo che non allo sporco crust delle origini, eppure forte dell’attitudine consapevole che da sempre ne caratterizza testi e immaginario. “The Need To Kill” è un lavoro ben registrato e ottimamente suonato, in cui bordate di thrash, contrassegnato da un innegabile bagaglio tecnico, si sposa con la furia del crust per dar vita a una devastante orgia sonora. Realizzato su vinile dalla CIVILISATION RECORDS, “The Need To Kill” si fregia del lavoro grafico firmato dall’italiano Gabriele Santamaria e di un suono, come già sottolineato, a dir poco curato sia nei momenti distorti, che nelle interessanti digressioni disegnate per dar respiro e maggiore profondità alle composizioni. Gli HELLBASTARD hanno saputo creare un album al contempo attuale e fortemente ancorato alla loro storia, basato su un songwriting dinamico e niente affatto pretestuoso, tanto che “The Need To Kill” merita a pieno diritto di entrare nella discografia della formazione al fianco delle loro release più acclamate. Certo, i tempi di “Ripper Crust” appaiono distanti e la formazione ha saputo evolvere il proprio linguaggio, ma questo è solo un ulteriore segnale della validità di questa reunion, che poteva essere solo l’ennesimo tentativo di andare a ripescare i fan della prima ora. All’opposto, invece, dimostra di avere un suo peso specifico e una sua personalità ben distinta. Consigliato.
Rough Translation:
During last times we met quite many reunions, some of them pushed by a real will to add something new to the band discography, many others just to take back some past glory, lasting just a second and resulting in embarassing records.Often, when you have new members to back the former ones, the final result can be something completely different or, on the opposite, you can find a suspicious attempt ot come back to the early style, in a silly attempt to cancel what the band did just before to call the quits. The new HELLBASTARD album (nowadays formed by Scruff, backed by new-entries Gianluca and Joint) is far from all of this and presents a band in a top form, able to follow what was started back in time with credibility and loyal to Hellbastard evolution, closer to the band last recordings than to raw crust beginnings, yet holding the aware attitude that always marked their lyrics and approach. In brief, “The Need To Kill” is a well produced and greatly played album, in which technically backed thrash assaults melts withCrust fury to produce a killer sonic orgy.Released on vinyl by CIVILISATION RECORDS, “The Need To Kill” sports the top graphics by Gabriele Santamaria and a precious sound, both in distorted parts than in variations created to enrich and add value to the tracks. HELLBASTARD created an actual yet traditional album, built around a dynamic and honest song writing, so deserving to enter the band discography next to their most acclaimed releases. Obviously,”Ripper Crust” times are far from here, but the band was able to evolve its language in the right direction, so this is another sign stressing how this reunion is based on a solid ground and not just to grab some past glory. It demonstrates proper bases and a well designed personality. Highly suggested!
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