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HELLBLOCK6 |
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Alex S Johnson
If rock and roll really is the Devil's music, then Jesus built a hotrod
for this (apparently) Phillie-based trio. Burnin' Doom makes 10
thumpin,' crispin,' roastin' platforms for bottom-heavy Death Rock in
the grand Entombed mode, smeared with road grease from one of Lemmy
Kilmister's moles. Antman's shouted, hollered vocals and relentless
drums, ladled over the Noelle's thick, fat bass and liberally marinaded
in Greg's ratty guitar, shows the Scandinavian neo-punk cadres how it's
done in the good old US of A. -- think of a party in Gehenna, with raw
beats, tasty riffs and plenty of sauce to ease the pain from omnipresent
flames. "Drink to Think" smacks of La-La Land's home-grown boys
Damnation with its alkie-punk throttle, while "War Between the Worlds"
meshes the band's greaser rock ethic with some of that titular doom, and
there's more than a hint of the old Iommi on the closer track,
"Wasteland." Fast and lethal as razors through flesh, churning with
whiskey legs through apocalyptic fire, Hellblock6 give the world the
doombilly soundtrack to the End Times. This platter smokes like a damned
thing.
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