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X-Hells is yet another metal band from
Italy, a country that has been growing to become one of the leading metal
nations of Europe in the late 90's. Bands like Opera IX, Rhapsody and Lacuna
Coil have put Italy on the international metal map once and for all. This
album was also produced by Steve Sylvester from the Italian cult band Death
SS. X-Hells doesn't have much in common with any of the bands mentioned
above. Instead they sound more like modern American bands like Slipknot and
Static-X mixed with some death metal riffing and close to hardcore sounding
vocals. I read in a review that the vocalist was compared to Dave Mustaine of
Megadeth but that is only true if you remove the weird distortion that makes
every single word he screams out cut through your ears like a razor sharp
knife. While not sounding like any other nu-metal band of today they still
have little new to offer the world. They could become much more interesting
though if they continue to develop their more experimental side as shown on
the groovy "Kill The Different", without a doubt the best song of the album.
The sheer intensity of the energetic crusher "Contradiction" is also great
to hear. X-Hells have produced a nice album that should appeal to fans of
Slipknot and Machine Head but they still have some work to do before reaching
the top.
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Theatre Of Pain 2. Dreams Of Hate 3. Paranoia 4. |
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Contraddiction 5. Angel Litanies 6. Subterranean Stories |
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7. Kill The Different 8. The Kube 9. Hunter’s Eyes |
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