Hellon: “Shaman” CD and LP and Digital 17th May 2024 Archivist Records. Ukrainian Death Metal band.
Interviewed in the pages of The Metal Mag years ago, it’s with their seventh album to date I have to review this new powerful album. A beautiful piece as a CD book box, such as what was Nuclear Blast Records at some point.
The thick carton cover, the lyrics, and the graphics in the booklet with the CD at the end of the thick plastic part. Opening the cover shows the full artwork drawn among graphic signs. The band has chosen a special theme for this album. Going back to an ancient time with culture and beliefs.
A man becomes a monster with power, a shaman capable of invoking the spirit as the demons. The album starts with sounds we tend to hear from the jungle, making the intro setting up the universe you are immersed into.
Some Thrash Metal blended with Death Metal riffs, a strong sound, and kick-ass pounding tunes. Hell-on is evolving into another path with the old influences to make it new.
Check out this song:
Influences Sepultura, Krabathor, Nile, Nail Bomb, Artillery, Testament, Death, Malevolent Creation, and many more.
It’s heavy and brings us back into the real old Death Metal vibe. It’s dark and will eat your soul out. They created a universe such as horror movies, with symbols and the dark side of the human race. A beautiful work and creation that will please the fans of the genre.
A must-have 100/100.
