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CMU Approved
Approved: The Hell
By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 3 October 2013
Now that I am an old, old man, I can no longer stomach hardcore bands who take themselves incredibly seriously and bang on about values and principles and such nonsense. So, as I draw ever closer to my 700th year, it’s a joy to discover The Hell and their mix of unfeasibly heavy riffs, unnecessary misanthropy and occasional bouts of puerile humour. As they themselves say (shout) on ‘Change Shit Up’, “Music for me is about entertainment”. And this is entertainment.
The band’s members have opted to remain anonymous for now but, according to the cover of their debut album, ‘You’re Listening To The Hell’, they number twelve. Most of them seem to be vocalists. Which is fun. What else? Oh, they have a song called ‘It’s The Motherfucking Hell (You Dick)’, which so far hasn’t stopped being funny.
According to Thrash Hits, the band is some sort of experiment to see how far they can get without PR, management or any other industry backing. Though if that is the case, given that they seem to be managed by SGR Artist Management and represented by The Agency Group for live bookings, the experiment doesn’t look like it’s been very successful. You should still listen to them though. And read Thrash Hits’ article on them.
You can download the album for any amount of money you see fit (or no money) on Bandcamp, and you can watch the video for ‘Shit Just Got Real’ here:
