Hopelezz -
Black Souls Arrive (07.04.2012)
The
offizial founding of the band is dated to the year 2009 but almost in the year
2008, drumer Nick Gaidel and guitarist Sebastion Aurig met and played togehter
music. In the year 2009 the band was compleated and so they started the
songwriting and played their first gig in the winter of the same year. In reason
of their high impact on the emerganza festival they made the first place in the
crowdvoting. Through the year 2010 the band had a lot of live gigs and shared
the stage with masterclass bands as sepultura, Walls of Jericho or Copykill and
so they gatherd a lot of fame in a very short periode. This allowed the band to
enterd the studio with the producer Torsten Sauerbrey in the Summer 2010, to
record the EP "Source of Ignition". This fist work got a lot of positiv
reactions from the fand and the press and was sould over 500 times. The year
2011 was also full of action for the band, and so thei shared the stage with
bands like soilwork, Eisregen, Sepultura and many other bands. But this was not
enough for the guys from Wuppertal and so they decided to produce their debut
cd. In October 2011 they entered again the MetalSound Studio to produce their
work with a lot of energy, what also gained attention from the Label 7 Hard
Records, who decided to offer the band a worldwide deal. On the 7th April 2012
the new cd was released, and i will tell you in this review about this release.
Myself, as a Melodic Death Metal fan, was looking forward for this album. The
Intro called "Tragedy" is promissing alot. Slight bells combinded with the
keyboard is a very melodic introduction to theses cd and uses also sometimes
industrial elements. But an intro is only a introduction and the next song
"Made of Stainless Steel" showes me the amound of of this cd, which is blowing
my mind away. Boom. The song, driven by the vocals of Fabio Sgarlato, who is in
my oppinion the perfect vocalist for such a music. The guitars sound great and
also the drums made a very good job, so i have no other chance but to hear the
song once again.
The 3rd song "Devil´s Ride" is even very powerful and melodic, the vocals are
between diabolical shouting and clean singing and the drums are rythmic drumfire
and so their is only one way to consume this songs, bang your fucking head. I
think live it must be a greatness. Following to this song "Black Souls Arrive"
is played. This song is the namesake of this cd and i am almost overwhelmed
about this varriing Melodic Death metal. The guys from Wuppertal just know to
impress with this recording and their is no reason to hide this cd. Now let us
come to the 5th song, "The New Delight" which is also blowing my mind away,
especially the mighty drums played by Nick Gaidel are leading this song along
with the infernal shouting and the clear background vocals it creates a catchy
record. "Atheist" is introduced by sounds of old an old phonograph and strikes
back with the full power of the band. The song is my favorit and also my
listening tip for you becouse it is worthy to listen it again and again. After
this song we come to the 7th song "Surrounded by Destruction" and i try to find
a parallel to other bands, but theese musicians creates their own perfectly
balanced sound. The 8th song of "Back Souls Arrive", Milk the Goat" is inspired
of the diabolical shouting and their melodic guitarplaying, a great song and my
2nd playing tip. But i dont think it is enough for me. The next songs "Monster
Insides" starts sonorous, and the vocals of Fabio Sgarlato is brilliant. Bomber
alert and canon fire introduce the next song "Eternal Night", that could also be
a song of a thrash metal band, but the upcoming song is also a new level for
this cd. "Contraspit" is a very fast song, who lets your head bang to the music.
But now we are coming to an end with "What do you think about", an also
fantastic song who is introduced by a arabian style guitarplaying. Hopelezz
gives everythink and create this powerful song, what is a perfectly ending for
this grandious masterwork.
Conclusion: Wow, it is really rare that a band manages such a great album right
off, some need a few years and many tries. At this CD everything fits, the songs
are varying, the musicians master their instruments and the sound is as it has
to be. Even after listening a few times "Black Souls Arrive" is not getting
boring. If you like melodious Death Metal you can buy this without any doubts.
This screams towards a top-rating!
Line
Up:
Fabio Sgarlato
Vocals
Sebastian
Aurig Guitar
Dennis Ehlen Guitar
Bastian Heusener Bass
Nik Gaidel
Drums
Soundquality: 10/10
Variation: 10/10
Cover: 10/10 Booklet: 10/10
Total: 10/10
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