Zimmers Hole - When You Were Shouting At The Devil... We Were In League With Satan |
Published March 18 2008
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When You Were Shouting At The Devil... We Were In League With
Satan* |
| Genre | Thrash/Heavy Metal |
Chris Valagao
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Vocals
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| Tracks | 11 |
Jed Simon
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Guitar
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| Runningtime | 40 Min. |
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Guitar
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| Label | Century Media |
Byron Stroud
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Bass
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| Release | 11 March 2008 |
Gene Hoglan
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Drums
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| Country | Canada |
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Keyboard
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| Similar artists | Metalium, Judas Priest | ||
Zimmers Hole from Canada is a new acquaintance to me, but a very pleasant one. That is, after the initial frown regarding the jokingly attitude and the constant juvenile approach. I usually don't appreciate things like that, but if you can overlook occasional things like funny sounds, burps, farts and humorous lyrics, you have a real smorgosbord of metal to dig in to here.
Musically this is awesome, with heavy and tight metal that moves between thrash, ordinary heavy metal and sometimes on or even beyond the border to death metal. The production is bombastic and one of the better ones I have come across. It is officially kind of a parody metal band, or at least has been in the past, but some humorous elements aside, this beats the crap out of most metal albums from the past years. A high level of musicianship with great songs containing a multitude of groove, heaviness and catchy hooks. Vocalist Chris Valagao is magnificent and manages easily to sing convincing no matter the style of the song, and without losing any of his intensity and pondus.
The band consists of the Strapping Young Lad members Jed Simon, Byron Stroud and Gene Hoglan, the latter playing in this band for the first time. The remaining member of Strapping Young Lad, the well known Devin Townsend, is responsible for the vocal production on this album.
If you are a fan of pounding metal with great riffs, double bass drums and want a new and fresh approach to it, my recommendation is that you should check this album up as soon as you can. In the meanwhile I am personally already on the hunt for their two previous albums, Bound By Fire (1996) and Legion Of Flames (2002).
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7,5 |
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8 chalices of 10 - Tommy |
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