Year : 1986-1990 (Metallic Blue Records Edition 2023)
Style : Heavy Metal , White Metal , Power Metal
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 137 mb
Bio:
Hellbender started out as a "White Metal" band, where their lyrics weren't necessarily Christian, just more anti-evil. In 1986 the band released a cassette EP (The Least Within) playing a style of music that would appeal to King Diamond fans. In 1990 the band would release thier second casstte EP (Witchway), where they dropped the anti-evil lyrics and played straight forward metal with lyrics that had to do with death and destruction. These cassettes were only pressed in very limited quantities and have become very collectible. The band had a lineup change which pushed the band to change thier name and the name the band started going by was "Reaction". Reaction went onto release 1 cassette EP, but recorded several unreleased songs.
Album:
Metallic Blue Records has teamed up with Hellbender to release a 12-track album with all the Hellbender recordings.Metallic Blue Records is also releasing the 12 songs from Reaction on its own release. As always, METALLIC BLUE releases come 100% professionally silver-pressed with 12-panel front inserts with a double-sided back inlay. On the band's first demo they were influenced by the burgeoning white metal movement and band's like Trouble.They were not pro-Christian so much as anti-evil (they went so far as to open for Stryper, whom they sound nothing like). Like Trouble, they played "fast" and raw doom/thrash metal, and evolved beyond the White Metal tag.
Line-Up:
Tom Adolphson - Vocals - See also: ex-Hellbender, Reckless Spirit, ex-Have Mercy
Greg Yeates - Guitars - See also: ex-Hellbender
Jay Haacke - Bass
Jeff Ballantyne - Drums - See also: ex-Hellbender
+ on Demo (1986)
Chris Sessions - Bass
Mark Ary - Guitars (lead)
Tracklist:
01. Geezer
02. The Execution
03. Blown to Smithereens
04. Witchway
05. City Grave
06. The Least
07. Could It Be Hell
08. Metal Desire
09. Shark Bites
10. Thunder & Lightning
11. Battle for the Soul
12. The Bridge of Death
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