Year : 1999
Style : Heavy Metal , Power Metal
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 100 mb
Bio:
Hades is an American power metal band from New Jersey.Hades was founded back in 1978 with a constantly changing line-up. It was not until 1982 that a permanent line-up was formed with Paul Smith (vocals), Joe Casilli, Dan Lorenzo (both guitar), Anthony Vitti (bass) and Tom Coombs (drums). This line-up produced several demos and the first self-produced single Deliver Us from Evil. They also took part in the two compilations Born to Metalize (1984) and Metal Massacre VI (1985), which were still very much orientated towards the original heavy metal of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.After various reorganisations, with only Dan Lorenzo and Tom Coombs remaining from the old line-up, the arrival of Alan Tecchio marked Hades' actual breakthrough. After another self-produced single called The Cross, the group, who were now playing speed and power metal, managed to secure a record deal with Torrid Records, a sub-label of Combat Records. The debut album Resisting Success was released there in 1987 and achieved cult status in the heavy metal scene. The European market was only served by Roadrunner Records six months later.An EP that was to follow was cancelled by the record company. The second album followed in 1988 with the programmatic title If at First You Don't Succeed..This album is also considered a heavy metal classic today. A European tour finally led to the dissolution of Hades. A headlining tour, which was amateurishly organised and hardly drew an audience, caused conflict within the band. After Hades returned to the States, they disbanded.Alan Tecchio and Dan Lorenzo then tried their hand at the metal band Non-Fiction, which released three albums between 1990 and 1996. Tecchio also sang on the album Control and Resistance for Watchtower. Tom Coombs went on tour with Doro Pesch, among others.In 1991, there was a one-off reunion show with the old line-up, which was also released on CD under the title Live on Location and contained two previously unreleased tracks. After the band members had returned to their own bands, there was another reunion in 1995. Only Jim Schulman did not take part and was replaced by former Mucky Pup bassist Scott LePage. The album Exist to Resist was largely based on old song material from 1988/89 that had never been used before. From then on, the band remained loosely together, but only rarely played live.In 1999, the fourth album $avior$elf was released, which had clear thrash influences. Metal Blade could be won as a record company. Jimmy Schulman returned to the band and a new drummer, Dave Lescinsky, was hired. The group performed at the Wacken Open Air 2000. The album The Downside was released in the same year.For the 2001 album DamNation, Billy Milano from M.O.D. was recruited as a backing vocalist, with D. D. Verni from Overkill played guest bass. Ron Lipnicki joined hades as the new drummer. It is the group's last album to date. A new song was recorded for a retrospective in 2002.Dan Lorenzo hit the headlines when he claimed to have used an unreleased vocal part by Bon Scott for his 2004 solo album Cassius King. In reality, it was merely a sample from the AC/DC cover band Overdose.
Album:
5 full-length album.The opening track on this album surely raises some eyebrows when viewed in conjunction with the release date- a bit prescient, perhaps?This is one from Metal Blade's cutout bin- Hades never had spectacular legs in their best days, but this album is littering the bargain racks of nearly every metal distro in the world. Surprisingly enough, unlike the average Pavement release, this has some serious chops behind it- oldschool USPM/thrash with a hint of glam here and there which makes for a surprisingly well-rounded and listenable package. This is hardly a style that I'm very familiar with, so I can't immediately think of any bands this sounds like- it's hardly the pure go-for-the-jugular material of Jag Panzer, but it comes close in places, with just a hint of thrash propelling the power metal forward into greater aggression and intensity. While I can see why it wouldn't be tremendously popular given its time of release, this is really a forgotten item which should be investigated by dedicated metalheads.The riffing on this tends to be pretty muscular and speedy; Hades periodically lapses into a rather rockish track owing to their glam influence, but the rest of the time they play cranked up to 10 with high tempos and speedy riffing. The riffs are carved right out of the USPM tradition tempered with just a bit of rock- fast palm-muted runs and dramatic leads mix with a more restrained sense of epic grandeur in huge, held chords. The vocals are perfectly capable, I suppose- I listen to music with clean vocals so rarely it's impossible to tell where this dude rests among the rest of them. His thrashy shouts, though, have a percussive edge to them that owes to bands like The Cro-Mags, which I find rather interesting- they bounce off the fast power metal riffs in a neat way. While the songs are rather simple, they're to-the-point and well constructed, with a good sense of traditional songwriting flow and enough cool riffs going around to keep anyone happy.This is certainly not spectacular, but it's a perfectly respectable entry into a genre that only recently seems to be going back in style. Perhaps this album was a victim of its time, but I imagine there's a number of people out there who haven't heard this but should.
Line-Up:
Alan Tecchio - Vocals (1985-2002, 2010-present) - See also: Autumn Hour, Level Fields, Mike LePond's Silent Assassins, Mind's Mirrors, Heathen's Rage, ex-All Time Low, ex-Non-Fiction, ex-Seven Witches, ex-Watchtower, ex-Power
Dan Lorenzo - Guitars (1978-2002, 2010-present) - See also: Cassius King, Dan Lorenzo, Patriarchs in Black, Vessel of Light, ex-Non-Fiction, ex-The Cursed, Dukes / Lorenzo
Ed Fuhrman - Guitars (1988-2002, 2011-present) - See also: ex-System Addict
Dave Lescinsky (R.I.P. 2023) - Drums, Vocals (track 5)
Tracklist:
01. Ground Zero N.Y.C. 04:14
02. Align the Planets 04:02
03. Bitter Suite #1 03:12
04. Hoax 04:02
05. Pay the Price 02:12
06. Hail to the Thief 03:01
07. Shove It 03:17
08. It's a Wonderful Lie 04:08
09. Become Dust 03:46
10. Responsible 04:25
11. The Me That Might Have Been 03:32
12. Ground Zero (reprise) 01:22
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