Release
date: October 21st 2017. Label: LP Lay Bare Recordings / / CD
Digipack: Discos Macarras, Cosmic Tentacles, Música Híbrida.
Format: CD/DD/Vinyl
Death
May Die – Tracklisting
1.The Gateway 02:50
2.Mother of Monsters
09:25
3.Touched by Evil
08:51
4.Dark Passenger
10:03
5.Repulsion 08:26
6.Bodies in Hell
03:49
Members
Mireia Porto: vocals
& guitars
Julián Velasco:
guitars
Tano Giménez: bass
Miguel Fernández:
drums
Review
I didn't know what to
expect with Hela's new album – Death May Die. As this was my first
introduction to Hela's extraordinary dark doom world. I was
pleasantly surprised with Hela's take on all things Doom Metal and
Alternative Rock. The album can be very expansive and emotionally
driven at times but that matches the overall feel and mood of the
album.
Opening track – The Gateway – is a superb slice of drone based doom sounds with an eerie and haunting atmosphere being created in the background. Normally I would complain that a song such as this could have used some vocals but Hela made the right choice in opening with a instrumental song.
Second track – Mother
Of Monsters – is the first of 4 epic songs that appear on the album
and this is perhaps the standout song on the album with Mireia's
vocals creating a fine line between 90s Alt Rock and modern sounding
Doom style chants. The music is a mixture of Psychedelic Doom, Hard
Rock and classic sounding 90s Alt Rock riffs.
The other songs on the
album Touched By Evil, Dark Passenger and Repulsion all carry on the
dark progressive themes that can be heard within Mother Of Monsters.
Though Hela inject a more world weary and heavier Doom Metal
atmosphere on the later stages of the album. Maybe the band could
have experimented with their sound more but that may have taken away
the haunting and emotional message hidden with the album.
The lyrics are superbly
written throughout with Hela expressing themselves on a more
emotional level that elevates this album onto greater levels. Death May Die
is a breathtaking album and one that Hela should be rightly proud of.
Words
by Steve Howe
Thanks
to Mathieu at Lay Bare Recordings for the promo.
Death
May Die is available to buy on Vinyl from Lay Bare Recordings and CD Digipack: Discos Macarras, CosmicTentacles, Música Híbrida.
