{"id":103008,"date":"2024-04-05T00:00:31","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T23:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=103008"},"modified":"2024-04-24T13:34:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T12:34:43","slug":"album-review-hellway-train-borderline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-hellway-train-borderline\/","title":{"rendered":"HELLWAY TRAIN – Borderline (2024) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

HELLWAY TRAIN
Borderline<\/strong><\/span>
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\nClassic Metal (2024)<\/span>
Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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This scorching Brazilian act (named after co-founder and vocalist Marc Hellway) has been lurking around since 2010. I\u2019m of the understanding that the combo split five years later but returned in 2020. Borderline<\/em> is, surprisingly, the band\u2019s debut full-length outing but it\u2019s a fine example of sprightly traditional heavy metal blanketed by a nostalgic fog.<\/p>\n

Simple yet scorching, Borderline<\/em> boasts electrifying axe work from Vin\u00edcius Thram who is also a founding member. Many of the songs here are reasonably simple and sizzle with an 80s vibe, particularly standard rockers like \u2018Born To Rock Hard\u2019 which is however somewhat akin to a bog standard lower league mid-80s track, but at their strongest Hellway Train forcefully thrash out brilliant songs like \u2018Hell On Earth\u2019. This track glints and speeds like classic Judas Priest and that\u2019s where the band sits most comfortably.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, \u2018Ghost (Over The Night)\u2019 is a brooding and epic track; it has a power metal vibe mixed with a Savatage nature. \u2018Gateways To Arkham Asylum\u2019 is another big favourite as again the band channels classic Judas Priest via \u2018Painkiller\u2019 married to blazing Mercyful Fate. This is scintillating heavy metal that is apt at some killer mid\u2010paced moments too, as on \u2018Cold Town\u2019, but a majority of what this debut offers is molten steel that I can\u2019t recommend enough.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HELLWAY TRAINBorderline Classic Metal (2024)Rating: 8\/10 This scorching Brazilian act (named after co-founder and vocalist Marc Hellway) has been lurking around since 2010. I\u2019m of the understanding that the combo split five years later but returned in 2020. Borderline is, surprisingly, the band\u2019s debut full-length outing but it\u2019s a fine example of sprightly traditional heavy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5658],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-hellway-train"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103008"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103015,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103008\/revisions\/103015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}