{"id":19631,"date":"2014-07-08T00:01:30","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T00:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=19631"},"modified":"2014-07-08T02:30:06","modified_gmt":"2014-07-08T02:30:06","slug":"album-review-hellborn-death-engines-welcome-to-the-hellmouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-hellborn-death-engines-welcome-to-the-hellmouth\/","title":{"rendered":"HELLBORN DEATH ENGINES – Welcome To The Hellmouth (2014) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

HELLBORN DEATH ENGINES
Welcome To The Hellmouth<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSelf-released (2014)<\/span>
Rating: 6\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Hailing from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, this lethal thrashing quartet has been in existence since December 2011 and has previously only released a 2013 three-track demo entitled Digital Nightmares<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Although I never heard the demo, the trio of cuts have made their way onto the band\u2019s ten-track debut Welcome To The Hellmouth<\/em>, the tracks being \u2018Dianoga\u2019, \u2018Masked Assassin\u2019 and \u2018Villains\u2019. Hellborn Death Engines consists of lead vocalist \/ guitarist Scott Onofrychuk, guitarist \/ harsh vocalist Brandon McNeil, bassist \/ clean vocalist Shaun Paulson and drummer Brandon Morrison.<\/p>\n

Musically, Welcome To The Hellmouth<\/em> offers a rather standard thrash approach, especially in that there are elements of humour \u2013 which are not always beneficial to a band \u2013 and also the influences are clear, with the likes of San Francisco Bay Area thrashers Death Angel alongside Megadeth<\/a> getting a look in. Thankfully though, there is more to this ten-track affair than meets the eye. <\/p>\n

Although Hellborn Death Engines are not breaking the mould, they more than make up for their lack of originality with energy, and the sharing of the vocals gives the band an extra element of spice when it comes to their full frontal attack. Even so, with a hardcore twist that makes itself known every now and then combined with an Exodus-style of zaniness, this is a refreshing debut opus, if only for its passion and comedy touch. <\/p>\n

Of all the tracks on offer, my favourite has to be the aforementioned \u2018Villains\u2019 which pays homage to those sinister characters experienced in console games. The clearer vocal chops add that crossover tinge and work well alongside the rougher strains, but this doesn\u2019t always give the band an advantage. However, the band offer the sturdy chunks of \u2018Bridge Of No Return\u2019, which riff-wise somehow reminds me of a thrashed up version of the Rolling Stones\u2019 \u2018Paint It Black\u2019 in its melody. Sadly, the lyrics do it no favours \u2013 \u201cI hate that fucking dinosaur, Murderous mushrooms going full bore, Obese madman throwing bombs, Turtle dragons throwing shells of napalm\u201d<\/em> \u2013 and so I\u2019m wondering once again if these guys are incorporating a games console theme into their thrash metal.<\/p>\n

Welcome To The Hellmouth<\/em> is good, clean, friendly thrash metal fun when all is said and done, but it\u2019s not going to enable the Canadians to stand out from the crowd. With the likes of Gama Bomb et al having done this sort of thing a few years ago now, I don\u2019t see how Hellborn Death Engines are going to progress out of the mire of being just another average thrash metal act.<\/p>\n

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

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