{"id":97886,"date":"2023-01-06T00:00:24","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T00:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=97886"},"modified":"2023-02-09T16:30:44","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T16:30:44","slug":"album-review-hand-of-doom-stray-from-the-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-hand-of-doom-stray-from-the-path\/","title":{"rendered":"HAND OF DOOM – Stray From The Path (2023) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

HAND OF DOOM
Stray From The Path<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSelf-released (2023)<\/span>
Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Although I\u2019m not a big fan of the vocals here, it\u2019s nice to hear a band like the UK\u2019s Hand Of Doom blending different styles. With the London-based band\u2019s debut full-length album, Stray From The Path<\/em>, you get a mix of death, thrash and groove metal wrapped up in some nice cover art, although it doesn\u2019t truly reflect the content within.<\/p>\n

Hand Of Doom suffers from a shouty vocal attack which doesn\u2019t necessarily compliment the refreshing musical styles. Tracks such as \u2018Permafrost\u2019 have a real scathing and abrasive design and would be better suited to an unorthodox vocal tirade.<\/p>\n

I really do like the sound of this album. The grating and loose chugging on \u2018Barbed Wire Noose\u2019, the harsh frenzy of \u2018Bleeding Mind\u2019, the angular belligerence of \u2018Living Corpse\u2019 complete with wild axe work, and the hardcore strength of \u2018Blades\u2019 really showcase the diversity of this talented bunch to the point of an almost reckless punky edge.<\/p>\n

Jonno Hanen\u2019s drums are lethal throughout, as is Gus Kim\u2019s guitar sound. In fact, this sort of stuff wouldn\u2019t have been out of place on one of those legendary John Peel radio sessions back in the 80s. You\u2019d have to be pretty soulless not to admire the strange clanking nature of the tracks on offer; \u2018Creeping Black\u2019 is dark, muscular and confrontational, and the title track is a punitive strike of robust, rust-coated youthful metal.<\/p>\n

The vocals are what they are, some will love them some may not, but there is no denying the power and unforgiving nature of this metallic rattle that suggests Hand Of Doom have a bright future.<\/p>\n

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

HAND OF DOOMStray From The Path Self-released (2023)Rating: 7\/10 Although I\u2019m not a big fan of the vocals here, it\u2019s nice to hear a band like the UK\u2019s Hand Of Doom blending different styles. With the London-based band\u2019s debut full-length album, Stray From The Path, you get a mix of death, thrash and groove metal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-hand-of-doom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97886","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=97886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97887,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97886\/revisions\/97887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}