HELLISH - The Spectre of Lonely Souls
Unspeakable Axe Records
OK so since I'm on a South American extreme metal kick (and I'm not even discussing Greyhaze Records reissues). Here we have another blackened thrash act from Chile. HELLISH has been kicking it around their native country since 2010. I first learned about through a South American PR guy back in January 2017. He sent me their Grimoire full length which came out in the Fall of 2016. I checked it out but decided not to write anything about it because of the three month's old timeline. Which is probably why he cut me off for six months.
As far as this, their second full length goes, I'd say labeling this as straight up blackened thrash would be an insult to the genre. Although not as insulting as all of those recent Joel Grind produced generic blackened thrash acts. That's the second time I've mentioned Joel Grind in a month. Hey honestly I like TOXIC HOLOCAUST, but as a producer he tends to make bands sound like him instead of themselves. He's not the only one of course.
Be that as it may when I listen to The Spectre of Lonely Souls my first thought is hey these guys are better than some of those other SLAYER worshiping bands in the thrash revival from ten years ago. Along with SLAYER these guys also love some Teutonic thrash ala DESTRCTION. With that combination it's easy to overlook the rehash and settle in on the primal rage the band sends forth.
http://www.unspeakableaxerecords.com/
https://hellishband.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Hellishchile
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