Year : 1986 (Metal Blade Records Digipak Edition 2022)
Style : Thrash Metal , Speed Metal
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 150 mb
Bio:
Formed in 1983, Hallows Eve was a Speed/thrash metal band hailing from Atlanta, GA, whose first brush with notoriety came via the inclusion of their song Metal Merchants” in the Metal Massacre, Vol. 6 compilation two years later. Duly signed by the collection’s parent label, Metal Blade, the group, comprised of vocalist Stacy Anderson, guitarists David Stuart and Steve “Skullator” Shoemaker, bassist Tommy Stewart, and drummer Ronny Appoldt, released their debut album, Tales of Terror, later the same year and then followed it with two more discs (1986′s Death & Insanity and 1988′s Monument).
Album:
Formed in 1983, Hallows Eve was a thrash metal band hailing from Atlanta, GA, whose first brush with notoriety came via the inclusion of their song Metal Merchants" in the Metal Massacre, Vol. 6 compilation two years later. Duly signed by the collection's parent label, Metal Blade, the group, comprised of vocalist Stacy Anderson, guitarists David Stuart and Steve "Skullator" Shoemaker, bassist Tommy Stewart, and drummer Ronny Appoldt, released their debut album, Tales of Terror, later the same year and then followed it with two more discs (1986's Death & Insanity and 1988's Monument). By 1989, the band had folded but eventually re-formed in 2004 with plans to record a new, as yet unreleased, effort. - Eduardo Rivadavia (All Music Guide).Released a mere year after the chaotic Tales Of Terror, Death & Insanity comes as a surprise. Beautify mastered, & still chock full of interesting riffs, Death & Insanity brings a lot of promise to the table.Well the production as previously stated is a major improvement over Tales of Terror, the rhythm section is easily heard, and the guitars have a nice clean crisp to them.But the music has improved as well, but has been slowed way, way down, except Suicide which is as fast if not faster than what occurred on Tales of Terror. This album has a more ’controlled’ feel to it than what previously occurred, but it still keeps the energy that they had before. The riffs are a little more complicated this time around, but have a great vibe to them, the thing I personally dig is Obituary, a small thirty second acoustic piece which shows a lot for the group’s progressing maturity. The solos are a plenty as well, needless to say David Stuart does an excellent job this time around. Percussion as well has taken the controlled route, but keeps right along with the riffs produced by Stewarts. Bass is improved as well, no longer is there the off and on quality that plagued us before. The bass riffs essentially fit right in with the overall good vibe. As for Anderson’s vocal performance he’s shifted into a far different territory as well. Long gone are his banshee wails, he’s now using the lower near growling vocals he used half the time on Tales of Terror. Lyrically speaking, that’s the one thing that hasn’t changed much at all, it’s still the horror influenced lines we heard before, but less cheese & more maturity.On a final note, I liked this, it was a great album with a good vibe & great riffs. Something worth listening to every now and now & again-90%.
Line Up:
Stacy Andersen - Vocals - See also: ex-Warrior, ex-Metalmorphosis, ex-DIN / BIG TWIN DIN, ex-Two Pronged Crown
David Stuart - Guitars
Tommy Stewart - Bass - See also: Bludy Gyres, Negative Wall, Tommy Stewart's Dyerwulf, Khaotika (live), ex-Warrior, ex-Lestregus Nosferatus
Tym Helton - Drums
Tracklist:
01. Death And Insanity
02. Goblet Of Gore
03. Lethal Tendencies
04. Obituary
05. Plea Of The Aged
06. Suicide
07. D.I.E.
08. Attack Of The Iguana
09. Nefarious
10. Nobody Lives Forever
11. Death And Insanity (Reprise)
12. Nefarious (Bonus Track)
13. Valley Of The Dolls / Suicide (Bonus Track)
14. Death And Insanity (Bonus Track)
15. Lethal Tendencies (Bonus Track)
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