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░█▒█ Artist ■ Vastator █▒█░
░ █▒█ Album ■ Machine Hell █▒█ ░
░█░█ Year ■ 2010 █░█░
█░█ Release Date ■ 2012-07-02 █░█
█░█ Genre ■ Heavy Metal █░█
█ █ Label ■ Inferno Records █ █
█░█ Source ■ CD █░█
█ █ Type ■ Album █ █
█░█ Quality ■ VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █░█
█ █ █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ The Industrial Revolution is far behind, but mankind gets █ █
█ █ more and more buried under all kinds of machines, thanks to █ █
█ █ the avarice of man. The Earth has become machine mell. █ █
█ █ Chilean band Vastator was formed in 1986, but they have █ █
█ █ released full length albums only in the 21st century, and █ █
█ █ 'Machine Hell' is their third such release. █ █
█ █ Vastator are the carriers of the tidings of speed metal █ █
█ █ which is further reinforced with heavy metal spirit. These █ █
█ █ guys know their stuff. The title track opens the album with █ █
█ █ vicious 'Rust in Peace' (1990) era Megadeth stylings before █ █
█ █ entering more Agent Steel sounding terrains. Vocalist █ █
█ █ Nelson "Rob Dφaz" D'Aldunce's voice is like a mixture of █ █
█ █ Bruce Hall and John Cyriis, meaning that he can sound like █ █
█ █ a shrieking and howling jinn, but he can also sing with █ █
█ █ more operatic voice, and everything between the two. The █ █
█ █ title track is easily my favourite one because of its █ █
█ █ compelling metal drive. The heavy metal side of the record █ █
█ █ sounds similar to Mediterranean form of this music style, █ █
█ █ and this becomes clear straight after the opener, on the █ █
█ █ following song '8.8'. I think it is because of the more low █ █
█ █ singing voice (even though '8.8' has no words, just █ █
█ █ hollering), that it brings Mediterranean (especially Greek) █ █
█ █ heavy metal to my mind. 'The Gods Give no Reply' has █ █
█ █ incredible vocals performance, ranging from ones mentioned █ █
█ █ above to some Bruce Dickinson and Messiah Marcolin █ █
█ █ (ex-Candlemass). 'Fiend' has a calmer atmosphere, which is █ █
█ █ not million miles afar from old Iron Maiden feeling thanks █ █
█ █ to its bass guitar work, but this is the only song with █ █
█ █ clear Maiden influnces. Damn, any headbanger is unable not █ █
█ █ to bang to speedy 'X-Terminate' or more mid-paced 'Hawker █ █
█ █ Hunter'. Good first half, even though a bit incoherent, so █ █
█ █ let's see how the album continues. █ █
█ █ Melancholic 'Reminiscence' with its piano (synth) melody █ █
█ █ and acoustic guitar before more metal parts. 'Combustible █ █
█ █ en la Sangre' is a true heavy metal roller, which doesn't █ █
█ █ stop til it ends! 'Punado de Almas' enters more evil █ █
█ █ territories with straight drive throughout the song, and █ █
█ █ evil speed metal piece 'El Ultimo Grito en el Infierno' █ █
█ █ does the same. The closer 'Caleuche' is more doomy song, █ █
█ █ the only one of its kind on the album, including totally █ █
█ █ stupid "let's do a drum solo" bit lasting longer than 2 █ █
█ █ minutes... It's even worse, that the song's finale is █ █
█ █ pretty good. █ █
█ █ Generally, the guitarwork on the album ranges from fast █ █
█ █ fretboard fingerwork to slower, more basic riffage. The █ █
█ █ drumwork, the vocals and of course the bass are similarly █ █
█ █ changing. So there's something for many tastes. All in all, █ █
█ █ there really isn't a bad song on the album, but a few █ █
█ █ minutes could have been cut, like the aforementioned drum █ █
█ █ solo, but in songs department it is harder to name any █ █
█ █ "victims". So, the album is varying. However, too much so, █ █
█ █ because all this variety is quite a disadvantage, making █ █
█ █ the album one incoherent entity. █ █
█ █ That isn't the worst aspect about the album; it is the █ █
█ █ production, which is, in a word, abysmal. It's bad demo █ █
█ █ level quality, to tell the truth. Ok, everything is well █ █
█ █ audible in the mix, but there is no power in instruments. █ █
█ █ Only the vocals possess some kind of power level. The sound █ █
█ █ is very trebly, where the hell are the bass frequencies?! █ █
█ █ 'Machine Hell' is for pure-hearted metal maniacs only, who █ █
█ █ want to jump over genre fences during an album. Speed and █ █
█ █ heavy metal combined, sometimes separated to speed metal █ █
█ █ and heavy metal songs. Try it, it's more than worth it, █ █
█ █ thanks to strong song material and possessed musicians! █ █
█ █ █ █
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█ █ 1. Machine Hell 4:25 █ █
█ █ 2. 8.8 2:37 █ █
█ █ 3. The Gods Give No Reply 3:41 █ █
█ █ 4. Fiend 5:25 █ █
█ █ 5. X-Terminate 3:50 █ █
█ █ 6. Hawker Hunter 5:14 █ █
█ █ 7. Reminiscense 5:04 █ █
█ █ 8. Combustible en la Sangre 3:28 █ █
█ █ 9. Punado de Almas 3:55 █ █
█ █ 10. El Ultimo Grito en el Infierno 5:14 █ █
█ █ 11. Caleuche 11:15 █ █
█ █ 54:08 █ █
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