Hell to Pay
So Far … So Good
2012
Hell to Pay -
Manchester
Links:
Hell to Pay - debut EP 'So Far... So Good' is now
available on ITunes for the extremely reasonable (if not slightly random) price
of £3.16 —
Genre: Heavy
Rock
Bandanas at the
ready - A four piece heavy rock/sleaze band of the Motley Crue/Guns n Roses ilk
hailing from the Manchester area – they will just suck you into their awesome
blend of face melting riffs, and edgy sleaze laden vocals. From start to finish
this is compelling listening and will really take you over the edge!
The CD is a
very simple black n white cover depicting the band’s sophisticated logo and yes
so far, so good! The CD itself is in an eye catching black n blue depicting a
city that is about to be demolished by the bowels of Hell.
As most people
who know me, know I don’t follow the mainstream bands such as Motley Crue, or
Guns & Roses, (well not anymore!) but these four guys – although heavily
influenced by the aforementioned bands deserve credit for producing this
CD. Hard to imagine that these four guys
are in their mid-20’s) are producing music of this calibre. It’s tight, punchy and downright in your face
rock.
Now on to more
pressing matters...
Matter of Time
Awesome start -
This is going to be a great CD to listen to if the first track is anything to
go by. Nice and sleazy! With great rhythm and awesome inspiring guitars. The
balance is there, and some really great riffs. I may find it hard to move past
this track – it is powerful and very addictive. Thought so had to listen again!
Moving on...
Burn me Alive –
Check out the Video to this track! *
Oh hell yeah
this track kicks ass, just has to be said! Vocals and harmonies are superb!
Again that guitar just cries out with some well-balanced kick ass drumming to
boot! That guitar is just amazing. Despite being a hot morning this CD is
adding to the burn and lives up to the title... this is extremely and highly
addictive listening as mentioned above.
Hell to Pay
This track is a
lot heavier than the previous two – slower paced but it grabs you by the short
n curlies and smacks you in the mouth.
The vocals are raw and edgy with great melodic qualities. The build-up
is just tremendous and fires up into a frenzy of brilliant guitar riffs with a
nice solid Bass-line and superb drumming yet again.
Pain in the
Future
Let that guitar
throttle you and the vocals pulverize you – this is another winner on this four
track EP. The sound is just incredible! These guys just know how to capture the
sound of the 80’s but bring it into the 21st century, with their own
mark on it. This is really heavy shit, catchy, melodic, and energetic and gives
you grooves in abundance. The drums are vibrant and that bass very sneaky –
yeah it rocks!
This is music
to be played LOUD! Real driving music (not that I drive) But if I did this CD
would be blasting out of the stereo and on repeat. Four tracks just aren’t enough to satisfy the
addiction.
Superbly
executed and produced. The signatures on the inside cover although barely
readable are a great addition to this superb CD and will take pride and place
in my now growing collection of unsigned rock and metal bands.
There will be Hell to Pay if you don’t think these
guys hit the mark! There is nothing negative that I could say about this CD,
except maybe, that there are only four tracks on it – way too little, but that’s
about it! You teasers :P
Check out their vid of Burn me Alive - really great track and buy the EP for 3.16 you get some amazing choonage for the dough! Second link above.
A great debut
from Hell to Pay – I hope I manage
to catch these guys live at some point because I know it will be an
electrifying gig if the CD is anything to go by.
Track List:
Matter of Time
Burn me Alive
Hell to Pay
Pain in the Future
Members:
Dario Nikzad - Guitar
Daniel Martin – Vocals/Guitar
Tom Henstock - Drums
Chris Trigg - Bass
