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Death Metal Done Right

Twitch | Atlanta, GA | 12/20/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Though most bands have taken death metal and made it into some tirte and boring shell of itself, Hate has created a wonderfully heavy death metal album up there with the likes of the other great new(er) school bands (i.e. Blood Red Throne and Decapitated). 'Holy Dead Triniy' is really a great find...and really sounds like Morbid Angel if they didn't begin to s uck (sorry but 'Heretic' was terrible). The drumming on this record is surprisingly fresh, though it does still contain quite a bit of the expected blastbeat bombast, not that that is a bad thing of course. The vocals and lyrics are quite good, not to mention the excellent guitar driven insanity of it all. Song wise there really are no "skip tracks", they all are just little pieces of excellent death metal. It is really good to see band young band like Hate completely rip, shred, and kill their way into they metal scene as well as they did. Also, it is bands like these that keep the scene fresh and exciting. There is a flaw though, as several of the other reviews have pointed out, the unoriginality of it, but that doesn't mean it doesn't rock hard as he ll. A recomendation to all of you who want some death metal with heart and talent."

God won't like it, but you probably will!

S. Queen | Niles, MI | 09/09/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Hate's "Holy Dead Trinity" isn't going to win any awards for originality in the world of death metal, but that's clearly not the aim. Instead, Hate is content to stick to the standard death metal forumla of blistering riffs, pummeling drums, and lacerating vocals. Throw in a hearse-full of lyrics that God wouldn't like, and you've got the prototypical old-school death metal CD. Very fast. Relentlessly brutal. Morbidly evil. And pretty darn good. Overall, this is a well-written, well-performed, competently produced death metal album. But it's by no means a classic, and if you're a death metal fan you probably already have a CD in your collection that sounds a lot like it. Still, it's quality material from a promising band, and it's ulimately worth your consideration. It's the perfect CD to blare out the window on Halloween night to keep the trick-or-treaters away."

Good Polish death metal

Eric C. Bloom | Worcester, MA United States | 04/19/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I picked up Hate's second cd "Cain's Way" and I felt I needed to get this one as well. This debut cd is really heavy and that is a good thing. These guys continue along the vein of good Polish death metal....they are like Vader and Decapitated. If you like those bands you'll like this. Long live metal!!!"