Album
Type:
Mini-Album
Date
Released:
23rd
March 2015
Label:
Target/Mighty
Music
Escape
Escape – Track Listing
Drifting Through
A Sudden Violent
Displeasure
Resurrection Creek
There Is A Tide
A Radient City
Return Trip
Bio
A Horrible Death To
A Horrible Man is a new sinister noise rock quartet that mixes noisy
and heavy riffs, along with a personal text universe delivered with a
mesmerizing vocals.
The band consists of
four old friends, assembled by the ashes of defunct, Copenhagen
underground bands, with a desire to take their respective musical
ambitions and put them together in a band and in a genre that until
now have been under-represented in the Danish music environment -
namely heavy and uncompromising noise rock.
The motivation was a
desire to write heavy and dark songs, a mood that everyone in the
band could relate to. They worked hard in
rehearsal, writing songs meant to draw people into their universe and
get their chances challenged.
The band managed to
get Tore Nissen (Oh Land) and Manoj Ramdas (The Raveonettes, Black
Sun, The Good The Bad, SPEKTR) as producers, who both was immediately
sucked into the bands gloomy universe.
This cooperation led
the music out in some experimental corners, but without departing
from the goal as the band had set itself from the outset. The
atmosphere is dark and gloomy, the music is heavy " and the
lyrical universe is very personal, based on own life events. A genre
the band themselves have labeled as Post-Traumatic Rock.
Members
Christian Lee, Nick
Ebert, Jesper Hesselbech, Peter Strange Echwald
Review:
A
Horrible Death To A Horrible Man is a Noise Rock Quartet from Denmark
dealing in gloomy atmospheric rock that combines Grunge, Stoner, and
Sludge for one bleak vision. Their debut mini-album - Escape Escape -
features 5 songs and runs for 25 mins or so. It took me a few listens
to actually enjoy this release but now I can't get enough of it as
these guys bring back memories of Alice In Chains in their prime
especially with the vocals.
Opening
track - Drifting Through - starts with a mean and moody guitar riff
that explodes into something louder and more meaningful. And then BAM
- The vocals are very reminiscent of Layne Staley as this song is
purely a dark rock fable with elements of Noise and Sludge drifting
here and there. A Horrible Death To A Horrible Man call their music
Post-Traumatic Noise Rock and it's quite a fitting term as the band
doesn’t stray to far away from the darkness. The music and vocals
are distorted at times as the band build up the tension with some
exciting riffs to fully experience.
2nd
track - A Sudden Violent Displeasure carries on the 90s Seattle
Grunge vibe though outbursts of angry sludge rock adding a fresh spin
in noise rock brutality. It's a very a bass heavy affair especially
in the middle of the song. One area A Horrible Death To A Horrible
Man where excel at the most is the volume dept, as this release is
heavy as heck no matter what volume you listen to.
3rd
track - Resurrection Creek - adds a subtle slab of Stoner Rock where
the riffs become ever more confident and the vocals are less chaotic.
Wait until the final 90 seconds as the band do something unexpected
as they venture into Queens Of The Stone Age territory as there's a
great piano piece joined with some Josh Homme style guitar worship.
Though they still so damn exciting and original on their own terms.
It's a dark and brooding experience where the band prove that a mini
album isn't enough justice to fully capture the raw energy the band
have to offer for everyone to witness.
There
are still two great tracks left to check out - There Is A Tide and A
Radient City Return Trip that sees the band unleash more of their
self proclaimed - "Post Traumatic Noise Rock" with traces
of psychedelic rock being added just for the sheer fun of it. Escape
Escape proves that AHDTOHM have released a record that demands your
full attention and more importantly, your respect. It's a stunning
record. Bring on the full length record.
Thanks
to Target/Mighty Music for the promo. Escape Escape is available to
buy on CD/DD/Vinyl from March 23rd 2015.
Words
by Steve Howe
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