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HELLS HEADBANGERS is proud to present VIOLENT HAMMER's long-awaited debut album, Riders of the Wasteland, on CD and vinyl LP formats.
Hailing from the ever-fertile Finnish black/death underground, VIOLENT HAMMER formed in 2006. Two demos followed in short succession, in 2006 and 2007, before the band would go on hiatus. VIOLENT HAMMER would at last return in early 2014 with a new lineup and a new demo, More Victims - Demo 2014, which SHADOW KINGDOM would release on cassette later that year. Then, another hiatus...
However rough 'n' rowdy those earlier demos may have been, the reinvigorated VIOLENT HAMMER return with a full-length that handily trounces those not-inconsiderable predecessors. Aptly titled Riders of the Wasteland, VIOLENT HAMMER's debut album encompasses their simple yet scintillating aesthetic - the full span of death metal and black metal from the '80s through early '90s, early thrash, and most significantly early grindcore and UK/Swedish hardcore and crust from the '80s - and blasts it into oblivion with the aplomb of a nuclear fallout. Unremittingly hammering and remorselessly primitive, each of the nine barbaric slabs of song across the album's satisfyingly swift 26 minutes gets in, gets out, and fucking DESTROYS. As such, Riders of the Wasteland is deceptively catchy, much like so much '80s grindcore was, and retains a twisted sense of fun within its gnarled 'n' gnarling sonics. And although VIOLENT HAMMER here invoke many names - from early Blood, Profanatica, Bestial Summoning, and Naked Whipper to likewise early Doom (UK), Extreme Noise Terror, Mob 47, and even earliest/crustiest Bolt Thrower and Napalm Death - the manner in which they slice and dice all these influences bespeaks an identity wholly unique in today's underground landscape.
Strap in with VIOLENT HAMMER's Riders of the Wasteland or get smashed in the fucking face!
supported by 21 fans who also own “Riders of the Wasteland”
Whirlwind storm of razor-sharp riffs that always leaves me interested to hear what insanity Gene will play on guitar next. Despite the plethora of twists and turns found in the songwriting here I can’t find a single weak riff on the entire album. Easily as technical as many Tech Death bands while still maintaining the old school menace, Perdition Temple reaches the upper echelon of today’s underground death metal. Dark Avenger
supported by 20 fans who also own “Riders of the Wasteland”
Wow smh. A mix of the Scandinavian and the U.S. cavernous filth, rolled into one!!! Welcome to the coffin lowered into eternity! Can't wait for their next offering! afcturn_
supported by 19 fans who also own “Riders of the Wasteland”
I'm kicking my own ass for somehow missing this when it released. Expertly arranged death metal with kick drums that could demolish a high-rise. zirtonic