HYSTERICA — Metalwar (review)

HYSTERICA — Metalwar album cover Album · 2009 · Heavy Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
Stephen
With funny nicknames and battle outfit, Hysterica is like Spice Girls went metal, except they're not joking with their instruments. Based on what I discovered here, it's safe to say that the girls really know what they're doing. Anni De Vil has distinctive voice, sometimes she screams wildly like Doro, sometimes she still has that sweet girly vocal like Ann Wilson, a lot of potential to be explored. Bitchie and RockZilla share the same quality in guitar handling, still sound green at times, but with more practice, they'll shine in several years to come.

Out of eleven tracks, the problem with "Metalwar"'s songwriting as seen from my scope is that it only has four really great tracks. "Girls Made of Heavy Metal", despite its ridiculous title, definitely a wonderfully-crafted song; "Wreck of Society" spits some incinerating riffs, blasted high with a bombastic rhythm and hellish scream; "The Bitch Is Back" crawls with chugging hooks and uptempo chorus; and the last one, "Pain In The Ass", a splendid groove with a climax chorus, what a finish!

The rest actually aren't bad at all, except maybe "Bless The Beast" which I think is the worst of the bunch, but "Devil In Me", "Halloween", and the title track, needs to be reworked, there's something important missing here, something strong and memorable. "We Are The Undertakers", "Louder", and "Heavy Metal Man" are passable and only convinced me that they need to upgrade their writing skill in the next album. If Manowar meets Black Label Society, with a sensible Maiden approach here and there, is your thing, this is a good choice.
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