HUNTED — Welcome the Dead (review)

HUNTED — Welcome the Dead album cover Album · 2010 · Progressive Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
Stephen
If you're craving for unorthodox and intelligent metal mixtures, and also praised yourself for being such a fan with multitude interests in this genre, then Hunted might quench your thirst. "Welcome The Dead" will flip you upside down with many styles, from progressive to NWoBHM to American power metal, all stacked in one tall pole. The level of difficulty based on the technical play and songwriting delivery is high, so it's not very friendly for casual fans, or at least, you need to take a peek a few times before swallowing the foods they offered.

"The Silence of Minds" bounced with a groovy riffs on a dynamic tempo platform, the adequate melodic is blended well with the aggressiveness of the core arrangement, 'Dream Theater meets Opeth' is the closest comparison I can think of. "Chosen" sounds very American, with Chris G screams like Ripper Owens and Thomas' pounding drums will reminds you of Van Williams, this track is a blast and perhaps can be a track from Iced Earth's catalogue. The longest track comes next, "Aria", which I swear is greatly influenced by Metallica's "One", the harmony is powerful, the composition is hauntingly beautiful, a brilliant thrashy ballad.

"Impaled" will surprised you with a death metal drumming at first, but somehow in the end, the song is just don't shine, like for example, "Scars". The Maiden riffs with melodic domination is superbly done and Chris G's high notes demonic scream now reminds me of Geoff Tate or Midnight in their prime age, this is another highlight of the album.

Picking "The Heart Collector" is an obvious declaration that Nevermore is definitely one of their gurus, and the clue can also be found in "I Want Nothing" where the hooks are clearly Jeff Loomis' favourite style. However, I'm eager to see a more furious technical track such as "Narcosynthesis" or "Inside Four Walls" from the same album, done in Hunted style. An interesting start for them, I will need to see a more mature and inventive songwriting in the second album, but yes, definitely a good start.

Bottomline : Chaotic and clever in one package, unraveled with multiple spins
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Time Signature wrote:
more than 2 years ago
I agree. This is a very good album :-)

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