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Hell - Human Remains



8.3 | 176 votes |
Release date: 13 May 2011
Style: Heavy metal

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Disc I
01. Overture: Themes From "Deathsquad"
02. On Earth As It Is In Hell
03. Plague And Fyre
04. The Oppressors [Race Against Time cover]
05. Blasphemy And The Master
06. Let Battle Commence
07. The Devil's Deadly Weapon
08. The Quest
09. Macbeth
10. Save Us From Those Who Would Save Us
11. No Martyr's Cage

Disc II [Digipak & 3LP Bonus]
01. Deathsquad [demo]
02. On Earth As It Is In Hell [demo]
03. Plague And Fyre [demo]
04. The Oppressors [Race Against Time cover] [demo]
05. Blasphemy And The Master [demo]
06. Let Battle Commence [demo]
07. The Devil's Deadly Weapon [demo]
08. The Quest [demo]
09. Macbeth [demo ]
10. Save Us From Those Who Would Save Us [demo]
11. No Martyr's Cage [demo]

Additional info
Produced, engineered and mixed by Andy Sneap at Backstage Studios, Derbyshire, England
Cover design and artwork by Dan Goldsworthy
Band portraits by Paul Allender & Dan Goldsworthy
Photography by Nigel Crane

Guest review by
Valentin B
Rating:
9.0
I have taken the artistic license to combine a couple of famous movies and books into the following story to give you an idea of how this album came to fruition. Grab some popcorn.

The group emerges from the time capsule, drowsy and confused from the long hours inside the pod. A young child of this age of technology puts down his guitar and rushes to the back yard from which the strange lights appeared. The young guitar virtuoso and accomplished album producer decides to give them a hand in recording an album that had to be abandoned due to their vocalist passing away. With his help, they track down their guitarist's long lost little brother, who during the long years of absence has taken a career in theatre. When presented with the offer to become a vocalist for a heavy metal group, his reaction is "Fuck yeah!" The group high-fives and Andy Sneap (the young guitarist/accomplished record producer) promptly proclaims "to the Mystery Machine!" The result sound-wise is easy to guess, if you have listened to anything Sneap ever produced, you'll know this sounds crystal clear and heavy as bricks.

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published 06.01.2012 | Comments (11)

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Comments: 21   [ 1 ignored ]   Visited by: 598 users
13.05.2011 - 22:36
Ludicus
Ludicus
Woah. The intros drag this a bit down, but not enough for a whole point. The songs themselves more than make up for it.
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17.05.2011 - 01:26
Rating: 7
Metal Invader

Well i dont know what to say about this album..its not bad but imo its 15 years to late..nothing inith what i didnt heard before with other bands..7 for me!
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18.05.2011 - 08:29
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by Metal Invader on 17.05.2011 at 01:26

Well i dont know what to say about this album..its not bad but imo its 15 years to late..nothing inith what i didnt heard before with other bands..7 for me!


Sigh, don't people do any research? All the songs on this album were written between 1982 and 1986 and already released on their demos back then. What you get here is recorded versions of those old songs.
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18.05.2011 - 16:30
Rating: 7
Metal Invader

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 18.05.2011 at 08:29

Written by Metal Invader on 17.05.2011 at 01:26

Well i dont know what to say about this album..its not bad but imo its 15 years to late..nothing inith what i didnt heard before with other bands..7 for me!


Sigh, don't people do any research? All the songs on this album were written between 1982 and 1986 and already released on their demos back then. What you get here is recorded versions of those old songs.

i know they newer put album out becos of label company bancropted or something..but i dont care about this..yust what i listening on album and for me its not for 10..that is all
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30.05.2011 - 01:07
JCJen7

Written by musicalkaratekid on 19.05.2011 at 17:28

In terms of songwriting, i wasn't overly impressed to give it a perfect 10, but the lyrics here are brilliant, and david bower gives off an evil enough impression doing the vocals! Its a 9 from me:)


really? Cuz it says you give it a 10
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18.06.2011 - 07:48
Rating: 9
Whoblehwah

This albums damn good. I know these songs were all written in the 80s, but I hope that if Hell continues making albums they can still write songs this good. Metal album of the year for me so far.
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23.06.2011 - 00:56
Rating: 9
Scuzzy McDouche

This is one of the best new bands (new to me) I have heard in a long, long time. This is the album I have been waiting for since Mercyful Fate did "9" almost 12 years ago. Where is this type of blackened heavy metal nowadays? I'm tired of everything new being death metal, or geeky fucking power metal that seems to get weaker with every release.

I really hope Hell is around for a long time making albums, this is some prime shit right here. I also wish Mercyful Fate would get back together, but I can't see that happening anytime soon.
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05.07.2011 - 09:20
Rating: 10
AXA

Amazing album ,,,,
i can fell by satan ,,, in this amazing voice vocalist and tuns guitar
greatful album ,,, for all time
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17.07.2011 - 14:12
Rating: 10
PlagueAndFyre

Written by Metal Invader on 18.05.2011 at 16:30

i know they newer put album out becos of label company bancropted or something..but i dont care about this..yust what i listening on album and for me its not for 10..that is all


More to the point, shortly after the record label collapsed the original singer killed himself. The guy you hear today is actually the brother of the guitarist and was only bought in last minute (originally Martin Walkyier was going to sing on the re-recorded album)
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19.07.2011 - 19:35
GroundZero

If they had launched this album in the 80s, it would be a classic heavy-metal release. Really amazing, even nowadays. This kind of Occultism was really suppressed in that decade as I can see. Songs from the 80s released until now. Fortunately, they finally did it.
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21.08.2011 - 21:44
Rating: 10
deflektor

Amazing album!
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03.10.2011 - 18:49
Rating: 9
Valentin B
Iconoclast
This album has really blown me away. The atitude is right, the riffs are magnificent, the vocals are absolutely epic and completely batshit insane (it really helps that this guy is a theatre actor), and of course Andy Sneap's production really ties all the effects and interludes together with the absurdly epic and complex NWOBHM.

I BID YOU WELCOME, I BID YOU WELCOME, I BID YOU WELCOME.... WELCOME TO HEEERLLRELRAERERL
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09.01.2012 - 19:14
Rating: 8
@gent_-_orange

After hearing this it is easy to see where Sabbat got their inspiration from. A nice Heavy Metal album although im not a massive fan of this style. Had this album been released in the 80's I think this band probably would have been quite well known.
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19.02.2012 - 13:45
Rating: 9
Paradox0
Unasuming Madnes
Holy crap, just ...wow. I almost made the decision of not getting this album and boy would have that been a mistake. Best album I've heard in a few months. Awesome riffs, excellent production, amazing lyrics and one of the best sinister vocal performances I've heard. It's really a shame this got released after the metal golden years, as these guys would definitively be up there with Priest and Maiden.
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05.11.2012 - 02:18
Lit.
Account deleted
I think my favorite thing about this album is how it manages to make old cliches work superbly. The "Welcome to hell" at the end of Let Battle Commence, the ring-a-ring-a-rosie bit at the end of Plague and Fyre and the bring out your dead at the beginning of it, the news samples on Save Us..., the organ on On Earth As It Is As Hell, it just goes on. The lyrics and the deliverence are just stunning, as well as the instrumentals and production.
I think this may as well be my favorite metal album ever.
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07.05.2015 - 09:01
Maco
Pvt Funderground
The album is just as good as the classics of the genre. The vocalist is totally talented and the instruments are superb. Everything here is excellent!!

THE DEVIL IS WITHIN US ALL!
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29.09.2015 - 18:25
Rating: 7
Joppe
Steelemeister
I dunno, feels like this was released too late. Production doesn't fit too well to the songs, maybe in 80s it would be better.
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12.05.2017 - 00:06
Rating: 8
musicalkaratekid

I actually miss having seen this band live. I saw them a couple of times at Hammerfest, once at Bloodstock, and every time they put on a brilliant performance. I mean yeah, it helps that the frontman has years of experience in the drama department (several costume changes and so much versatility in the guy's voice means you won't ever want to look away), but musically Hell are no slouch either. Human Remains is an album let down only for those cheesy, slightly unnecessary intros (mainly talking about "Blasphemy and the Master" and "The Devil's Deadly Weapon"), but then it's more than made up for by musical precision and on-form delivery. My favourite songs are naturally two of the shortest on the album-"Let Battle Commence" and "Save Us...".
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08.03.2021 - 11:38
Scintil

HF4E? What is this band logo
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08.03.2021 - 13:39
Starvynth
i c deaf people
Written by Scintil on 08.03.2021 at 11:38

HF4E? What is this band logo


I'm not quite sure whether your question is meant seriously, for all I see is the classic band logo, unchanged since at least 1983, with the "HELL" lettering and a trident/pitchfork.
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08.03.2021 - 14:21
Scintil

Written by Starvynth on 08.03.2021 at 13:39

I'm not quite sure whether your question is meant seriously, for all I see is the classic band logo, unchanged since at least 1983.

I think it's pretty obvious.
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