Band:	Kill By Numbers
Album:	We Held Hands And Counted The Dead
Style:	Death metal
Release date:	2005
A review by:	Herzebeth

01. Introduction
02. The Sound Dead Children Make
03. I Am Jesus
04. Invocation Of The Corrupt
05. David Berkowitz
06. A Rose For Mary
07. Kill Just For Fun
08. Bad Molesting Examples
09. The Priest's A Sadist
10. Remove The Unacceptable
11. Kamazie Gas Chamber
12. Hellter Skelter
13. Idiotic Cattle

It's very difficult to release a decent Full-Length debut, few bands have managed to create a great "First album", Kill By Numbers is one of them. "We Held Hands?" is not a polished release though, I am sure this guys can do way better, now, the great thing is that this CD is a brilliant release, I'm actually amazed with most tracks in this album, let me explain why:

The riffs in this CD are really catchy (feature lost in many Brutal bands); I am impressed with the way "Kill By Numbers" write and construct their songs, they were intelligent enough to add small guitar solos here and there for thrilling purposes. The vocal work is very good, guttural to the core, yet I'm sure Jessika (Vocalist) can and will do better in their next record. Then we have the bass-lines; I am not sure why, but they didn't list the bass player in the line-up, they only added a small phrase on the bottom of the "thanks to" section saying "Bass Guitar recorded by: Daniel Chaplin"?weird stuff because the bass is actually impressive, used marvelously in the intros, breakdowns, intermezzos and in some outros, so I can't understand why they omitted the bass in the line-up, but well that's actually not my fucking business.

"We Held hands?" is really interesting to hear, the main vein is Brutal Death, but there are enough structures and harmonious segments to say this is something else, I'm not sure how to call their music though. Summing things up, their music is a blasting experience filled with incredibly catchy riffs and brutal music. You'll hear catchy songs wrapped in destructive overtones and incredible structures ("Hellter Skelter", "I am Jesus", "Idiotic Cattle"), then you'll hear chaotic tunes with the most brutal approaches ("Kamazie Gas Chamber", "The Sound Dead Children Make") and so on. A great half hour of aggressive textures that will make you head-bang more than once.

Judging by the pictures, the members of this band are in their mid twenties, so that's a great thing actually; time is not the limit for this guys, so they have all the time in the world to play whatever they want...and let me tell you, if they keep the line of this album and improve what they are doing now, they will become one of the best bands in Brutal Death Metal no doubt.

One of the most promising bands I've heard in many years.