HYDRA "BEYOND LIFE AND DEATH #ISR VINYL EDITION
#ISR228: HYDRA "BEYOND LIFE & DEATH #ISR VINYL EDITION
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*Heavy Weight TRANS-PURPLE Vinyl 180 grams, housed in single pocket cover with insert.
*Heavy Weight TRANS-PURPLE Vinyl Hand-Crafted in 33 1/3 RPM, with new special audiophile mastering for vinyl edition to get the highest possible sound quality.
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ALBUM REVIEW:
Heralded by the prior single “With the Devil Hand in Hand” (posted here), which is positioned as the closer of the 41-minute five-tracker, Hydra‘s second full-length, Beyond Life and Death, finds the Polish four-piece pushing deeper into doomed traditionalism. Where their 2020 debut, From Light to the Abyss (review here), had a garage-ist edge, and if you work hard, you can still hear some of that just before the organ kicks in near the end of “On the Edge of Time” (if that’s a “Children of the Sea” reference we can be friends), but after the more gallop-prone opener “Prophetic Dreams” and the penultimate “Path of the Dark”‘s whoa-oh backing vocals, the crux of what they’re doing is more NWOBHM-influenced, and blending with the cult horror lyrical themes of centerpiece “The Unholy Ceremony” or the aforementioned closer, it gives Hydra a more confident sound and a more poised approach to doom than they had just two years ago. The adjusted balance of elements in their sound suits them, and they seem quickly to be carving out a place for themselves in Poland’s crowded scene.
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TRACKLIST:
1. Prophetic Dreams 06:58
2. On the Edge of Time 09:46
3. The Unholy Ceremony 07:22
4. Path of the Dark 06:45
5. With the Devil Hand in Hand 10:28
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