Hellucinate

Impious

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 19, 2004)
• Original Release Date: October 19, 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Metal Blade
• ASIN: B00031QQ90
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #247,778 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Born Is The Enemy

2. Ignorance Of Bliss

3. The Blood OF Angels

4. Countdown

5. Prism Of You

6. End Of Days

7. Severance Day

8. Sellout

9. September

10. Beggars With Knives

11. Sibling

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

Having cut their teeth with prior releases on Hammerheart Records and Black Sun Records, IMPIOUS have finally found a home at Metal Blade Records, where their brand of severe, groove laden Swedish Death metal can be fully realized. IMPIOUS doesn't hold back when it comes to creativity and melody. Outside of the so-called Swedish death-thrash sound, Impious also makes use out of some "old-school thrash" and "bay-area thrash" influences, clearly treading ground previously marked by the likes of POSSESSED and TESTAMENT. However, IMPIOUS is far from an old school knock-off. IMPIOUS are bent on filling the void in the Metal world left by the likes of AT THE GATES and THE CROWN. For those who simply can't get enough of Swedish metal, especially fans heart broken by the recent demise of The Crown, get your hands on "Hellucinations"

Product Description

Death Metal

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars in your face, assault on aural senses, November 6, 2004

By	L. Zimmerman "Burning Angel" (Nebraska) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

it's 2am so i'll keep this short, this cd rules. fast , hard hitting, reminds me of some of my The Crown cd's Deathrace king, Possesed 13, i'm trying to find some of this bands older cd's so if u like hard hitting, ear bleeding, headbanging, necktwisting thrash/death metal ala' the Crown and i'm sure u might come up with a few other bands buy this, i did, i love it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Painfully intense death thrash from (where else does this stuff come from?) Sweden, of course. , June 12, 2006

By	Justin Bean "Post-college Twenty-something wh... (Ann Arbor, MI) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

It's really unfortunate that only one person has reviewed this album. At least it got five stars, because it deserves each and every one of them. At one point in time Impious shared members with The Crown, and when One Man Army and The Undead Quartet were forming it was with the help of one of Impious's guitarists. But Impious, in my opinion, puts both The Crown and One Man Army completely to shame. Like The Crown, Impious is blazingly fast, but on "Hellucinate" the band pulls out all the stops with a stellar production that is gritty but clear as day, subtle technicality in the guitars and percussion, and a pleasant variety of vocal approaches. Impious has an edge unlike most other death/thrash bands I've heard. Sure, they take some inspiration from the likes of At The Gates and The Haunted, but the likeness is only audible in the guitar work, and only minimally so. Impious is faster and harder than At The Gates, and the rampant blast beats and screaming guitar solos set the band in its own category.

The first four tracks on the album are blisteringly fast and consistently good. Things slow down a bit on "Show Me Your God," a catchy melodic piece of work that groves along and is reminiscent of The Haunted at their peak (somewhere between "The Haunted Made Me Do It" and "One Kill Wonder"). After that, things pick right back up again with more intensely fast death thrash, the way it was meant to play. I wasn't familiar with Impious's previous work, but after hearing "Hellucinate" I picked up "The Killer," their previous album, and while I hear the origins of their sound on "Hellucinate", "The Killer" just doesn't compare. What is certain is that if you like that album, you'll love this one. So, if you like The Crown, One Man Army, At The Gates, The Haunted--i.e. the entire catalogue of worthy Swedish death thrash--then do yourself a favor and pick this up.