Hittman

Hittman/Uematsu, Hitman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Label: Roadrunner
• ASIN: B000008GL0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #117,363 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars hittman update, January 18, 2004

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DIRK J KENNEDY (hunterspoint, new york United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hittman (Audio CD)

Thanks for the high praise guys.
It seems that a lot of people notice the vast difference between the 2 albums, Good point...Vivas is actually more like our 4th record, because we recorded and scrapped a few records worth of material in between. I do have it on my shelf, hehe... and some of it is great and a lot of it is crap.. so there's a reason why Vivas was what it was. Thanks again everyone. I have a solo album coming out this year, I hope you all check it out.
Dirk

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Where are they now?, October 27, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Hittman (Audio CD)

I would like to know what happened to the band. Has anyone seen or heard from them?

3.0 out of 5 stars Vintage American power metal - 3.5 stars, November 7, 2008

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Justin Gaines (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hittman (Audio CD)

Despite being active since 1984, New York power metal band Hittman didn't release their debut album until 1988. In 1988 the dominant style of metal was thrash, so Hittman's power metal style didn't really set the world on fire.

The self-titled Hitmann album followed in the footsteps of bands like Lizzy Borden, Crimson Glory, Fifth Angel, and especially Queensryche (EP and Warning-era Queensryche, not the later progressive stuff) with an American power metal sound that was dominated by powerful guitar work and dynamic soaring vocals. It's nothing particularly new, but if you love this kind of music, chances are you'll like this album as well. "Caught in the Crossfire" and "Dead on Arrival" are two of the album's better tracks, and the band's version of the old TV theme "Secret Agent Man" is the album's oddest moment.

The band took another four years to issue a follow-up album (1992 Vivas Machina), but this proved to be another case of bad timing. By 1992 this kind of music was fast fading from the public's eye. Hittman disbanded shortly thereafter.

Hittman's self-titled debut is a perfectly solid, perfectly enjoyable American power metal album, but at this point it's really only going to be of interest to serious 80's metal collectors. Hittman fans should also look into Florida band Powersurge, who had a very similar sound.

NOTE: The Hittman debut has since been bootlegged, so make sure you know what you're getting before you spend any serious amount of money on it.