Customer Reviews

Not Dead Yet

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ok, so they are not a fast death-metal band, but they do know how to rock. the lead vocalist sings in the key of manowar's vocalist and kreator's vocalist, and last but not least, sodom's vocalist. to sum it up, if you have manowar, kreator, and sodom in your collection, raise hell's latest belongs in it too.

a decent thrash album with elements of melodic death a la in flames or at the gates with a bit of punk thrown in for good measure.all in all a very enjoyable listen even if there is nothing outstanding about it

okay.. I liked "Holy Target" just as the next death/black metal fan did, but this? nah.. not quite for me. I mean I can only assume these guys were extremely bored and felt like goofing off when they recorded this stuff. musically, it isn't half bad, but sounds very 80s-retro-riff-...to me, but so many bands do that these days... The lyrics though... my god... they are some of the cheesiest most ridiculous you could ever hear. And, unfortunately, since the vocalist is rather coherent with his Mille Petrozza-like vocal style, you actually will hear them... I can only assume that they MEANT to sound this cheesy... Maybe just for fun, but nonetheless, I advise you to skip this goof-ball release and buy "Holy Target" if you want to sample this band.

I don't know what these guys are trying to do."Holy target" is a death-black metal machine. Considered the new Dissection by their laber Nuclear Blast. It's incredible how strong these guys sounded in their first effort. Now, they still sound strong. But they change the blood, malevolence, high-speed-black metal songs for leather, steel, girls(see the cover), and Manowar-like compositions(I love Manowar, but they never changed).It's OK for a band to change. But not like this. You'll find fast songs like "Not dead yet", but forget to find something as wild, savage, brutal as "Raise the devil", "Holy Target" or "Superior Powers"; you'll also find the semi-ballad "Devilyn". The only positive thing I've found are the vocals. This dude sounds as Mille Petrozza. So be aware!If you like death-black metal get "Holy Target". If you like Manowar or the new Megadeth get "Not dead yet" It's a shame what these folks did. They could have been great!!

Raise Hell is a joke,Sweden is known for awesome bands but these guys [are unacceptable]. I guess if your into Megadeth and Manowar you might like it but its hard to get past the cheesy lyrics and vocals. I mean the song title Babes even sounds hysterical,wait till you read the lyrics. Also the artwork with the vampire ... on the chair is 100% lame. Not Dead Yet makes Holy Target look like a classic(which it definetly is not)and for every good band that comes from Sweden(Arch Enemy,Naglfar)their are a couple of terrible bands(Raise Hell,Messuggah,Divine Souls),so if you can't stand Dave Mustaine vocals stay far away from this worthless CD!