Saviorself

Hades

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 26, 1999)
• Original Release Date: January 26, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Metal Blade
• ASIN: B00000HXM3
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #296,162 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Saviorself

2. Decline & Fall of the American Empire

3. Our Father

4. Active Contrition

5. To Know One

6. In the Words of the Profit

7. Agnostic

8. Y2K

9. End of the Bargain

10. Fail

11. Atheist

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Eighties Meets Nineties... Oh, the nostalgia..., August 12, 1999

By A Customer

Hades is just one of those bands no one really hears about. Split in the late 80's, Dan Lorenzo and Alan Tecchio formed a very cool band in itself: Non-Fiction. Dan decides to focus once again on the political, almost satricial pun-like Hades with songs such as "In The Words Of The Profit" and "To Know One" and of course the title track "$avior$elf". Maybe losing a little of the Non-Fiction quality, but still grounded in the old Hades sense, $avior$elf is a solid ball of steel. Not as brutal as "Resisting Success", "$avior$elf" finds itself a little more thought out, a little more mature in most areas. Well thinking and more politically incorrect than Bill Maher, it probably won't please the nineties Korn/Limp Bizkit-junkies or those who still believe metal should be played and growled through at Warp 5, it will please the 80's metal maniac and might even surprise a 90's fan here and there. To knock it down a notch, I believe there is more room for production improvement (maybe I'm nitpicking) and one or two more songs would've done nicely. And with track #3 being a meat by-product filler interlude, "$avior$elf" is a solid 4 stars, definitely worth a measely test drive on your CD player.

2.0 out of 5 stars thanks for the "Our Father", August 8, 2007

By	Todd Bolton - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have burned Our Father to my library. Thanks guys for the beautiful irony! Too bad you don't put your talents to such good use otherwise.

4.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding, September 30, 2000

By	C. A. Spellman - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I didn't expect a whole lot out of this album when I ordered it but as it turns out, its astoundingly good! The band is fronted by ex-WATCHTOWER vocalist Alan Tecchio whose voice is more subdued on this album than on the WATCHTOWER releases. That's a welcome change because HADES is not what I'd consider a progressive, thrash-it-out band. What they are, however, is good kick-in-the-pants Power Metal with originality and personality. With its superior production, Saviorself is a refreshing release full of great riffing, slicing leads, well-structured Metal that reminds me of a cross between SACRED REICH and FLOTSAM & JETSAM. This isn't a speedy affair but a cranking methodical mid-paced album of cleverly crafted heavy music with some of the better lyrics I've seen in a long while. Critiques of everything from religion to politics are done with a touch of humor but weighted with intelligent commentary. The only real downside to the album are perhaps some short instrumentals and a sang version of the Our Father prayer which I don't understand the relevance of on the album. Every pure Metal track though is extremly catchy and some just flat-out great and I can't help but recommend Saviorself to any fan of good, loud Power Metal.