Customer Reviews

Witness the Millennium

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This is the worst EHC release! The recording is grainy and unbalanced. Gone, is the ironic lyrics and the sense of humor that make EHC stand out from the rest of the "Evil" bands. Save your money or buy Burn Baby Burn!

This album is TEHC's first full album plunging purely into metal. Very hard and grinding, this album falls more into the traditional black metal genre as opposed to the Industrial that TEHC has been previously known for. While many songs are skillfully crafted such as Bishop's Folly, it seems as if TEHC had an ax to grind with being called Industrial. (And as noted by things I've read.) However, as a metal album in itself, is very solid.

I personally don't believe this album matches up to what TEHC could have produced, and I think Electronomicon comes out the stronger of the two of TEHC's more metal albums. I believe they learned from Witness the Millenium. Even so, a very good black metal album.

"Witness.." was a far cry from what I was expecting of EHC's latest release. That said, it was still pretty good but suffers from poor production due to the shoddy conditions of Venom's personal recording studio. Even Rev. Thorne complained of the archaic equipment which, as I understand it, is one of many mounting problems which has led to the current rift between EHC and Venom. What that means to the listener is that it is hard to find an acceptable listening balance on this CD. I usually turn the treble down a little so that the bass is just slightly higher. This will cut down a little bit on the tinny quality.

On the upside, it is a more raw direction which may please those with a predilection more towards the oldschool days of black metal. It is however completely lacking any sense of irony that most fans of the EHC have come to expect from them. This is the most serious I've ever know them to be, even more so than the darkly malevolent "Kiss the Goat" release.

On the whole, "Witness the Millenium" is not a bad effort, especially for a CD whose slated release was postponed almost a full year. To fully appreciate where they're going with this new sound my advice would be to start at the beginning with "Burn,Baby,Burn" and work your way up.

I've not been a fan of EHC for long, but I like this one the best. It's very modern, cutting edge, that not too many are doing. Agree with them or not, it is utterly fascinating from the masters of Satanic rock. It's a bit cartoonish at times, and even funny. My favorite is One Dark Horse. Deny Christ lunatic and liar- that's awesome.

This album shows that the EHC is still hard at work trying to think of new ways to get their message across, I keep seeing review after review of people saying "why dont they go back to their old sound?" I will tell you why: the EHC were and are an experimental band, they have always deviated from the musical norm to express their feelings and beliefs,back in the '93 when Burn,Baby,Burn! came out there werent many bands making music like that, today they are a dime a dozen, we move to Kiss the Goat, again a dime a dozen these days, Calling Dr.Luv was the first step in showing that they had grown bored with the "industrial" genre and were beginning to explore different avenues of music. With Witness the Millenium they have come full circle to B.B.B in that they are once again doing what not many people are doing these days, making dark metal with a hint of the electro-industrial roots they started from. Best track: One Dark Horse.

EHC used to be the greatest (and only) "satanic electro-glam" band out there... they were awesome, back in the days of the Unholy Roller and He Who Holds The Lightning Rod and Prince Of Darkness.

now what are they? cheesy old unoriginal death metal. they used to be so creative and unique, but this new album provides no new sound at all. boring death metal.

on the back of the album, they quote Anton Szandor LaVey.. and yet with their new over-exploitation of their deluded view on Satanism in this album, LaVey would be more than upset if he was alive today.

usually i'd list a few album highlights, but not a single one of these tracks was worth listening to at all. frankly, i'd be willing to sell my copy for a nickel.

what happened to this band?!?!?

When this disc finally came out I bought it right away, hoping for a return to the sound of Burn, Baby, Burn and Kiss the Goat. Unfortunately, I found it lacking in respect to those albums. On the plus side, it did try to return to that sound, away from the sound of Calling Dr. Luv (which itself contained some very good tracks). I like the direction that they are trying to go, and the next album may be great. This one just isn't as good.

That is not to say that it is a bad album. The darkness is there, the harshness is there, and the powerful lyrics are there. They just don't combine as well as they did on the first two albums mentioned above. This is a good disc to throw in with some others on shuffle, but it's hard to take straight through.

I'm still hoping that it will grow on me with more listenings. If you don't own any EHC, get Kiss the Goat or Burn, Baby, Burn. If you have all the rest, don't avoid this.

The Electric Hellfire Club are back with an intense album. This album is a more heavy addition to their list of works, more on the side of Kiss The Goat. Rev. Thorn has brought with him the same blasphemous lyrics and musical treats kissed by the fires of Hell. Add this darkened delight to your bag of goodies and indulge. Start the new millenium of with a taste of The Age of Satan - Witness The Millenium.

XXXV A.S

This latest edition in the Hellfire series is going to leave some fans asking "why?" Why.. did these guys turn away from the 60's Satanic-Disco Dark-Wave grooooove that made this band stand out from the crowd. Why.. are they sounding like another rock/metal band? Why.. is everything sounding so serious? These guys had put the "fun" back in Satanism, but now are possibly showing signs of weakness..or should I say selling out? The disk does contain some great music, but I don't think it will go over too well with the die-hard fans. Remember what happened to Thrill Kill Kult?

The EHC continues to deliver. Their Satanic diatribe is unrelenting and unforgiving. They take their jobs seriously, but still retain the humor that all of their albums have contained. All of the songs on this album are good. My favorite being paradise regained. A song a bit different in theme than the poem by Milton of the same name. Once again, a great album.