Helping the World to See [ENHANCED]

Vehemence

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 6, 2004)
• Original Release Date: April 6, 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Label: Metal Blade
• ASIN: B0001NBNJI
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #220,733 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist
Young and ambitious, Vehemence will be sure to leave its mark in the death metal community tearing down any disbelievers. They can be described as extreme yet melodic death metal, creating sounds that will be sure to drive the demons out of any who listen. Using a mix of brutal riffs and harmonies, Vehemence pulls off what few have, creating a sound and style of their own. Vehemence creates music only for the most extreme listeners of metal and seeks to gain more fans, friends, and recognition to take the world by storm. The fierce and intelligent lyric concept of vocalist Nathan Gearhart takes the band to a new level of originality with his style of vocal structure. The guitars played by Bjorn Dannov and John Chavez represent the band with brutal, melodic, dark, and atmospheric touches of metal with a technique that is not so often used in the death metal scene. Bass player Mark Kozuback backs up singer Nathan Gearhart with violently pitched screams, adding texture to an already intense song structure. Drummer Andy Schroeder drives Vehemence into the depths of hell and beyond with his technique that ranges from styles of punk, thrash, black, and death.

Recognition of this band started immediately after the pressing of their self released debut, "The Thoughts From Which I Hide". 1000 self-released discs hit distributors from around the world, and received great reviews from countries like Japan, The Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Australia, Spain, France, Canada, South America and the United States. A combination of self promotion through the internet, word of mouth, and doing their first 15 day tour through West Coast America helped get the attention of Metal Blade Records in 2002 which ended in landing a record deal. Vehemence's hard work had finally paid off.

Vehemence's Metal Blade debut, 'God Was Created' was recorded at The Salt Mine Studios in Mesa, AZ in early January '02 and engineered by Mike Schomig assisted by Will Solares. It was then re-mixed in March by Juan Urteaga & Mike Blanchard at Trident Studios in the San Francisco area. In support of 'God Was Created', Vehemence toured with the likes of Incantation, Impaled, Decapitated, Dead To Fall, Testament, Exhumed, Vio-lence, All That Remains, Nuclear Assault, Deicide, Behemoth, Amon Amarth, and Revenge.

Vehemence's second effort for Metal Blade entitled 'Helping The World To See' was recorded at Porcupine Studios in Chandler, AZ and DBD studios in Maricopa, AZ with Will Solares as sole producer/engineer. This time around the band was able to take more time in the studio, thus allowing a more refined product. Recording began in September of 2003, and ended in November 2003. Editing and mixing took place thereafter, concluding in January 2004.

Expect more tours, merchandise, and music videos from Vehemence in 2004. Be sure to check out the official website for more updates.

Product Description
Death Metal

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Vehemence- Helping the World See, July 24, 2004

By	Barrett Snipes "Barrett Snipes" (Beaufort, NC) - See all my reviews

4.5 Stars
Vehemence's Helping the World See is one of those albums with absolutely impeccable timing. With the original innovators of the melodic death subgenre (In Flames, Dark Tranquility) straying from death metal altogether, Vehemence comes along and proves that you don't have to sacrifice speed, agression, and brutality to incorporate melody into death metal.

The production on this album is quite guitar heavy, with the bass relatively inaudible and the drums less prominent than on most death metal releases. However, after listening to the album a few times, I don't think this is a problem. While the drumming is tight and fast most of the time, the guitars are what really shine on this album. Guitarists Dannov and Chavez play some great riffs and leads on this album, creating songs with plenty of melody and aggression.

Now on to the vocals. Some people are just not ever going to like death metal vocals, and if you're on of those people you're going to hate them on this album. Nathan Gearhart growls like he's posessed by the devil himself, while bassist Mark Kozuback provides some blood curtling screams to keep it interesting. It's a highly effective twin vocal attack that avoids the monotony of some death metal albums.

I can't really think of many problems with this album. If you're looking for drums in the forefront, you may be a little dissapointed in the production. Some death metal fans are inevitably going to say that this isn't brutal enough, and some will not be able to get past what they see as excessive brutality. But all things considered, this is a great example of some talented musicians who remain heavy yet manage to slip melody in there as well. A great album.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars awesome album, July 22, 2005

By	king beagley "metal maven" (warsaw, in usa) - See all my reviews

Vehemence did one good job on this album. they're the only death metal band I know that does one song as if it is the beginning of a power ballad (hair metal bands, eat your heart out.)and then BOOM! turn it into a slamfest. they ought to come out with a new album. I have one complaint, but not against the album. the complaint is, I don't have a computer to access the multimedia material on this disc.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great album but can't quite match up to "god was created", April 10, 2004

By	Joe (Staten Island, Ny United States) - See all my reviews

Helping the world to see is another great album from the band Vehemence. The songs are all well structured and stick in your head. The guitar playing is unbelievable, the drums are amazing, and the dual vocals are insane. Now, if you liked the cd before this one (God was created)then definately buy this one. In my personal opinion i think God was created was better. Thats their album. I dont think any album they make will ever compare to that one, but helping the world to see is still an amazing album!
Stand out tracks on the album: 1,2,3,4,5,9 and 10
track 10 definately should have been longer than 3 minutes, they could have turned that into an epic!