rhetoric. 52 / 5 tracks / 1998

1000 made of the 10”, 100 on white. 85 numbered copies have an alternate sleeve. 2x 1000 made of the CD, first batch has wrong Hellchild track listing.

Hellchild (from Japan) play hardcore which is firmly rooted in black metal and grindcore. All three songs are moderately-paced (so, no Discordance-Axis-style insanity), but the music is powerful and gloomy. Kilara (from Virginia) are somewhat inconsistent, there’s one acoustic ballad, a black metal (Venom) cover version, and a rock/metal song, all of which don’t really work for me. [6]

Dreimal finsterer Metalcore von Hellchild aus Japan; das Tempo ist durchweg gemäßigt, trotzdem hat das Power und Klasse. In Ordnung. Kilara haben eine Akustik-Ballade, eine Black-Metal-Coverversion und einen Rock/Metal-Song, aber alles nicht wirklich umwerfend.

Tracks: Kilara - love & loathing / s.m.r. / 7 minutes // Hellchild - soul of purity / single color of myself / witching hour