Well well well... As not a big fan of any forums I just recently stumbled upon this one. I was happy to find out there's 24 pages of discussion about Hell, maybe even the #1 band for me. Too much of this discussion seemed to be horrible prejudices and elitist whining, what a disappointment.
Okay, I admit that I had similar feelings about the reformation; "My beloved obscure underground favourite getting a new audience consisting of stupid teenagers who spotted the band from Nuclear Blast's ad... Pearls for swine!!!"
And I still get frustrated seeing some of those 'wrong' people wearing the recently printed new Hell shirts and throwing their annoying comments on Hell videos etc. But I have tried to think outside the box, keeping in mind that I just want all the good for the band; selling a lot of their supreme music and touring widely is what they must enjoy, thus I try to be happy for their success and the new wider audience (even though I still get the feeling that the band is like a close relative getting constantly raped
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Personally I enjoyed Human Remains a lot, even more than the demos from time to time (surprised myself)! A lot of negative comments were thrown when the news came with names of Andy Sneap, Martin Walkyier and Dani Filth but now, after the album has been out for almost a year, I wonder who many had to eat their words? Anyone who is TRULY a fan of Hell's music can't just say that the new album sucks, no matter how modern the production is or how far away David Bower is from Halliday. Those songs had much more in them than the demo recordings (sadly) had to offer. I'd give ANYTHING to be there in the front row when Halliday himself plays a show but as it's impossible, I find the most comfort from Human Remains and their new live shows! (Going to Sweden this summer to see my 2nd one at Muskelrock... I wonder how this sellout nuclear blast andy sneap megalomaniac garbage band plays there and at Metal Magic...? They're just after money, right?)
The Devil is within us all...