Hellchild Covers

Hellchild play two cover medleys (song lists below), and predictably enough, the results are excellent, though I particularly like Rock'n'Roll Bastards. The third track is an incredible cover of Gism's Shoot To Kill, which just needs to be heard.

I. Speed Metal Hell
Stage Dive - Whiplash
Damage Inc. - Metallica
Bestial Invasion - Destruction
Raining Blood - Slayer
Under The Guillotine - Kreator

II. Rock'n'Roll Bastards:
Kickstart My Heart - Motley Crue
Fire Fire - Motorhead
New Years Day - U2
Problems - Sex pistols

III. Shoot to kill - Gism


HELLCHILD

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Faster Pussy... Attack!Tora!Tora!Tora!

Once again, a compilation, this time a collection of Japanese hc&metal bands from the no longer extant Howling Bull U.S. label.

Some excellent bands on here, though much of the material has been released elsewhere.

Hellchild and Force feature one of my favorite vocalists, Taiho(大砲) play some good noisy hardcore (and if anyone has any of their releases besides Chugalug, I'd be grateful), and the Garlic Boys have been around forever playing an asｓortment of punk styles. Nunchaku & United thug it up a little, Yellow Machinegun are a thrashy, all female metal band, Panorama Afro have a silly name and some reggae influence in their punk while Space Combine play some sort of messy rock.

1. Again - Yellow Machinegun
2. Force - Force
3. Gnat - Taiho
4. Rodeo Delight - Space Combine
5. Trust Yourself - United
6. Ichibu Fubuku - Nunchaku
7. Afro Justice - Panorama Afro
8. Too Late True Love - Garlic Boys
9. In Search For The Scattered - Hellchild
10. Something Enormous - Yellow Machinegun
11. Drain - Space Combine
12. Udamae Avenue - Nunchaku
13. Flashback - United
14. Nakimushi Death Match - Garlic Boys
15. Game - Force
16. Afro Heaven - Panorama Afro
17. Past - Taiho
18. Raise The Right Fist - Hellchild

FASTER PUSSY...ATTACK!TORA!TORA!TORA!

Tsukasa Harakawa : God of Growling

I wouldn't claim to be a true fan of br000tal vokillers; I find most pure growlers & grunters somewhat monotonous, and the regurgitative and barnyard schools of vocalization do little for me, but there are a few definite exceptions, and for my money the above pictured Tsukasa Harakawa is the best death-style vocalist around, has been in several exceptional bands.

I like Harakawa so much because of the range in style and expression-especially on later stuff-of his semi-wordless roars, shrieks, occasional croons and howls(there are lyrics in English, but for the most part they only correspond roughly to the sounds produced), and because of his manic intensity, which is really something to see live.

Harakawa has been fairly prolific, performing in several different bands throughout his career but his first significant works came from his time in the superlative Hellchild. A death metal band which slowed down a bit later in their run, combining sludgy groove, technical skill, complex song structure and Harakawa's vocals into something pretty awesome.

Evidence:

Their best release(maybe):

Publish Post

Hellchild : Bareskin　 1999

After Hellchild's breakup Harakawa, with Hellchild's bassist Yasu(rip 2005, replaced by benny of Multiplex fame), and a former Hellchild drummer, formed From Hell (a band which, thanks to a mediocre Johnny Depp adaption of an excellent Alan Moore comic gumming up the interwebs is difficult to find information on in English or Japanese): somewhat less metallic than Hellchild and without the groove/prog/tech tendencies of departed guitarist Suzuki, From Hell are as, if not more brilliant (recently I've been leaning towards more), heavy, intense and so on.

From Hell haven't released anything since this (which makes me wanna cry), but are still active.




From Hell : Empty Words 2004


Next, in a convergence of superiority like Conan the Barbarian and Mad Max joining forces to kill hippies, Harakawa became the new vocalist for Swarrrm:




Swarrm : Black Bong 2007

MORE STUFF:

More vids here.

Harakawa's single (I think) release as vocalist of Atomic Fireball at the redoubtable Cephalochromoscope , where you can also find Harakawa's grind project (w/ members of Hellchild & Multiplex): Force