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On disc: Grim Reaper



- See You In Hell - Claudia Ehrhardt - 7 stars
- See You In Hell - Eamon O'Connor - 7 stars


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See You In Hell

See You In Hell
(Ebony - 1984)


I didn't got this one when it's got released. It was out for about a year when I first came across this British heavy metal band. Checking out the first track - the title track - made me curious and I bought it. See You In Hell is a mid-tempo rocker with screaming guitars, shouts and high-pitched vocals by singer Steve Grimmett. The refrain is simple and is just repeating the title, but it has the certain something. Razor-sharp guitar riffs lead into Dead On Arrival. Grimmett is singing again high-pitched, probably it would have be better to sing a little lower, coz here he lacks the power. Luckily with Liar frontman Steve is leaving the high screams behind. Actually Liar is getting interesting through the changing speed and the different way of singing. Partly more fast spoken words, but at the end a scream was a must. It seems that he has to add it to every song. But when Grimmett isn't pushing his vocals are more powerful and he can express himself better... A good example is Run For Your Life, perhaps the best song on the album... And presents the album very well, too. While The Show Must Go on is a slow balladesque rocker with heavy guitars, but doesn't represent the Grim Reaper sound. Even if it's the longest track on the album, a heavy metal band like Grim Reaper can't finish with a ballad and so All Hell Let Loose is the final one. Heavy guitars and vocals which switch between high screams and powerful deep vocals... Remind me a bit of King Diamond, but only through using two different singing voices. Musically this one has not much in common with Mercyful Fate.
Grim Reaper haven't created something totally knew, but Grimmett's vocals make them stack out from all the other bands around. Beside the title track See You In Hell you should listen to Wrath Of The Ripper, All Hell Let Loose, Liar and Run For Your Life.


7 stars

Claudia Ehrhardt
 

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See You In Hell

See You In Hell
(Ebony - 1984)


A dirty little debut here from one Grim Reaper, very much influenced by the NWoBHM also, a certain likeness can be compared to the Satan album in terms of being heavy and having a dark feel to it. The unmistakeable playing of Nick Bowcott is presented here and he truly is a great guitarist, great solos melodies for days and solid songs through and through. The video for See You In Hell even received MTV air play.


7 stars

Eamon O'Connor
 

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