UK's Most Exciting Hardcore Band Release Long-Awaited Debut
Heck are a Nottingham based Speed/Hardcore band, before this full-length release they had the 2012 EP 'Oche' under old name "Baby Godzilla". During late 2013 and early 14 they started releasing new material under the same alias to go into an upcoming début. But at around summer last year all their social accounts, as well as Apple Music and Spotify content, were taken down. It was reported that the Japanese company that owned to naming rights to Godzilla sent them a legal order to change their name. So after a year that's been pretty HECK-tick (sorry, I had to...) and moving an initial release date from October 2015 to early 2016, we finally have a Heck full-length album.
As a record, 'Instructions' perfectly captures Heck's sound at this very moment in time, whilst they stay true to their very loud and destructive sound. It's incredibly raw and, on many occasions, very mathcore-esqe. Tracks like 'A Great Idea Bastardised', 'Don't Touch That Dial' and 'The Breakers' all have heavy, tempo-changing riffs that manage to make the best of the time they have (á la Dillinger Escape Plan), without having to resort to the generic features of the genre like recycled breakdowns. And lyrically I'd throw comparisons to Mongol Horde (if you don't know who, then listen to them, they're awesome).
To summarise, 'Instructions' is a cracking début by a band who know exactly where they are and what they're doing. From start to finish this album never holds back, and it certainly doesn't stick around. Even though Heck have quit their old habit of tracks that never hit the three-minute mark, they still know exactly how long to leave their tracks, and their concluding 16-minute masterpiece is no different.
8/10
HARDCORE / SPEED METAL /MATHCORE
FAV TRACKS: Don't Touch That Dial - The Breakers - Great Hardcore Swindle
LEAST FAV: Mope
As a record, 'Instructions' perfectly captures Heck's sound at this very moment in time, whilst they stay true to their very loud and destructive sound. It's incredibly raw and, on many occasions, very mathcore-esqe. Tracks like 'A Great Idea Bastardised', 'Don't Touch That Dial' and 'The Breakers' all have heavy, tempo-changing riffs that manage to make the best of the time they have (á la Dillinger Escape Plan), without having to resort to the generic features of the genre like recycled breakdowns. And lyrically I'd throw comparisons to Mongol Horde (if you don't know who, then listen to them, they're awesome).
To summarise, 'Instructions' is a cracking début by a band who know exactly where they are and what they're doing. From start to finish this album never holds back, and it certainly doesn't stick around. Even though Heck have quit their old habit of tracks that never hit the three-minute mark, they still know exactly how long to leave their tracks, and their concluding 16-minute masterpiece is no different.
8/10
HARDCORE / SPEED METAL /MATHCORE
FAV TRACKS: Don't Touch That Dial - The Breakers - Great Hardcore Swindle
LEAST FAV: Mope
