It's something of a proud tradition for crusties to declare their punkness with every ounce of their being and then run right over to the much maligned musical Great Satan that is metal, and fill their combat boots, all the while trumpeting their unimpeachable punk status over and over again.Thank your magic made-up deity of choice that they have, though. While few have really shifted from the crossover template instigated by the great Amebix and codified by the likes of Hellbastard, Deviated Instinct and Axegrinder, Hellshock are all but a good hot bubblebath away from actually being a death metal band. Relying on some seriously mid-paced Obituary-style riffs and a good dose of early Bolt Thrower, broken with the odd ray of glistening Wolfbrigade sunshine (one is ex of From Ashes Rise, so that explains that), on their third and most recent full-length, 2009's 'They Wait For You Still', Portland, Oregon's Hellshock could easily pass as one of those scowling primordial death revivalists, like Obliteration or Bastard Priest or whatever else is currently on the Vice website, if they combed their hair, flicked all the studs off their jacket and dropped the communing-with-nature instrumentals.
Which, now it's been said, is a very good case for why they shouldn't.
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