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1. Into The Void
2. Traveler
3. Scrapyard Mongrel
4. Iron Bird
5. Secrets Of The Crown
6. Galactilord
7. Galactic Death Race
8. Mourning Star
9. The Stars My Destination...
Hounskull have released their debut album titled "Galactilord". This album is one that shows the band having a spaced themed album, that goes for the 80's style of fast and thrashy metal. They have a similar sound to that of a Crimson Shadows, Iron Maiden, or viking metal. If you are into those bands, you could like this album. They have done an alright job here on this album. When looking at the recording quality of this album, it seems to be a little muted, and the vocals seem to need to be more up front in the mix. This album isn't recorded badly, it just has too much of the old metal vibe to it, which makes it lacking in todays music. The instrumentation isn't too bad here, the band can certainly play, and they riff all over in the intro, as well as throughout the entire album. These guys can certainly give it. Now onto the vocals and lyrics, the vocals on this album are alright. He can certainly sing, but the production value on the vocals especially hurts this album a bit. It does not have a flow to the singing either, it has more of a word word word way, instead of singing a flowing sentence. With the lyrics, the band seems to go for more spacy lyrics, and giving you a story about a traveler through space, and what happens to him. This a a bigger thing in metal to have a concept album, but not everyone loves those. They have done a pretty good job though. A bit odd for the average listener, but it's their thing and it works. If you are looking for a single to this album, there isn't one, and to get the whole story, you should listen to the whole album. Maybe skip the intro if you want, but the rest is the story. Hounskull have made a different sort of album, but it's a metal thing. We personally aren't a fan of this type of metal, or concept albums so it's not for us, but give it a listen to decide for yourself what y ou think about it.
Genre: Hard Rock/Metal/Doom Metal
Release Date: August 25th, 2017
Location: Mississauga, Ontario
Website: https://hounskullband.ca/
Label: None
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