HELL CAN WAIT - LOVE. LOSS. HOPE. FEAR - TAPE (STTC 023)

Hell Can Wait all share the same love for real, honest melodic hardcore. The 5 piece from the south of England truly leave their mark with raw, heartfelt lyrics and a harsh vocal performance. Their relentless drums and melodic guitar lines create a sonically sombre, yet beautiful experience of hope.

Love.Loss.Hope.Fear carries six energetic melodic hardcore numbers that follow all the contemporary trends of the scene. Still, that doesn’t mean Hell Can Wait sounds like the other groups that currently roam the beforementioned scene. Quite the contrary, the band invested some impressive ideas while making this material, so Love.Loss.Hope.Fear sounds fresh, unique, and entertaining from scratch to finish. You could even notice with those aforementioned singles that this band sounds completely different from the remainder of the melodic hardcore scene. Of course, some recognizable moves, maneuvers, and acrobatics are there, but Hell Can Wait tries to avoid repetition as much as possible. Judging by Love.Loss.Hope.Fear, they successfully did it.

Hell Can Wait solely relies upon darkened, saddened, melancholic, emotive melodies, harmonies, and themes. Still, the group incorporates massive riffs, chord progressions, and palm-muted chugs on the other side of the sonic spectrum. The band continuously levitates somewhere between melodic and heavy sides, with the energetic low-end notes and rhythmic performances involved during the entire process. The basslines contribute to the massiveness of their sound, while the exceptional drumming performance delivers fast-paced, mid and half-time beats. The lead vocalist delivers the messages through a characteristic mix of shouts and screams. It’s a singing technic that works in advantage of these songs. As I said before, Hell Can Wait invested brilliant ideas and exceptional musicianship in their debut extended play, so you should check out this recording as soon as possible.

Track info:

1. Sertraline
2. Harbourside
3. Withered Hearts
4. Monochrome
5. Elm Grove
6. Fading Light

Pressing info:

33 RED TAPES (2022)
33 GREEN TAPES (2022)
33 MAGNOLIA TAPES (2022)

digital download included

https://sticktothecore.bandcamp.com/album/love-loss-hope-fear

(c) 2021 Hell Can Wait
(p) 2022 Stick To The Core