Holy Moses / Agony Of Death
Album: Agony Of Death   Collection:General
Artist:Holy Moses   Added:Oct 2008
Label:Spv Gmbh  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2008-11-09 Pull Date: 2009-01-11 Charts: Loud
Week Ending: Jan 11 Dec 28 Dec 21 Dec 14 Dec 7 Nov 16
Airplays: 1 1 1 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Sep 01, 2010: public noize racket
Delusional Denial, The Cave (Paramnesia)
4. Jan 08, 2009: Baptism of Solitude
Alienation
2. Aug 18, 2010: public noize racket
Pseudohalluzination
5. Dec 23, 2008: At Your Local Bloodstains/Diving Into Bloodstains
Alienation
3. Jul 28, 2010: public noize racket
Through Shattered Minds/Agony Of Death (Outro), The Retreat
6. Dec 20, 2008: too heavy for titanium
Angels In War

Album Review
Ragnar of Ravensfjord
Reviewed 2008-10-29
Killer, female-fronted German thrash metal. Sabina Claussen sings with super deep vocals and the guitars are sharp and slicing. H.M. has been at it since 1985 and are contemporaries of Sodom, Destruction, Kreator, et. al. Rather good yet kinda raw yet rippin’ thrash with a very balanced production. (One problem: ambient outros on every track).

((((1)))) Ambient intro 1:22 the song kicks in proper with charging tempo and lots of crunch riffing and manic vocals & nice solos.
((((((((2))))))) Hammering, dense and just amazing, guttural vocals (with a gang chorus)
((((3)))) Pretty good heavy/thrash metal. Very 80’s sound with “this is the single” feeling to it. Catchy even with gruff vocals.
((((((4)))))) Huge build up and totally “in the pit” riffs.
Bridges the viciousness of the German sound with the melodies of the Bay Area thrash sound.
(((((5))))) Long track (maybe TOO long), galloping mega-thrash. With a Slayer-ish breakdown. Another ambient outro.
(((((((6)))))))) (FCC “fucking” sung in first verse) Big build up with lots of chunky riffs then rips it up “ye olde thrash” style.
(((((7))))) Pretty intense mix of riffing and vocals. Lots of jud-juding and some clean sung male backing vocals making it a thrash/power metal blend.
(((((8))))) Basic bare bones thrash with a faint keyboard (!?) in the background.
((((((9))))) More basic thrash riffs but this has more of a bite to it with torrents of slicing and zig-zagging riffs.
((((((10)))))) Violent, mosh-able speed/thrash. Weird King Diamond-ish breakdown.
((((((((11))))))) Whoa! Fast & raging right the at the start with some traditional/80’s type breakdowns.
(((((12))))) Mid-paced thrash/heavy metal with a “bangin’ in the front row at Wacken” vibe. 5:28-onward is a long cheesy outro.



Track Listing
1. Imagination   7. Schizophrenia
2. Alienation   8. Dissociative Disorder
3. World Of Darkness   9. The Cave (Paramnesia)
4. Bloodbound Of The Damned   10. Delusional Denial
5. Pseudohalluzination   11. The Retreat
6. Angels In War   12. Through Shattered Minds/Agony Of Death (Outro)