Hellsongs: Hymns in the Key of 666 (Rhythmethod)

 |   |  <1 min read

Hellsongs: We're Not Gonna Take It (originally by Twisted Sister)
Hellsongs: Hymns in the Key of 666 (Rhythmethod)

It happens every now and again, someone turns a genre on its head -- like when Hayseed Dixie makeover hard rock as hoe-down bluegrass, Pat Boone takes metal classics and makes them big band ballads, or Metallica's music gets appropriated by a string quartet.
This is familiar stuff, and Laibach taking Let It Be into aggressive martial music is a particular favourite at Elsewhere.
So you only need to know that despite this Scandanavian group's name and the amusing album title what you have isn't Swedish death metal but quiet, pastoral covers of songs by AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and so on done in a subdued acoustic manner. Singer Harriet Ohlsson has plenty of Joni Mitchell in her.
After Pat Boone I guess "metal lounge" had to come.
It's interesting (a word which suspends judgement?), will be forgotten as quickly as Mike Flowers Pops version of Oasis' Wonderwall, and is probably utterly pointless.
But with scraped cello, minimal piano and Ohlsson's charming vocals it isn't half bad though.

Share It

Your Comments

post a comment

More from this section   Music at Elsewhere articles index

Suede: Bloodsports (Warner)

Suede: Bloodsports (Warner)

The timing of this first Suede album couldn't be better: David Bowie's got a new album out and his Alladin Sane celebrates an anniversary reissue. And for a band whose singer Brett Anderson owed a... > Read more

Tamikrest: Chatma (Glitterbeat/Southbound)

Tamikrest: Chatma (Glitterbeat/Southbound)

More than a decade ago what became known as “Sahara blues” or “desert blues” -- the mesmerising sound of mercurial guitar, drone-like vocals and rolling rhythms –... > Read more

Elsewhere at Elsewhere

Newtown Rocksteady: Goin' Steady (Loop)

Newtown Rocksteady: Goin' Steady (Loop)

Much as it would be a relief to be hugely impressed by this expanded EP -- half a dozen tracks,  four dub versions - it appears this large band have invented a variant on the rightly derided... > Read more

FRANK ZAPPA (1940-93) REMEMBERED 15 YEARS ON: Straight and Bizarre

FRANK ZAPPA (1940-93) REMEMBERED 15 YEARS ON: Straight and Bizarre

“Frank was my Elvis. His example encouraged me, made me feel it was okay to go my own way, to not do the things the way the authorities told me to. As soon as Bart is able to shave... > Read more