Destroy All Records
2006
1. Descension (Intro)
2. Hell Destroyer
3. I Am the King
4. The Circle of Light (Interlude)
5. Christ Hammer
6. Born in Blood
7. Abomination
8. Inauguration (Interlude)
9. Rise of the Beast
10. Cremation of Care
11. Bohemian Grove
12. Final Proclamation (Interlude)
13. From Death to Legend
14. Legion of Demons
15. Betrayal (Interlude)
16. Fall of the Angels
17. Fire and Metal
18. Beyond the Apocalypse
19. The Lords of Chaos (Interlude)
20. Metal Devil
21. King Diamond
Cage are a pretty good overall representation of the American traditional metal underground. This is a band whose roots are firmly planted in the classics and play a very straight up form of no frills metal. The band has yet to really break out in the form of a larger label or a lot of major press attention. The buzz for Cage from metal fans themselves has been sufficient to fuel this band however and they seem to find themselves frequently attached to traditional metal sort of festivals, etc. This one marks their 4th release and it's been a good 4 years since their last.
Cage's sound could easily be summed up with two words. Those words are Judas and priest. Cage owes no small part of their sound to that band as they stick to a very painkiller-esque metal approach complete with Halford inspired vocals. The band does however incorporate some darker elements into their music and slight extreme touches have graced the band here and there in the form of a black metal rasp or growl here and there. Really nothing too original but they do make some attempt to make the band their own and really Priest only sounded like this ever so briefly in their long career so let's cut them some slack... regardless of how many bands seem to latch onto this. What they do, they do pretty well and this is certainly stronger than what Priest has been doing since that mentioned Painkiller album.
For fans of the band there's really no sup rises from the last release, Darker Than Black. Once again things are all about Hell and what not and this time in the form of a conceptual story. There's a bunch of spoken parts and interlude shit which I'm not generally a fan of but they are kept to a minimum in length. The intro and interludes only amount to about 5 1/2 minutes of a nearly hour and 20 album so it's not like this thing is loaded with filler. One thing you definitely get out of this album is your money's worth in tunes. This is a pretty long and heavy experience with suiting themes to the band. Sound-wise things are dark and one interesting note is a sort of homage to King Diamond (complete with some backing falsettos in very much his style) which appears as a bonus track. King Diamond and Satan would be proud.
In the end, I'd call Hell Destroyer a somewhat predictable but pretty damn solid release. If Priest worship and straight up heavy metal with the horns thrown up to the devil is your sort of thing than you'll probably dig this.
Highlights: I Am The King, Rise Of The Beast, From Death To Legend, Beyond The Apocalypse
Rating - 3.5/5
2. Hell Destroyer
3. I Am the King
4. The Circle of Light (Interlude)
5. Christ Hammer
6. Born in Blood
7. Abomination
8. Inauguration (Interlude)
9. Rise of the Beast
10. Cremation of Care
11. Bohemian Grove
12. Final Proclamation (Interlude)
13. From Death to Legend
14. Legion of Demons
15. Betrayal (Interlude)
16. Fall of the Angels
17. Fire and Metal
18. Beyond the Apocalypse
19. The Lords of Chaos (Interlude)
20. Metal Devil
21. King Diamond
Cage are a pretty good overall representation of the American traditional metal underground. This is a band whose roots are firmly planted in the classics and play a very straight up form of no frills metal. The band has yet to really break out in the form of a larger label or a lot of major press attention. The buzz for Cage from metal fans themselves has been sufficient to fuel this band however and they seem to find themselves frequently attached to traditional metal sort of festivals, etc. This one marks their 4th release and it's been a good 4 years since their last.
Cage's sound could easily be summed up with two words. Those words are Judas and priest. Cage owes no small part of their sound to that band as they stick to a very painkiller-esque metal approach complete with Halford inspired vocals. The band does however incorporate some darker elements into their music and slight extreme touches have graced the band here and there in the form of a black metal rasp or growl here and there. Really nothing too original but they do make some attempt to make the band their own and really Priest only sounded like this ever so briefly in their long career so let's cut them some slack... regardless of how many bands seem to latch onto this. What they do, they do pretty well and this is certainly stronger than what Priest has been doing since that mentioned Painkiller album.
For fans of the band there's really no sup rises from the last release, Darker Than Black. Once again things are all about Hell and what not and this time in the form of a conceptual story. There's a bunch of spoken parts and interlude shit which I'm not generally a fan of but they are kept to a minimum in length. The intro and interludes only amount to about 5 1/2 minutes of a nearly hour and 20 album so it's not like this thing is loaded with filler. One thing you definitely get out of this album is your money's worth in tunes. This is a pretty long and heavy experience with suiting themes to the band. Sound-wise things are dark and one interesting note is a sort of homage to King Diamond (complete with some backing falsettos in very much his style) which appears as a bonus track. King Diamond and Satan would be proud.
In the end, I'd call Hell Destroyer a somewhat predictable but pretty damn solid release. If Priest worship and straight up heavy metal with the horns thrown up to the devil is your sort of thing than you'll probably dig this.
Highlights: I Am The King, Rise Of The Beast, From Death To Legend, Beyond The Apocalypse
Rating - 3.5/5
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