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Hellvetica – AGAINST ALL ODDS (Independent)

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Review by Nathan McLeod: Introducing from “Lenzburg, Switzerland”, thrash metal quintet “Hellvetica” & their latest full-length effort entitled “Against The Odds” that was released in “September 2017”. Since their 2004 incarnation, “Against The Odds” is the bands third official release & follow-up to their 2014 CDEP release of “Deadly Eyes” & their 2011 full-length debut release of “Your Last Breath”, that feature former members of “The Percent”, “Septic Christ”, & “Grin”. Like a lotta bands nowadays & what seems to be the norm with line-up changes, “Hellvetica” has had a grip of them themselves. The constant being since day one member-wise that of “Roman Wettstein” on vocals & “Jon Schnider” on guitar.

With the opening track of “Wake Up The Dead”, “Hellvetica” couldn’t of chose a better song to kick start the thrashing & mayhem off! Have a look at the official music video for “Wake Up The Dead”: youtu.be/oaqGFmqEGJM … If you might have guessed, very much “Anthrax” influenced. Musically that is & influential from both the “Belladonna” & “Bush” eras. Thankfully though “Roman Wettstein” sounds nothing like “Belladonna” nor is he trying too.

Most of what is heard on “Against The Odds” is very much “Anthrax” influenced, mixed with some “Nuclear Assault”, some early “Megadeth” & “Metallica”, the “Exploited”, with the guitars here & there reminiscent of “Zakk Wylde” & “Dimebag Darrel”. (RIP Darrel). Very nice mixture & combination musically that if you read the first paragraph of the “Hellvetica” bio taken from their “Facebook” page, I’d say it is quite accurate: “HELLVETICA stands for explosive shows, extreme stage acting, fat live sound, strong interaction with the audience, spiced with a decent portion of Thrash Metal and garnished with a whiff of Hardcore and Punk”.

Having gone back now & listening to “Hellvetica’s” other two CDs, “Your Last Breath” & “Deadly Eyes”, & damn! These guys & gal surely have improved upon themselves musically, making great strides, leaps & bounds from what I am hearing on “Against The Odds”. And’d say truthfully a natural progression more or less from release to release, which is also more or less you wanna see & here from bands. Sure, everyone does plateau with releases, & although this is a great CD, I do think “Hellvetica” has not hit that plateau, yet. If ya do not believe me, well then check “Hellvetica” out at one of their 2018 Euro tourdates below:

Upcoming 2018 “Hellvetica” tourdates are as follows:

*Jul 29 @ the 7er Club – Mannheim, Germany

*Aug 1 @ Kiff – Aarau, Switzerland

*Sep 1 @ the Moshpit – Naters, Switzerland

*Sep 29 @ the Stunden Festival – Zug, Switzerland

*Oct 12-13 @ the Metal Scar Festival – Sachseln, Switzerland

*Nov 2 @ the P8 – Karlsruhe, Germany

*Nov 3 @ the Harp Restrung – Folkstone, England

*Nov 4 @ the Hairy Dog – Derby, England

*Nov 5 @ the Queens Hall – Nuneaton, England

*Nov 7 @ EBGBs – Liverpool, England

*Nov 8 @ the Voodoo Club – Belfast, N. Ireland

*Nov 9 @ the Thomas House – Dublin, Ireland

*Nov 10 @ Fred Zeppelins – Cork, Ireland

*Nov 16 @ Mobilat – Heilbronn, Germany

*Nov 17 @ the Art Canrobert – Rastaat, Germany

*Dec 1 @ the Flosserplatz – Aarau, Switzerland

In addition, have a gander at the “Against The Odds” CD right here: officialhellvetica.bandcamp.com/releases … You have an outstanding CD here from beginning to end here. There are some high points track-wise that I feel are stronger than others. Some are a bit more catchy than others, but all in all fucking great! Some of my personal faves being “Wake Up The Dead”, “Against The Odds”, “HVA”, & “Demolition”. I do love the “Hellvetica” karaoke version of “Wake Up The Dead”. Got a great sense of humour!

Keep up the great work! Hopefully there’s a new “Hellvetica” CD in the not so distant future?

My rating: 92/100 (Surpasses the style of music, must be heard/ordered by every Metal fan)

Against The Odds track info: I) Wake Up The Dead II) Against The Odds III) Face Palm IV) HVA V) Bitchslap VI) Broken Wings VII) Reborn VIII) Jump The Fuck Up IX) Roadkill X) Demolition XI) Pitmaster XII) Wake Up The Dead (Karaoke Version) – total run-time, 48:49.

Engineered, edited, & mixed by Seb Schiess at SOS Basement – www.sos-basement.ch/ … Mastered by Dan Suter at Echochamber – www.echochamber.ch/ … Produced by Seb Schiess & Hellvetica. Artwork by Tom Mischrer at Roar Design.

Hellvetica: *Roman Wettstein – Vocals *Fedi Salazar – Guitars *Jon Schnider – Guitars, Vocals *Sonja Traussnig – Bass *Chrigi Traussnig – Drums

Hellvetica contact info:

*E-mail – info@hellvetica.ch

*Website – www.hellvetica.ch/

*Bandcamp – officialhellvetica.bandcamp.com/releases

*YouTube – www.youtube.com/c/hellvetica

*ReverbNation – www.reverbnation.com/hellvetica

*MySpace – myspace.com/officialhellvetica

*Google+ – plus.google.com/u/0/110055113042727793774

*Mx3 – mx3.ch/hellvetica

*Facebook – www.facebook.com/officialhellvetica

*Metal Archives – www.metal-archives.com/bands/Hellvetica/3540269036

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