Total Hell

Total Hell

Killed By Evil

Total Punk

***"Emerging from their vile tomb once again, Total Hell has risen and conjured their debut LP Killed by Evil—a perfect amalgamation of demonic metal and raw, prodding punk. With Killed By Evil, this band of twisted rippers featuring New Orleans elites Drew Owen (Sick Thoughts), John Henry (Static Static), Michael Hohan (Trampoline Team), and Panzer (Persuaders/ Tirefire) tap even deeper into the sullen world of brutal 80’s metal and hardcore. On Killed By Evil, Total Hell masterfully references the sounds of bands like Venom, John Carpenter, Slayer, and Discharge, while creating their own cursed, singular vibe. On tracks like 'Demonized' and 'Nuclear Satanic Warfare', Total Hell taps into warped, proto-metal landscapes accessing dark, ruthless shredding and pummeling d-beat… While on the 'Intro' and 'Outro' tracks, the band takes the listener on a demented, atmospheric odyssey with synthesized soundscapes and psychedelic space guitar tangles. The album’s arrangement is deeply intentional and conceptual glued together with devilish samples and glitchy, synthesized transitions, all while astral projecting hellish nightmares into the listeners feeble minds with their wicked and unhinged lyrics . Run for your life, fuckers… Total Hell and 'Killed By Evil' are here to blow your putrid mind and bludgeon you beyond recognition with endless, unmerciful riffing."—Sims Hardin TOTAL PUNK! TOTAL HELL!! TOTAL METAL!!!"

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By way of some cosmic miracle, only one Total Hell pops up when the band moniker is searched on Discogs. And that would be the band responsible for the five-song blast of heavy metal sounds at hand. Now active for about two years plus change and exported from the very metal and punk fertile New Orleans, Total Hell is DD Deth (aka Drew Owen—Sick Thoughts wheelman, Trampoline Team etc) on drums / vocals, Henry Hell (John Henry of Static Static, Heavy Lids) on bass / vocals, and guitarists Jason “Panzer” Craft (Persuaders, Tirefire) and Michael Maniac (Michael He-man of Trampoline Team).  If self-deprecation is beyond the listener’s processing skills, then please know that as self-described purveyors of the “New Wave of Shitty Heavy Metal”, Total Hell’s big-boy debut is not “shitty” in any manner whatsoever. These four recordings (“Desecrate”, “Clones From Hell”, “Violator”, and “Disfigured”) are melodic monstrosities that hit with a wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling hugeness, while doing so in an economical manner. There will be no mistaking this for Broken Bones screeching out of an iPhone inside the vegan squat. On the flip, this is no Bob Rock joint. DD Deth elaborates: “Recorded on a Tascam 8-track cassette live at home (aka “The Parkway”) by Michael He-Man and the process was a nightmare. Original tape crapped out on us back in early 2020 so we had to redo the whole thing. Intros and interludes were done last minute by me with the cheapest midi keyboard on the net.” Well,...