The best of heavy's past and present collide on Hell Comes Home's debut full-length, Hell Comes Home. Classical metal inspired riffs duel with blackened chugs and devastating percussion, with Nick Stambuck and Sam Simmons uniting their diverse array of metal backgrounds on the new record.
The tracks nod as much to Chelsea Grin or All Shall Perish as they do Megadeth and Maiden, with Simmons' face-melting vocal intertwining with Simmons' artistic musicianship.
Whichever way you look at it, Hell Comes Home is a collision of ideas. Formed by Sam Simmons and Nick Stambuck, the project was born with a view to marrying their mutual love of metal, and showcasing how the past and the present of the genre could come together seamlessly.
Whereas Simmons' influences came at the pique of the MySpace era's metalcore breakout, Stambuck notes thrash's big 4 as his entry into the genre. It's perhaps no surprise then that new material raids the raw musicianship of some of metal's forefathers, whilst delving into the farthest reaches of the contemporary iteration of the genre.
The band's new, debut full-length follows on from January EP Dying Breed, a collection that put the Southern duo on the map and - in short order - surpassed 100k streams. Less than a year later, Hell Comes Home have returned, building on the impressive momentum of their rookie collection and doubling down on the tenacity, technicality and thunder. Hell Comes Home sees the in-your-face potency of deathcore collide with scintillating riffs and an explosive vocal delivery that evokes both emotion and raw aggression.
The Southern duo kicked off the new album cycle with October's fist-pumping "Don't Go Gentle Into That Good Night", before taking listeners on a poignant journey through addiction with "Numb The Noise". The two lead single are indicative of the album as a whole, tracks that shake the ground with their seismic sonic weight, whilst delivering vulnerable storytelling.
From the staunch chugs of "Nazarene Nightmare" to scintillating metalcore anthem "Sermon for The Broken" or the ominous blackened assault of "Regret", the Southern duo bring together the crux of what metal means to them. The eight unforgiving tracks are relentless in their assault, but compulsive in their musicianship with honesty oozing from every inch of Hell Comes Home.
