Artist:
HOLY MARTYR
Title: HATRED AND WARLUST
Label: INDEPENDANT
Catalog No: /
Format
: CD only
Total Time : 7 tracks/ 40.17 minutes
Style/File under: Epic Heavy Metal
Official release date : 2002
ADDITIONAL INFO :
The
roots of Holy Martyr go back in the first months of 1994, under the initiative
of the singer/guitarplayer Ivano Spiga.
The first name of the band was Hell Forge, but in 1997 the Monicker changed
in Holy Martyr, inspired from a song of the Cult Band Omen.
In 2001, after some problematic changes in the line up, the band became
a solid and united Combo with the former Ivano Spiga at the guitar, Carlo
Olla (lead guitar), Alex Mereu (Vocals), Andrea Mucelli (bass), Giacomo
Macis ( drums & percussions).
Holy Martyr's style is so far and different from the New European Power
Metal Scene of the 90's...the music played is a derivation from the classic
metal of bands like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, the impetuosity of the
Bay Area Speed/Thrash Metal of (early) Metallica and Agent Steel and the
deep Epic veins of Manilla Road, Warlord, Omen, early Fates Warning, early
Queensryche and the catchy attitude of bands like Heavy Load and Attack.
We are proud to consider ourselves an Underground Metal band after eight
years of activity, we have some old ‘homemade’ tape but only
in 2002 we decided to record a self produced Demo Mini CD entitled ‘Hatred
And Warlust’, a raw Speed Epic Metal attack with the attitude of
the eighties. The cd contains a Cirith Ungol bonus track (Frost And Fire)
and it is distributed from ourselves.
Actually the band is receiving a lot of enthusiastic comments, appreciations
and good reviews. This demo Mini Cd will be also released on vinyl for
the German label ‘Metal Supremacy’. (for info: info@ancientarts.de)
The band is still working with new songs and planning the record of a
new mini cd self financed.
This work is a mini concept inspired from the ‘Battle Of Termopylae’
(Ancient Hellas-480 B.c.), entitled ‘Hail To Hellas’.
Holy Martyr does not use keyboards and does not play Symphonic Power Metal,
we have no references with the Power Prog Bands and most of all we don't
recognize ourselves with the Shitfully Power Epic Metal Scene of the end
of the '90's.
Holy Martyr never followed, does not follow and will never follow some
fucking musical trend.
Support us or Hate us.
LINE-UP :
Alex Mereu
: Vocals
Carlo Olla : Guitar
Andrea Mucelli : Bass
Ivano "Muad
'Dib" : Guitar/Backing Vocals
Giacomo Macis: Drums/Pecussions
1.Warmonger
(5:46)
2.Under siege(4:04)
3.Hatred is my strength(9:19)
4.Son of a king(8:21)
5.The shadow over innsmouth(6:01)
6.Metallian(3:26)
7.Frost & Fire(Cirith Ungol's cover song) (3:17)
AUDIO
:
HATRED AND WARLUST:
Under siege(mp3)
Son
of a king (mp3)
VIDEO:
Not available
Spiga Ivano,Via
Einstein 7, 09028 Sestu (CA), Italy
Email: holymartyr@tiscali.it
Website: http://www.holy-martyr.com
