This disc is a live CD by the band
Hades, but it does have several bonus studio cuts included. The live recordings are quite good, and the band's style ranges from
thrash to
Iron Maiden stylings to
Rush-ish textures. Only one real complaint can be made about the live cuts: Some of the vocals are a bit on the awkward side. However, there are other vocal segments that are quite powerful and very reminiscent of
Bruce Dickinson. The studio tracks are a mixed group, not really being necessarily by
Hades, but related recordings. The last of those is the best, starting off in a
Hendrix style and then sounding so much like early
Black Sabbath that it is uncanny. ~ Gary Hill
