Yeah, the Dutch show again to be one of the countries that know how to make some real old school Death Metal. Living legend Martin van Drunen (Asphyx, ex-Pestilence, ex Bolt Thrower), Ed Warby (Gorefest), Paul Baayens (Thanatos, Asphyx), Stephan Gebédi (Thanatos) and Theo van Eekelen (ex-Houwitser) joined hands a year and a half ago and recorded a 4 track demo that struck lightning and delivered them a record deal.

Hail of Bullets plays Death Metal as it should be played, not like all those bands who play fast and low Iron Maiden riffs, put a grunt and some blastbeats to it and call it Death Metal. HoB, knows where their roots are. Expect effective brutal, sometimes slow and very heavy (doomy) riffs. Put the outstanding brutal vocals of Martin van Drunen and the tight drumming of Ed Warby to it, and a HEAVY production done by Dan Swäno and you know they have hit the jackpot.

A song as "The Lake Ladago Massacre" is a slow kind of doomy hammering song, which does remind me a little bit of Asphyx. "General Winter" starts slow, but changes into a raging track, after which it ends again in slow doomy riffs. "Red Wolves of Stalin" is an up-tempo song, with magnificent riffs and banging parts. "Stalingrad" is again a fast song that hammers on and has some fine drum parts in it, food for bangers. The slow doomy epic song "Berlin" ends a record that should from now on be a standard in every DM-collection.

If you want to get hit by a real tank, and want to hear again some real Death Metal, here you are. If  bands such as Asphyx, Benediction, Pestilence, Sinister etc do ring a bell, go and buy it!! Hail!