HellLight
| HellLight | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | São Paulo , Brazil |
| Genre (s) | Funeral Doom , Death Doom , Gothic Metal |
| founding | 1996 |
| Website | www.facebook.com/helllightdoom/ |
| Current occupation | |
Guitar, vocals, keyboard |
Fabio de Paula |
Electric bass |
Alexandre Vida (since 2008) |
Drums |
Renan Bianchi (since 2015) |
| former members | |
Electric bass |
Luis Comitre |
Electric bass |
Eric Nefus |
Drums |
Robson Silva |
Drums |
Evandro Camellini |
Drums |
Ad'Lung |
Drums |
Phill Motta |
Keyboard |
Rafael Sade |
HellLight is a funeral doom band founded in 1996 .
history
HellLight was founded in 1996 by eighteen year old Fabio de Paula in São Paulo . Since the band existed, the line-up changed several times and only de Paula remained a permanent member. De Paula justified the change occasionally in the search for musicians who share his creative ideas. After first self-publishing and through Ancient Dreams Records , HellLight signed a contract with the Russian label Solitude Productions, through which the group had released a large number of studio albums since 2010. In addition to various engagements in South America, HellLight made a European tour in 2018 with performances in Portugal, Spain, France, Germany and Belgium.
Work and effect
After the self-published demo Fear No Evil and the self-published debut In Memory of the Old Spirits , an album with Funeral Doom was released via Ancient Dreams Records in cooperation with a label. The subsequent studio albums were released every two to three years via Solitude Productions. In the meantime, the band released an EP and a compilation for download for the twentieth anniversary.
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Demos
Studio albums
EPs
Compilations
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concept
De Paula explains the band name and the lyrical and creative concept of the band, in which the terms hell and light are often used, as based on a paganistic belief. Following his conviction, the concept of hell is synonymous with universal darkness. With the band name and the combination of the terms Hell and Light, he wanted to refer to the fact that light can arise from this darkness. In another interview, he also runs this idea out as a dualistic religious concept with a reference to the band's early logo.
“The thing with the three“ l ”is based on our very first logo, we had these three“ l ”on it as a 666, but we figured we needed something else and it worked well. HellLight comes from putting the words Hell and Light together. It means you can put these two things together in one place, as paganism says. We're all paganists, the whole band, and that's one of the concepts of our religion. Nature has it all, good and bad, light and hell. "
style
The music played by HellLight is not consistently categorized. In reviews the band is assigned to Death and Funeral Doom as well as Gothic Metal .
In a band presentation on the webzine Doom-Metal.com , HellLight is described as "a pretty typical Solitude Productions band". The music is a catchy and atmospheric funeral doom comparable to that of The Howling Void . In his review of the album No God Above, No Devil Below , written for Metal.de , Marcus Endres describes the music as "a mixture of (less) funeral and (more) death-doom metal with a Gothic touch":
“The sound is not too tragic, dark guitar harmonies are in the focus, subtle spherical keyboard carpets, contemplative acoustic guitar sounds, the rhythms are typically sluggish, but not too heavy, the drumming is very simple and sounds synthetic. The riffs are quite concise and not too monotonous, unfortunately the guitar sounds a bit thin overall. The voice fluctuates from deep growls , which could have been a bit more hearty, to plaintive clear vocals and low whispers. The atmosphere is gloomy, dreamy and melancholy. "
reception
Webzines such as Vampster , Doom-Metal.com , Metal1.info or Metal.de have dealt with the various publications of HellLight since the publication of Funeral Doom . The band received average to profuse reviews. According to Shawn Pelata, who described Funeral Doom for Doom-Metal.com, “some pieces seem to drag themselves unnecessarily.” The songs are too long and too repetitive. In the review written for Metal.de it was even said that HellLight with Funeral Doom "came across the pond with a boring average doom record". In a review written for Vampster, Frank Hellweg countered such a first impression that the album was difficult to access but "the more chances you give the disc, the more it can distract you from the shortcomings and then build up a nice, heavy atmosphere." Described in a review of the webzine Metal1info Funeral Doom as “a very strong piece of music to be heard over and over again”, and as “cult” in one written for Stormbringer.at .
Doom-Metal.com and Metal.de, in particular, continued to deal with the group's discography. Laurent Lignon judged for Doom-Metal.com about … And then, the Light of Consciousness Became Hell… that it could have been a good album, but it turned out to be “ultra- generic ”. The opposite said in the review for Metal.de, “that there must be something like magic in the room when I listen to this album, because the dark gray rays of this“ hell light ”in the“ brightest ”case exert an unbelievable fascination on me . " No God Above, No Devil Below was praised on Metal.de by Marcus Endres as" a really good, coherent album ", but that" not the big hit "," it just suffers from a few things in terms of production as well a stronger implementation. ”Another two years later Riccardo Veronese praised Journey Through Endless Storms as an“ absolute recommendation ”for all genre fans. Sven Lattemann also described the album for Metal.de as “a round and wonderfully independent album […] that fits perfectly into rainy and gray autumn days.” Stormbringer.at praised the album as “a niche product with truly convincing quality”. As We Slowly Fade was discussed by Ian Morrissey as "not stringent" for Doom-Metal.com.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Aleks Evdokimov: Interview with HellLight. Doom-Metal.com, accessed May 23, 2020 .
- ↑ a b HellLight. Doom-Metal.com, accessed May 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Editor: Interview with Fabio De Paula from HellLight. Metal1.info, accessed May 23, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Marcus Endres: HellLight: No God Above, No Devil Below. metal.de, accessed on May 23, 2020 .
- ^ A b Frank Hellweg: HellLight: Funeral Doom. Vampster, accessed May 23, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Shawn Pelata: HellLight: Funeral Doom. Doom-Metal.com, accessed May 23, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Editor: HellLight: Funeral Doom. Metal1.info, accessed May 23, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Christian: Bright Light: Funeral Doom. Metal.de, accessed on May 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Reini: HellLight: Funeral Doom. Stormbringer.at, accessed on May 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Laurent Lignon: HellLight: ... And then, the Light of Consciousness Became Hell ... Doom-Metal.com, accessed on May 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Walter: HellLight:… And then, the Light of Consciousness Became Hell… Metal.de, accessed on May 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Riccardo Veronese: HellLight: Journey Through Endless Storms. Doom-Metal.com, accessed May 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Sven Lattemann: Bright Light: Journey Through Endless Storms. Metal.de, accessed on May 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Reini: HellLight: Journey Through Endless Storms. Stormbringer.at, accessed on May 23, 2020 .
- ↑ HellLight: Fade. Doom-Metal.com, accessed May 23, 2020 .