French metal band The Hill Is Burning release new album “From Alpha To Omega”

“From Alpha To Omega” is the second album by The Hill Is Burning, Metal Band from Reunion Island! This album transports you into the different worlds of Death/Thrash metal!

The band go from the fast and brutal “Worms”, through the atmospheric “Tank In a Forest”, to the melodic “The Dreamer”, if you like big distortion guitars, rumbling double bass drums, and angry vocals. , you will appreciate the new album of The Hill Is Burning, produced by Chris Clancy, at audioworks production,England!”

Watch the video “The Dreamer”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgpl7ey3-iA

The Band

Influenced by Sepultura, Nevermore, Coroner, Neurosis and Gojira, the group The Hill is Burning was born in November 2015, at the initiative of Cédric Quéré,Vocal/guitar. The Hill Is Burning’s first album, “Last Bullet”, was released on digital platforms in March 2020. But the shadow of Covid 19 hanging over the music industry is jeopardizing this long- awaited release.

The Hill Is Burning begins the year 2022 with the creation of new compositions: more direct songs, textures and a different sound universe, marked by new effects. Following this compositional work and in a moment of madness, the group ventured to contact Colin Richardson, the producer of… Machine Head (“Burn my eyes”, that’s him!), Slipknot, Sepultura, Carcass or even Napalm Death.

Ten tracks were recorded in Reunion Island and sent to England to be fully mixed and mastered at Audioworks Studio. The first single, “The Dreamer” was released on March 24, 2023, and has been ranked in the top 10 of South American Rock radio stations for more than 3 months.

The band has performed several concerts since January, and is preparing to do several dates until the end of the year, including the night of Kal, a reference for Réunion metal, as the first part of “AKIAVEL” in the month of October.

Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/intl-pt/album/3xONragQcSQr9FvV4O8RHx

Promo picture by Henri Rantala

Forging elements of melodic black and death metal, i Helvete has released a new single and lyric video Paratiisi. The song is the third single from the concept album Yksi Yhteinen Yhteiskunta, which will be released next month. Earlier this fall, the band released the singles Uuden Ajan ABC and Suuri Puhdistus, for which a music video was also shot.

The album is about a movement that sees the direction of contemporary society as doomed. Radical changes must be made as soon as possible – and not everyone can survive it. Paratiisi paints a new time after the Big Bang, where only the chosen people are left.

The band’s guitarist Manu Kujala comments on the birth of the song:

“The intro of Paratiisi is the traditional fingerpicking that I do when I develop songs. I have dozens of recordings on my phone, some better than others. Usually these recordings don’t end up further from my phone, but this time I gave it to Aleksi and Tapio to work on. The end result is better than I could have hoped for!”

Bassist Tapio Holappa continues:

“The intro written by Manu immediately sounded like a potential chorus and I started to think about its continuation. Together with Aleksi, we found the atmosphere and finished structure of the song pretty well during one songwriting session. After that we only needed a solo composed by Manu. I was a little nervous about how others would accept the idea of an instrumental inspired by, for example, Massive Attack from the middle part, but it sank in well for the guys. However, in Teemu’s opinion, it sounded more like a Porcupine Tree.”

The concept album Yksi Yhteinen Yhteiskunta will be released 24th of November. The album can be pre-ordered at Inverse Store or Recordshop X.

LISTEN Paratiisi on streaming services: https://push.fm/fl/i-helvete-paratiisi 
 

Line-up:
Aleksi Mäkelä – Vocals & Guitar

Manu Kujala – Guitar

Tapio Holappa – Bass

Teemu Koski – Drums
 
Links:
https://www.yksiyhteinenyhteiskunta.fi  
https://www.ihelvete.com  
https://www.facebook.com/iHelveteband  
https://www.instagram.com/i_helvete  
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEs1W3FVRH2ujQJtXImolyg  
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1hqfWpaEEb9wI4HqLvCEoc  
https://ihelvete.bandcamp.com