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| 3.8 excellent | Voivod STAFF | September 24th 16 |
Ever since Helstar were reactivated, there was a discrete pressure for a return to the stylistic realm of Nosferatu, a criminally misplaced album at release time. Like every band which respects its craft, however, Helstar took their time in indulging their fan base, with the release of their 9th album. Vampiro (caught the innuendo already?), is nothing short of top-shelf, classical-tinged tech power/progressive/thrash metal, coated with the sound quality that Nosferatu should have in the first place. With the possible exception of "To Their Deathbeds They Fell", the remainder of the album is not particularly memorable per each song; however, as a whole, it can be safely played on repeat, just for admiring Helstar's ample song writing ability. Favorite song: To Their Deathbeds They Fell.
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| 4.0 excellent | Fernando Alves | November 8th 16 |
A successful sequel to Helstar's magnum opus "Nosferatu".
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| 3.4 great | Trey STAFF | October 4th 16 |
Personally, I wasn’t a huge fan of their 80s and 90s output, including their ‘classic’ Nosferatu. The vocals were kind of annoying, the productions were questionable at best, and they just weren’t my thing. Starting with their reformation in 2008, though, they started to catch my attention. Their music became more aggressive, riff-oriented, and dark. Also, the vocals improved (although they’re still the weak link). Vampiro is simply a continuation of their previous 2000s releases, and it is pretty damn good.
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| 3.5 great | Dustx85 | February 22nd 23 |
| 3.0 good | remi | May 1st 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Unitron | September 3rd 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Casavir | October 13th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ebola | October 4th 16 |
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