HOUNDS OF HASSELVANDER – The Ninth Hour CD

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I always though Joe Hasselvander seemed like the coolest guy. He’s been in at least two majorly important metal bands (Pentagram and Raven) and I’ve long been a massive fan of his long-forgotten debut LP Lady Killer, which I somehow came across in Echo Records on Byres Road (that shop was class: they sold me their old racks when they went out of business!). Anyway, Hasselvander! This guy is doom metal royalty, and this is exactly as you’d expect. Totally blows away all pretenders to the throne with ease and is about a gazillion times better than the last Pentgram album. Remember, on the first two Pentagram comeback albums he played everything on them! He does a good Leibling/Ozzy impression and some of the guitar lines are just class. Gettit!