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Helstar - Nosferatu



8.5 | 143 votes |
Release date: 1989
Style: US power metal, Speed metal, Thrash metal

Owners:

149 have it
23 want it


01. Rhapsody In Black
02. Baptized In Blood
03. To Sleep, Per Chance To Scream
04. Harker's Tale (Mass Of Death)
05. Perseverance And Desperation
06. The Curse Has Passed Away
07. Benediction
08. Harsh Reality
09. Swirling Madness
10. Von Am Lebem Desto Strum
11. Aieliaria And Everonn

Guest review by
ponderer
Rating:
9.8
In 1988, Helstar's release of Distant Thunder saw the band break away from the pure thrash metal genre and expand in a more progressive direction. The blistering dual guitars were relentless, but now the picking became a little more intense and the soloing went into the stratosphere. Titles like The King is Dead and Abandon Ship were merely portents of things to come in 1989. Although A Distant Thunder was well produced, the band wouldn't peak until their next release.

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published 29.06.2008 | Comments (10)

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25.01.2010 - 18:25
Rating: 10
JÄY
Metal slave
Goddamn i love this album
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09.12.2010 - 13:48
Zoka

Old school!
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03.08.2016 - 13:49
Rating: 10
Joppe
Steelemeister
If Yngwie Malmsteen didn't suck his songs would sound like these.
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18.04.2020 - 21:48
Rating: 10
Joppe
Steelemeister
A true masterpiece, one of a kind album. When I always say vocals are the best thing on a Helstar album, this is an exception; now it's the guitars.
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18.04.2020 - 21:56
nikarg

Written by Joppe on 18.04.2020 at 21:48

A true masterpiece, one of a kind album. When I always say vocals are the best thing on a Helstar album, this is an exception; now it's the guitars.

I was waiting for you to comment on this
This was my first encounter with Helstar, I listened to "Baptized In Blood" from a friend of mine on cassette. Remains one of my favourite tracks of all time ever since. I agree, the guitars are insane on this album.
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18.04.2020 - 23:35
Rating: 10
Joppe
Steelemeister
Written by nikarg on 18.04.2020 at 21:56

This was my first encounter with Helstar, I listened to "Baptized In Blood" from a friend of mine on cassette. Remains one of my favourite tracks of all time ever since.


It's a perfect opener song, that kind of summarizes everything that's good in this album to itself. That and the next song "To Sleep, Perchance To Scream" are the songs that I prefer the most on this album.
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18.04.2020 - 23:54
Rating: 10
Metal Rasputin

Absolutely killer album, easily one of the best power-thrash records I have ever heard in my life. Glad to see Nosferatu getting some love it deserves.
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You've got a lot of guts. Let's see what they look like!
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24.04.2020 - 09:28
Rating: 9
majormalfunction

Not sure which I prefer between this one and A Distant Thunder, this is in any way crazy good stuff, the guitarists are total maniacs! My favourite song is the haunting Curse Has Passed Away.
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24.04.2020 - 21:12
Rating: 10
Joppe
Steelemeister
Written by majormalfunction on 24.04.2020 at 09:28

Not sure which I prefer between this one and A Distant Thunder, this is in any way crazy good stuff, the guitarists are total maniacs! My favourite song is the haunting Curse Has Passed Away.


Both albums can be seen splendid, but in my view only Nosferatu from these two albums is really pushing the envelope in this thrash/neoclassical/whatever genre.
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25.04.2020 - 09:43
Rating: 9
majormalfunction

Written by Joppe on 24.04.2020 at 21:12

Both albums can be seen splendid, but in my view only Nosferatu from these two albums is really pushing the envelope in this thrash/neoclassical/whatever genre.


Yeah I agree that Nosferatu is a more unique album where they tried to expand the genre. A Distant Thunder is, at least to me, a bit more memorable though. But yeah, it's very close call between the two.
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01.10.2020 - 13:20
Rufus Valentine
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Dodgy cover notwithstanding; excellent album. Helstar's most expansive piece. Love Rivera's vocal performance - almost Geoff Tate standard.
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04.12.2020 - 20:36
Rating: 9
metalriff

Larry Barragan and Andre Corbin even surpassed Andy Larocque and Michael Denner
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23.08.2023 - 08:21
Rating: 7
TheCrazyGoat

Very good music but I do not like the vocals.
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