HornoKracy is an album that concentrates so much power, energy, and brutal force that is hard not to pay attention. Following that world wide remarkable way of revitalizing death metal the polish scene gives us the first production by Hell United, and yes they do share and can be compared with names such as Behemoth and Azarath, there is only one problem with the album… after so much time expend in brutality all the songs begin to sound extremely similar to each other.

Hell United has, like every other band, a couple of nice catchy riffs, but they get buried under a constant and demolishing drum performance by Black Messiah; a drummer that sounds extremely well when accompanied by the shredding guitars and the almost unnecessary bass line, but when left along you can heard a certain lack of precision, nonetheless I think that can be very simply fixed by some long practice sessions (there is obvious talent on the boy!).

HornoKracy is one of those albums that in theory sounds great, pure brutal blackened death metal from Poland, I mean what more do you want! But after listening to the entire production, it makes you reflect on just how much can you take of the same formula repeated over and over again for almost 45 minutes. There are some instants in which the band tries to include some “atypical” sounds and melodies, like in the very “Akercocke” inspired clean vocals in “Eucharistik Masochism” a good attempt to change the pace even when we are talking about the first song in the album; or perhaps another good example is “In the Name of Hellfire” a death piece that slows the tempo just enough for us to appreciate that there is a bass on the record, not just on theory!

So what’s the difference between Hell United and the other Polish bands that we know an adore (Behemoth and Azarath) that those bands can write a song that has incredible brutality and speed, but they manage to make some room for remarkable and memorable riffs, riffs that despite been brutal are catchy… its all about the melody man! Despite my lack of good words for this release I have to admit that these guys do provide for a hell of a neck breaking headbang!