#h3llb3nt

[royb0t]

h3llb3nt - 0.01 (CD, 1996, Fifth Colvmn Records). First release from Hellbent (more often stylized h3llb3nt). A stellar collaboration between Bryan Black (haloblack, Motor, Black Asteroid), Eric Powell (16 Volt), Jared Louche (Chemlab), Charles Levi (Thrill Kill Kult) and Jordan Nogood (Nogooddesign).

Love all of h3llb3nt's releases. Their first release sets a great tone for the band with post-coldwave, literal whispers of cyberpunk and the clinical sounds of the digital, balanced nicely with Levi's signature funky basslines.

For 1996, the artwork seems to hint toward the digital precision a la The Designers Republic (95's Wipeout game/compilation) and typeface minimal-but-messy like Tomato (Underworld's '94 LP Dubnobasswithmyhead). Stuff we'd call today probably early Y2K Aesthetic or maybe even a smidge proto-Metalheart. (Nogood's design spans all of h3llb3nt releases but also recognizable in album artwork for haloblack's '94 LP >Tension Filter< and 16 Volt's '96 LP LetDownCrush).

The music is just as excellent. Few artists or releases sound much like this. Highly suggest starting with "Chromed", "3 Murders, 3 Nights" and "Burnout", but the entire album is stellar as a whole.

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Botwulf - Hellish (dubstep)

* f r e e  d o w n l o a d *

[maldoror-est-mort]

Currently Listening To:

H3llb3nt - Sleeper

from their 1996 album 0.01

PLAY AT MAXIMUM VOLUME

[hellonursevenus]

Tokyo

H3llb3nt

[miasto-masa-maszyna]

never sleep, but always dream

[maldoror-est-mort]

people really need to check out h3llb3nt's 0.01 album! this shit is really fucking good! sexy and slinky industrial funk from '96 that involves some people from chemlab, haloblack, and 16 volt (🤮) with levi levi of tkk playing bass! it doesn't sound too dated either besides the vocals in some spots which are a semi-rapped raspy whisper. trust me on this!

[shadowssounds]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH6dCQ0Bu90) Nexus2089 - Redline

Been digging this track. Reminds me of H3llb3nt and some of the 90′s Fifth Colvmn Records/Invisible sound. 

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Botwulf - Goodnight EP [HBL002], by Botwulf

2 track album

Botwulf - Goodnight EP