Hell Songs

Daughters - Hell Songs
Critic Score
Based on 5 reviews
2006 Ratings: #59 / 732
User Score
Based on 571 ratings
2006 Rank: #357
Liked by 56 people
August 8, 2006 / Release Date
LP / Format
Hydra Head / Label
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
Tiny Mix Tapes
While integrating these enticing new elements, Daughters manage to choke off their progression just enough. They don't sound like a different band, and they're not trying to.
80
PopMatters

The most dramatic stylistic shift by an extreme band in 2006, Hell Songs is a mere glimpse of what this immensely talented band is capable of.

80
Sputnikmusic

Hell Songs fixes the flaws encountered with Canada Songs while maintaining an enjoyable and quirky sound.

80
Alternative Press
Daughters may hail from Providence, Rhode Island, but they're better than most in their surrounding scene. Their songs borrow an ADD writing aesthetic from the Locust (among others) and a jagged post-no wave guitar sound from even more contemporary bands.
67
Pitchfork
Providence's resident shock artists return with more techy grindcore, now mixed with elements of Nation of Ulysses and the Make Up.
maryfreegirl
90

Sorry but this sht was fun as hell, so much better and closer to their self titled than i remembered, so glad to see their spotify profile dead as hell though πŸ‘

PipePanic
97

While Canada Songs was an assault the the senses, this record refines, underlines and increases the intensity and musicianship to create a truly unique and fun experience, with more memorable and interesting songs being made in the process. Its a great mathcore album that's just waiting to be explored.

Favorite Jams: Recorded Inside a Pyramid, The Fuck Whisperer, Hyperventilationsystem

Lest favorite: X-ray

nino21321312312
45

Hell Songs have some nice moments but I can't stand the vocals. The instrumentals are good with nice guitar riffs and drums. Overall it's similar to their self-tilted.

Colton4213
63

What intrigues me about this sound eventually wears itself out by the last few tracks where I somewhat lose interest.

Mathcore, which in my opinion is grindcore for disillusioned music school graduates, (not necessarily a bad thing), tends to always draw in abrupt chaos as a standard.

And yet somehow, there does become a method to the madness that then becomes uninspiring to a degree.

This is not a bad record, I would just rather listen to Dilinger Escape Plan.

60

They started to spend more time crafting the lyrics on this one than on Canada songs, but overall it's still lacking the catchiness

Simon1
71

Yeah, it's good.

A lot of people say they can't stand the vocals on this one, and I completely disagree. Marshall's unique delivery sounds so human and so real. Sometimes, the best thing in the song is his vocal performance.

I'll definitely come back to a lot of songs from here, but if I would choose the best one, it would probably be, the underrated Fuck Whisperer. It's a really good way to end this thing. Really brutal.

Overall, it was nice. I probably should listen to the self-titled.

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Added on: June 17, 2015