ROCKET REVIEW: HEAVENLY TRIP TO HELL – “Who Is The Enemy” (CD/LP)

blank_pageLong Beach, California’s Heavenly Trip To Hell have self-released “Who Is The Enemy” on Other Side Records and have executed by far the single most compelling and exceptionally crafted collection of industrial metal songs for 2006. This sonic hellfire of a record has even outshined the great Al Jourgensen’s critically praised Revolting Cocks disc ‘Cocked And Loaded’ from earlier this year.

Through a hodge podge mixture of metal, straight ahead rock and obvious Ministry influence, they blur the lines of all three genres right out the gate with the opening track “Lies,” spearheaded by a heavy guitar riff, rough and tumble drum bashing and dizzying keyboard work. The second song “New World” opens with the lyrics: “Look to the past, You will find the future”, followed by “A rich man’s war, oppressing all the poor”, all the while backed up with a blazing output of tightly packed rhythm and angst-ridden vocals that make you feel as desperate about the situation as they intended for you to.