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Hail!Hornet

A stingin' good time !!

About Me

Hail!Hornet is a warning that southern sludge is getting thicker and meaner, and no matter how tight you wear your boots, it's going to lock hold and suck your ass right on in. You can conjure in your mind what Hail!Hornet is going to sound like on paper, but they exceed your expectations by twisting chains around their knuckles and smashing windows, bricks and teeth on their self-titled debut album, one that loops theories from each of its constituents and creates a bare-boned, bourbon-breathed (to paraphrase "He Who Walks Behind the Rose Bros.") swamp rat of an album that's going to be mandatory for the mud mutants who trip out on this stuff. ... Ray Van Horn jr. ... ************************************************************ *******A long running rumor of a band previously called Vagabond that came to light in the spring/ summer of 2006. Here's how it went - Troy asks Vince, Vince asks Erik, Troy asks Dixie, all say yes ! Vince gathers Riffs and lights off the MIG 100, Erik beats the Christ out of the drums and Dixie drinks bourbon and bitch-slaps the Fender 'P'...then we all drink bourbon ! Troy spits blood, we all drink more bourbon ! Get chased out of shed by hornets that Dixie pissed off... hence the name ...more bourbon. Mission accomplished !

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/18/2006
Band Website: dwellrecords.com
Band Members: Troy Medlin- Vox, Dixie Dave- Bass, Vince Burke- Guitar, Erik Larson- Drums
Influences: Everything Dirty... and nothing pretty !
Sounds Like: Torturous,oppressive,'give-a-fuck' ... Call it Grime-metal...pat. pend.
Record Label: Dwell/Sacrament
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

’Review’ at Hellride.com

Hail!Hornet  Hail! Hornet (Dwell Records) By Chris Barnes January 7, 2008 Wow, it's an all-star line-up of Southern discomfort here& T. Roy from Sourvein, Dixie Dave from Weedeater, Vince Burke from ...
Posted by Hail!Hornet on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:38:00 PST

Cool Quotes

Chris Barnes Hellride music... "I hear a lot of heavy stuff over the course of a week, but this is sorta at the point where "heavy" doesn't quite cut it in the description department. Electric Wizard ...
Posted by Hail!Hornet on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:20:00 PST

JJ Koczan of Metal Maniacs says...

12-05 Inside A Thick Metal Skull         & nbsp; by JJ Koczan.. Hail!Hornet: Southern Abomination In Celebration Of 2007's Sludgiest Album    Ther...
Posted by Hail!Hornet on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:05:00 PST

The fuckers that carry... H!H

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Posted by Hail!Hornet on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:00:00 PST

Review of H!H on Stoner rock.com

This album basically gets up and bitch slaps you in the head. The band calls it grime metal and that's as good a des c r i p tion as any. Loud dirty grimy straight ahead go for the throat metal. The s...
Posted by Hail!Hornet on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 12:45:00 PST

Review of H!H release ! (The Metal Minute)

Kee-rist, it had to happen... Out of some dank part of the South where your mama warns you not to tread too late at night is the meeting spot for representatives of Alabama Thunderpussy, Weedeater, Be...
Posted by Hail!Hornet on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 12:19:00 PST