Great band. But I have to quibble with a few points.
First--there is nothing remotely "speed metal" about Sons of Huns.
Second--to imply that referencing HP Lovecraft is in any way unique in the metal pantheon is to admit a complete illiteracy of the form.
Anyway, very happy for these guys. Just think maybe Mercury could hire someone who knows what they're talking about to cover bands like this. Plenty of dudes over there actually get it.
Thanks for the comment, Nathan. I'll have to quibble back. Considering speed metal is the subgenre derived from bands like Motörhead and songs like Deep Purple's "Highway Star," I'd say it's an apt descriptor for a lot of what Sons of Huns does. And saying that someone doesn't "get it" implies that there is a "wrong" way to enjoy metal—an elitism that's plagued aspects of the scene for years. I don't buy into that attitude, and I'm not suggesting you do either, but thought it was worth clarifying.
At any rate, it's weird how this band defies an easy description that appeases everybody. In a blog post about them, I once drew the obvious connection to Sabbath and got trashed for that.
Fair 'nuff! Ultimately, I'm glad to see they got so many kinds words written about them in both weeklies.
And yeah, I don't mean to sound so elitist. But what may have derived from Motorhead in its root incarnation definitely became a whole subgenre of sounds with little relation to Sons of Huns. If you'd said "speed rock" I wouldn't have blinked.
My knee jerk is mainly from the fact that I often read indie rock journalists covering metal in the same way over and over again. Like if someone handed me a stack of indie albums to review and I just kept comparing all of them to Radiohead and Talking Heads.
First--there is nothing remotely "speed metal" about Sons of Huns.
Second--to imply that referencing HP Lovecraft is in any way unique in the metal pantheon is to admit a complete illiteracy of the form.
Anyway, very happy for these guys. Just think maybe Mercury could hire someone who knows what they're talking about to cover bands like this. Plenty of dudes over there actually get it.
At any rate, it's weird how this band defies an easy description that appeases everybody. In a blog post about them, I once drew the obvious connection to Sabbath and got trashed for that.
And yeah, I don't mean to sound so elitist. But what may have derived from Motorhead in its root incarnation definitely became a whole subgenre of sounds with little relation to Sons of Huns. If you'd said "speed rock" I wouldn't have blinked.
My knee jerk is mainly from the fact that I often read indie rock journalists covering metal in the same way over and over again. Like if someone handed me a stack of indie albums to review and I just kept comparing all of them to Radiohead and Talking Heads.
Anyway, take care and thanks for responding :)