On Location Live

by Gary HillThis disc is a live CD by the band Hades, but it does have several bonus studio cuts included. The live recordings are quite good, and the band's style ranges from thrash to Iron Maiden stylings to Rush-ish textures. Only one real complaint can be made about the live cuts: Some of the vocals are a bit on the awkward side. However, there are other vocal segments that are quite powerful and very reminiscent of Bruce Dickinson. The studio tracks are a mixed group, not really being necessarily by Hades, but related recordings. The last of those is the best, starting off in a Hendrix style and then sounding so much like early Black Sabbath that it is uncanny.