 
Hopeless Heroic have spent the past two years
of their life creating their debut full length
album ‘Become The Monster’ and after
listening to the album for the first time you
can clearly tell that the time spent on the album
has truly paid off as ‘Become the Monster’
is a killer album which has a big mixed sound
of rock, punk, ska, rap and seriously kicks some
arse.
The album opens with ‘Death Whisperers’
which starts up with some classical violin piece
and as the song progresses the band come in one
by one with catchy vocals, crunching guitar riffs,
bouncy basslines, banging drum beats and ends
up morphing into an extremely memorable song with
a big tub-thumping edge.
‘Brasco’ opens with some stunning
instrumental pieces which really see the band
come together and go all out showing what they
can do, as soon as the vocals come in at the 45
second mark the song transforms into a hard hitting
rock track with a big catchy bouncy edge.
‘The Only Enemy That Ever Mattered’
opens up with vocalist Gavin Bain coming at you
like an 200mph tornado with his fast effective
vocals, as the song progresses it becomes better
and better with the raw emotions running throughout
and the hard hitting instrumental work ticking
ever box.
‘Great Days For The Young Sinners’
sees the band tone things down and it is a beautiful
listen which is welcomed because despite things
being toned down you can still tell that the band
have put everything into the song and come up
with a vocally amazing chill out track.
As soon as ‘Great Days For The Young Sinners’
ends the album goes back to the bands classic
hard hitting style with songs like ‘Almost
Dead Famous’, ‘The Getaway’,
‘Michelle’, ‘Like Father Like
Son’ all featuring enough variety and mayhem
to send you into a mad frenzy.
Throughout the album vocalist Gavin Bain shows
off various different vocal styles but it is the
second mellow track on the album ‘Cried
Wolf’ where Bain really shines with his
vocals soaring over the violin and guitar sounds.
Hopeless Heroic are influenced by many great bands
from Billy Talent, Enter Shikari, Rage Against
The Machine etc and they have managed to take
these influences and add in their own elements
and come up with a sound and debut album that
is unlike anything else around at the moment and
for a debut album ‘Become The Monster’
is totally faultless there is not a negative moment
insight and the epic instrumental climax of the
album is truly breathtaking giving out the sound
of a key scene in a blockbuster movie.
5/5
Review by Trigger
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