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Hell Bent for Letters

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Released
  
May 23, 2006

Length
  
27:17

Artist
  
BlöödHag

Label
  
Alternative Tentacles

Recorded
  
2006

Producer
  
Jeff McNulty

Release date
  
23 May 2006

Genre
  
Death metal

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Hell Bent for Letters is the second full-length album by the Seattle, Washington-based literary-metal band Blöödhag. It is their first release for Jello Biafra's Alternative Tentacles label. It was produced and recorded by the band's guitarist, Dr. J.M. McNulty, under his less formal name of Jeff McNulty.

Contents

The album title is a pun on the Judas Priest album Hell Bent for Leather. One reviewer described the album by suggesting, "[i]magine history class taught by GWAR, and it's still not quite enough to capture the essence of what Blöödhag bring to the table."

As with their past back catalog, all of the songs on Hell Bent for Letters honor various science fiction and similar genre writers, including Douglas Adams, Edgar Allan Poe, and Franz Kafka.

Track listing

  1. "Gene Wolfe"
  2. "Robert Silverberg"
  3. "Douglas Adams"
  4. "James Blish"
  5. "Anne McCaffrey"
  6. "Orson Scott Card"
  7. "Iain M. Banks"
  8. "Edgar Allan Poe"
  9. "Philip Jose Farmer"
  10. "Michael Swanwick"
  11. "Frederik Pohl"
  12. "Thomas M. Disch"
  13. "Greg Bear"
  14. "Franz Kafka"
  15. "Madeleine L'Engle"
  16. "Jack Womack"

Personnel

  • Prof. J.B. Stratton - vocals
  • Sir Zachary Orgel - bass
  • Dr. J.M. McNulty - guitars, "additional sounds" (as Jeff McNulty)
  • Amb. Brent Carpenter - drums
  • Jeremy Enigk - keyboards
  • Production

  • Jeff McNulty - producer, engineer
  • Eric Carnell - assistant engineer
  • Jon Ervie - assistant engineer
  • "Greedy" Greg Williamson - mix engineer
  • Songs

    1Gene Wolfe1:26
    2Robert Silverberg1:11
    3Douglas Adams1:24

    References

    Hell Bent for Letters Wikipedia