Broken Hope!

Broken Hope is a rock (to be more precise, death metal) band that formed in the late 1980s.  They are the first death metal band to record a digital (from start to finish) full-length album (Swamped in Gore) in 1991.  I dunno why I wanna write about them.  They're a damn good death metal band that y'all should know about.

Here's probably my favorite song by Broken Hope.  It's a music video and not audio only!  This is a spectacular song that is amazing from start to finish.  I love this song a lot.  It's one of my most played Broken Hope songs.  It's heavy, fast, cool and I would even say technical.  They do have technical elements in their songs.  You want to listen to their most technical songs?  Check out their album Grotesque Blessings.  That is one incredible technical death metal album.  It influenced Sexcrement a lot.  Check out the album Genitales from the Porno Potty.  The first track on that album has drumming highly similar to the drumming found on the first track on Grotesque Blessings.  Seriously, I'm not kidding on that.  I'm The Death Metal God and I have knowledge on death metal!

This has to be my most played Broken Hope song of all-time!  "Incinerated" is a heavy, hard and fast death metal tune!  This is a fun tune!  My goodness, this is a blast.  I was surprised when they re-recorded this on the album Omen of Disease.  They call it "Incinerated (2013 Redux)" and it's a monster track!  I honestly find it SLIGHTLY better than the original.  No kidding on this.  You need to take my word for it since I am THE DEATH METAL GOD and don't you forget that!!!  LOL!  Hehe!  I provide that below.  Compare and contrast the two...

Here's the 2013 version of "Incinerated" in all its glory.  Oh my, oh my!  What a track!  It's explosive.  A new vocalist is on this track.  In case you don't know, original Joe Ptacek tragically committed suicide in 2010.  I was shocked when it happened.  I thought it was a big loss in the death metal realm.  I never thought Broken Hope would come back.  I was wrong, they regrouped in 2012 with Damian Leski taking Ptacek's place.

Look at this sour puss above.  Get a load (uh huh huh huh huh, I said load) of this guy!  That's Ryan Stanek.  An ex-drummer of Broken Hope who actually screwed Broken Hope fans out of money.  Fans gave Broken Hope money for merchandise and this dick scammed fans out of merch.  He would take the money and then use it for his own personal gain.  This creep died in 2015 of a heart attack at the age of 42.  No real great loss.

I have nothing else to add to this blog entry about this cool death metal band.  Don't know 'em?  Well, that's them above.  I highly recommend Swamped in Gore.  Get that album first.  Then if you like that, continue with other albums in their discography.  They have a meaty discography now that they've been back since 2012.  They are churning out some good music.  Shockingly, they used some scrapped song titles like "Rendered into Lard" on their comeback album Omen of Disease.  Their latest album is Mutilated and Assimilated.  It's a good album, I prefer Omen of Disease more.  My favorite is obviously Swamped in Gore.  Well there you have it.  Broken Hope.  Check 'em out!  I do provide some songs in this blog.