HellionsRue

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18 October, 2018
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Hellions no longer in anyone's shadow

To say Hellions had set some pretty high expectations for themselves with Opera Oblivia would be an understatement.

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LP3 cemented their status as one of Australia’s leading heavy acts. Hell, it was lauded as the defining work of their career, and lightning doesn’t strike the same place twice right? It seemed almost inevitable that the Operacore Overlords would struggle to carry that spark through to LP4. Well, we were wrong. Say hello to Rue—their new magnum opus.

Rue isn’t living in its older brother’s shadow; it’s its own beast.

At its core, Rue is about duality—the punky and the poppy, the dancy and the dark and the grand and the gritty. But the interplay between all four members is what really makes the record shine. Embracing escapism and a Jekyll and Hyde sense of co-existence, the quartet leap between funky earworms (X), retro tinged tunes (Get Up), rifftastic moments (26), operatic anthems (Odyssey) and melodic masterpieces (Smile). And yes, there are still throw backs to 2013’s Die Young (The Sydneysiders have always been a little extra, let’s be real), but Hellions have undoubtedly crafted their crispest work here—proving that they’ve come a long way from being the mosh pit maestros headlining Blacktown Masonic.

Rue is an amalgamation of everything the genre melders have experimented with thus far. Thematically navigating through the journey of human existence it is pessimistic and humanitarian, and, in massive part due to the realisation of the talents of all members, their most mature work yet. Rue isn’t living in its older brother’s shadow; it’s its own beast.

STANDOUT TRACKS: Rue, Smile, The Lotus
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