Artist: Hatesphere
Title: Ballet of the Brute
Label: Scarlet Records
Cat #: SC087-2
Release Year: 2004
Duration: Album
Format: CD Jewel Case
Quality: New Sealed

Hatesphere are one of these Nordic bands that contributed to what could be considered the second wave of Euro melodic death metal after the first wave from the 90's. Lots of bands played this brand of thrashy melodic metal with a bit of a death metal edge to it around that early 2000's period, which probably heralded the subsequent deathcore movement from yet a few years after that. In this case, there's also a definite hardcore element to the music with its brutish, confrontational style. This is the start of metal bands opting for tightness to their sound compared to the equivalent looser-sounding bands of the 90's - punchy drums, dynamic vocals, with more detailed and wide sounding guitar tones.

Recommended if you like: At The Gates, The Haunted, Hatebreed, The Crown, Illdisposed, Darkane, God Forbid, Carnal Forge

Track Listing:
1. The Beginning And The End
2. Deathtrip
3. Vermin
4. Downward To Nothing
5. Only The Strongest...
6. What I See I Despise
7. Last Cut, Last Head
8. Warhead
9. Blankeyed
10. 500 Dead People