Hopeless Hopes

by Martyr

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papazappa13 What can I say? This is a Death Thrash masterpiece. It's crazy to think how young all of the members of Martyr were at this time. I always loved the Technical Thrash aspects of this entire album. Truly a go-to if you like technical Death or Thrash. Favorite track: Inner Peace.

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1.	Hopeless Hopes 06:01	buy track
2.	Prototype 04:27	buy track
3.	Elementals 04:40	buy track
4.	Non Conformis 06:39	buy track
5.	Ostrogoth 04:36	buy track
6.	The Blind's Reflection 07:14	buy track
7.	Inner Peace 05:01	buy track
8.	Ars Nova 04:29	buy track
9.	Nipskÿ 07:55	buy track

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Hopeless Hopes is Martyr's debut full-length album. It was released independently on November 5, 1997 when the band members were aged between 17 to 23 years old.

A remastered re-issue was released by Galy Records in October 2006 with four extra tracks.

Martyr is a technical death-thrash band from Quebec, Canada who play some very intelligent, complex, and aggressive metal. Their debut album Hopeless Hopes has nine songs, each containing plenty of tempo changes, melodic guitar leads, and dual harmonies. Guitarists Daniel Mongrain and Pier-Luc Lampron present a tight and vicious guitar tandem. They inject loads of variation and subtleties in their riffs, and move from blistering speed attacks to mid-paced standard crunching effectively, giving the album its great dynamics. And both guitarists contribute some damn fine uplifting and melodic leads. Bassist Francois Mongrain does well to make himself heard on this album. And rightly so, because the guy can shred! Most of the time he follows behind the guitarists, but oftentimes he thrusts forth some licks that just make your mouth foam! And due to the album’s superior production, his bass comes across nice and clear. And I’ve always thought it was cool when you can hear the bassist’s fingers move across the frets, making that slight scraping sound. Drummer Francois Richard is pretty rock solid also, keeping perfect time with the other members. Francois injects enough variation in his playing to keep things interesting. Handling vocal duties on the album are both guitarist Daniel and bassist Francois.The music is just too damn enticing, and after repeated listens ,with music this complex, it really helps to hear every instrument clearly, and with good balance.

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released November 5, 1997

Daniel Mongrain - lead vocals, guitar
Pier-Luc Lampron - guitar
François Mongrain - bass, death growls
François Richard - drums

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Martyr Montreal, Québec

Martyr is based in Quebec, Canada. Their music is seen as technical progressive death metal.
Intricate and aggressive Technical Metal style is built on complex structures which allies a multitude of emotions from many different musical approaches. The music is not limited to the conventions of traditional metal music, the band striving to push those limits to create a more open-minded concept. ... more

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