It is Wednesday, the worst day of the week. You can see the weekend just ahead of you, but it's unreachable. So you need a kick to get you through these few days. Have I got something special for you? A series not forgotten about, but sadly did not get the deserved platform. Hellsound, anyone? This was released between 1995 and 1997 and then just died. It probably had something to do with the fact that Hardcore wasn't as interesting as it was a few years ago, and they saw the writing on the wall. So they pulled the plug. And to this day I am sad to not have seen more of these being released. They had potential, and were something completely different (in my opinion, and in my music collection). Why ID&T, why did you pull the plug?
I had them all. Yes, I had them all. But not all in the 90s. I purchased the last one back in 2021, so I could actually say I had a full collection. And they still bring me a lot of pleasure. And the reason why? Well, you had your standard compilations, but this one seemed to focussed on a bit of everything. Everything, but a bit more rougher and tougher. You can't have happy shit on CDs with covers like this one, right? And it's called Hellsound. You had your Hardcore tunes, Gabber tunes, but also Terror, Speedcore, Acid, and more. Slightly different, slightly harder. And it's like this compilation was made for those who liked their music even faster and harder.
The collection only ran for 2 years, but it also spawned a new label, called Hellsound Records. But I'm not talking about that label, but only these CDs. These 7 glorious CDs with brilliant names such as 'Gabberland', 'The Paradise Of Pain', 'Hard As Hell', 'Dead By Dawn', 'Blessed Are The Sick', and 'As Millions Suffer...' . Yes, not your standard stuff. And even thought the collection Thunderdome was banned by my parents, they would have banned this one as well. But don't assume that the BPMs are all ridiculous and the music is just weird and obnoxious. This collection stood out from the rest by having a mixture of everything, literally everything.
Maybe it was a collection of CDs with rejected songs? Songs that weren't commercially viable, but were still given a platform. Hellsound wasn't ID&T's biggest CD collection. And some of the tunes were literally garbage, even to this day they haven't aged well. But it gave people the chance to deviate to something different, if they were bored with the standard Thunderdome-esque collections.
So, if you've never heard or seen these CDs, you are in for a treat. Here are the tracklist for all 7 CDs (yes all tracklists)! Enjoy.
Hellsound (1995)
Chosen Few - Hellfire
Bazooka - Ich Hasse Dich (Fette Ute Mix)
DJ Lancinhouse meets The Stunned Guys - We Are The Dynacore
Bionic Commanders - Adrenaline
Annihilator - Realm Of Darkness
Master Bation - House Of Hell (DJ Jordens & DJ Pavo Remix)
DJ Waxweazle - My Style
Dip - Sharpin Noise
DJ Promo - The Incredible
Rob Gee & Buzz Fuzz - Minds Over Matta
The Hardcore Brothers - Fuckin' Noise
Buzz Fuzz & Delirium - Immortality
Denztraxx - Go, Go, Go
DJ XD - Uncle X (Part 1)
Somalic Response - Don't Fuck With An S.R.
Temper Tantrum - I Get The Coke
Industrial Terror Squad - Kill The Rest
DJ Bomber - Motherfuk
The Demoniac - King Of Hardcore
Hellsound 2 - Hard As Hell (1996)
D.O.A. - Brooklyn Mob
Rob Gee - Son Of Rob Gee
The Speedfreak - No More Cheese
Kill Your Mother - Jesus Must Die
Psylocke - Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll
DJ Rob & Tim B - Twisted Minds
Dominion - Natural Born Killer (Killer Mix)
DJ Bomber - Rambo Goes Riot
Delta 9 - No More Regrets
E-De-Cologne - Kill 4 Jesus
Dano - Needle Shock
Kool Killers - Amerikaaaaah!
DJ Rob & Tim B - Holy War
Somatic Response - Fury's Theme
Rob Gee - Big Mac Daddy
Barbarian - Wizzard To Hell
Out Of Key - Tokyo Motherfucker
Killing Machine - Satan's Attack
Hellsound 3 - Dead By Dawn (1996)
DJ Waxweazle - Only U Can Stop This
Lords Of The Underworld - Rock It
Mastermind - Motherfucker
Wendy Milan - Sisterfuck
Jeremy - Throw (Hard Experience)
James Daltan - Hallucinating (Perry's Choice)
Renata Ricciardi - Overkill
3 Steps Ahead - Me So Horny
DJ Dano - Terror Is Timeless (Terror Is Remixed)
DJ Rob & Tim B - Justice
DJ Cybersnuff - Ruffbeat
The Prophet - Why Not?
The Speedfreak feat Wendy Wilan - Osaka Bombing (Excerpt)
Lords Of The Underworld - Loose Control
D.O.A. - Wanna Be A Gangster
Alluz & Nix - Serialkillers
Recharge - Fuck Me!
Stickhead - Check This Mutha Down
DJ Skinhead - Extreme Terror III
The Illegal Alien - Suck My Dick
Hellsound 4 - Gabberland (1996)
MC Rage - Fuck Macarena
Chico Chipolata - No More Happy Hardcore
Renata Ricciardi & DJ Jordens - Listen & Obay
Tellurian - Fucked Up Motherfuckers
DJ Dione - Energy
Rob Gee - Gabber Up Your Ass
Sounds Of Doom - Regret!!
Simtec vs Slamdog - This Records
DJ Raffle - DJ Raffle
Scott Brown - Full Throttle
DJ Delirium - Sound Of The Beast (Rob Gee Remix)
Bass-D & King Matthew - House
DJ Waxweazle & DJ Berry - Terrordome
The Illegal Alien - Listen To The Words
Lords Of The Underworld - Don't Waste Your Time
Twin Terror - Hardcore Soldier
Alluz & Nix - Another M.D.K.
DJ Promo & System - (Who Owns) America?
DJ Dano - Fuckem All (Original Mix)
The New York Terrorist - Hellbound Terror
Hellsound 5 - Blessed Are The Sick (1997)
DJ Waxweazle - Brainscan (In For The Kill Mix)
Bald Terror - Drummachine (Neophyte Mix)
DJ Chronotrigger vs The Thundergods Of Asgard - You Got It
Noizer & MC Drokz - Home Of The Sick
DJ Jordens & Kralen - Make Some Noise
The Mindcrimers - Madman
Simtec vs Slamdog - Point Blank
Chico Chipolata - Fuck You Up
DJ Promo - Killerz
Rotterdam Terror Corps - No Happy Shit
DJ Dave & The Chicago Hardcore Party Force - Under Control
James Daltan - Have A Nice One (Drugs!!)
Orpheus - Back In Chaos (DJ Jordens Mix)
Bass-D & King Matthew - Touch Me
Kool Killers - Amerikaaaah!! (DJ Dano's Amsterdam Mix)
DJ Delirium - No Turning Back
Psylocke - M.F. Gang
Omar Santana - You Shall Die
DJ Dione - Ready 2 Rumble
The Illegal Alien - Your Secret Fantasy
Hellsound 6 - The Paradise Of Pain (1997)
The New York Terrorist - Da Joint (Oh Oh Omar Remix)
Tellurian - Sound Of The Underground
Bass-D & King Matthew - Back To The Party
Dano & Z'EV - Put It On Table
DJ Isaac - Hardcore From The Underland
James Daltan - Necronomicon Ex Mortis
Ho-Banger - The Drill
DJ Promo - Shit To Die For
DJ 8 Mix - Hardiness
DJ Isaac & DJ Pagan - Why We Ain't Rich
Too Hostile - Welcome To Slavery
DJ Delirium - Straight From Bolivia
The Force Creators - Let The Bass Reach You
Rob Gee - Fuckin' Hostile '97
DJ E-Rick & Tactic - The Punishment
Count Negative & MC Drokz - Lie & Die
The Prophet - Peptalkin'
The Ender - Desperate
Simtec Power Squad - The Terror Project
Da Hellweazle - The 2nd War In Heaven
Hellsound 7 - As Millions Suffer... (1997)
DJ Delirium & Tellurian - X-Scape From L.A.
Leathernecks - Leathernecker
Zekt - Sound & Vision
Brain Acardy - Ya Gangsta Music
Somebody From Rotterdam - Goddamn Rotterdam
Multi Death Clan - Slavery
Twistericals - We Wanna Be Different
Highlander - Mash Up The Place
DJ Waxweazle - I'm The Voice Of Rave
The Ender - Kill Everybody
Knightvision - Biomoid
The Noize Junkie - Comin' Hard
Underground Warriors - Communicate In Xpress Rate
The Delinquents - Raise The Heat
Underground Warriors - Canvas
Siege & Menace - I Hate You
DJ Promo - Warface
Dione - All Systems Go
MC Drokz & DJ Tails - Murder All
Akira - Hell's Voices
Thank God each CD only contained one CD, and not more than 1. It already took me a while to type each tracklist. But typing this brings back a lot of memories. Hours of looking at each CD, booklet, and just being amazed by the music.
If you've got the full collection, you can hear throughout how Hardcore in general progresses. It moves at a steady pace, and the quality changes too. The timespan of these CDs is only 2 years, but within those 2 years the music grew more and more, and producing wise it also improved. Yes, there were some stinkers, but generically speaking, the music improved.
Opinion warning: the worst of these CDs (to me) are the first and the last CD. 2 to 6 were the best.
This is a good representation of Hardcore music from around 1995 to 1997. Yes, you can go for the standard compilations, but if you want to hear what Hardcore had to offer back then, I think Hellsound is the right compilation for you. Especially if you like your Hardcore a bit faster, rougher, and generically tougher.
Each CD had one track I listened to over and over again. But which ones? Well, these:
Hellsound : DJ XD - Uncle X (Part 1)
Hellsound 2 : E-De-Cologne - Kill 4 Jesus
Hellsound 3 : The Prophet - Why Not?
Hellsound 4 : Sounds Of Doom - Regret!!
Hellsound 5 : Rotterdam Terror Corps - No Happy Shit
Hellsound 6 : Count Negative & MC Drokz - Lie & Die
Hellsound 7 : Brain Acardy - Ya Gangsta Music
You might have a different opinion, but there also a shit ton of crap songs on each CD, most notably the 'Fuck Macarena' song . What a load of rubbish that song is. Not even worth mentioning as a Hardcore song. Embarrassing, to say the least.
But however you feel about the good and the bad songs, this compilation was important, and still is to this day. It has stood the test of time, and it gave us a wide variety of what Hardcore had to offer. Hardcore wasn't this standard style, and it had so much to give. You should definitely check this compilation out, if you haven't already. An important collection of records from the glorious years of 90s Hardcore. A glimpse into the past, and a good representation of what producers could do back in the days.
Loving this compilation. Sad that it stopped after the seventh instalment, but it had to be this way.
But thankfully for you all, there are a shit ton of videos on YouTube for you all to enjoy, so here they are!
Artists: Various Artists
Genre/Style; Hardcore, Gabber, Speedcore
CD Info: Full Hellsound Collection (vol.1 to 7)
CD Length: +/+ 7 hours
Tracks: 137 (hundred and thirty-seven)
Label: ID&T
Product Numbers: HSCOMP001/A, HSCOMP002/A, etc
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