Hopeless Hopes is Martyr's legendary 1997 debut, a record that reshaped the technical Death Metal landscape upon its self-release. Written and performed by musicians aged 17 to 23, the album crackles with youthful precision and ambition: intricate compositions, tempo shifts, melodic leads, and dual guitar harmonies that still sound ahead of their time. Guitarists Daniel Mongrain and Pier-Luc Lampron drive the record with relentless variation, moving between blistering speed and crushing mid-paced riffs, while Francois Mongrain and Francois Richard lock in a devastating rhythm foundation underneath. Those same musicians would go on to shape the Canadian metal canon through bands including Voivod, Gorguts, Despised Icon, and Kataklysm, making Hopeless Hopes an essential document of where it all began.
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