"The music of fellow DeLand band Hope and Suicide, however, is the real reason I motored out there. Moving at a slower, more threatening pace, this is deadly Southern metal with long, sharp teeth.
They’ve been quiet lately, but they just completed their first full-length album, to be released Sept. 16 on Nashville’s SuperNova Records, the label owned and run by Today Is the Day’s Steve Austin. They’re starting a major East Coast tour in September to support it that includes dates with equally dope acts like Zoroaster, Black Tusk and Kylesa.
This show was Hope and Suicide’s re-emergence as a live entity and a hide-tanning reminder that they mean business. They’re one of those bands so dominating that they command every shred of your being for the duration of the set. Nothing else matters when Hope and Suicide is playing. Nothing. How the paint in the room managed not to peel, I’ll never know.
What makes them great is that they manifest the full throttle and essence of metal without any of its clichés. The result is pure heaviness. Of the deep Florida tradition of heavy music, Hope and Suicide is the absolute cream. Bow. Down. Now." ~baolehuu@orlandoweekly.com