Is The Bastard Hammers' best album?

[Ellestin]

is it?

where can I buy it anyway?

 

[WhiteBeastofWotan]

Its my favorite of theirs, but most people around here seem to think The August Engine is their best.

 

[Krilons Resa]

Ellestin, it would be YOUR favorite methinks.

 

[Climb Thar Hill]

Aye, I think it's their best. August Engine is damn good, but The Bastard bastardizes August Engine

 

[swizzlenuts]

I can't compare The Bastard and The August Engine because they are so different and both so great.

However, The August Engine and The Bastard are each > The Locust Years, Fields, and Church of Broken Glass.

 

[Vittra]

The Bastard is certainly my favourite, love that album to death.

It's out of print currently. "Temporarily sold out" on the main HoM site, which may indicate that a possible re-issue is in the works.

 

[JayKeeley]

The Bastard is probably my favorite (for several reasons) but in reality, The August Engine is their magnum opus just for the sheer genius of it all. I go back and forth between them tbh. Either way, both are mandatory 10/10 buy or die, after which Fields is better than Locust Years which in turn is better than Church.

 

[General Zod]

It's kind of like asking if Blood, Fire, Death is Bathory's best. It would be more to the point to ask, which is HoM's least over-hyped piece of tripe?

I'm fairly certain that if it weren't for JK's ability to glamour (<- True Blood terminology) this forum, Hammers would be seen as the overly pretentious load of crap they actually are.

Zod

 

[JayKeeley]

yes yes it's all mass hypnosis

 

[General Zod]

yes yes it's all mass hypnosis

I'm pretty sure it's something all you Brits learn at university.

Zod

 

[swizzlenuts]

Yeah, I only like HoM because JK does.

 

[General Zod]

Yeah, I only like HoM because JK does.

Thank you. The first step in dealing with a problem, is admitting you have one.

Zod

 

[Demilich]

He just kept harping on and on about them and I eventually had to concede.

The Bastard was the one he bitched most about, hence my "favourite."

 

[Ellestin]

Thank you guys. Now on to my second question

 

[Vittra]

It was already answered above

 

[J.]

It's kind of like asking if Blood, Fire, Death is Bathory's best.

No. It's Twilight of the Gods.

 

[Reign in Acai]

Hammerheart!

 

[Ellestin]

It was already answered above

oh rite. Thank you then

 

[JayKeeley]

I'm pretty sure it's something all you Brits learn at university.

Zod

this made me LOL

 

[cthulufhtagn]

just heard trot out the dead for the first time, not only awesome but already better than anything on the bastard. should i go ahead and get the locust years or is it not representative of the rest?