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= Hvman (Band) = Hvman (pronounced human) is an American heavy metal band from Wurtsboro, New York, formed by Steven Babcock in January of 2017. Hvman is a cross between Thrash metal and Death Metal. Steven Babcock is the only member of the band, he plays all guitars, bass, piano/keyboard, drums, and vocals, as well as writing all the lyrics and artwork.

Steven is primarily a guitar player, but can also play bass, drums, pianos, and vocals. He plays Jackson guitars. His major influence is Chuck Schuldiner from the band Death, as well as Dave Mustaine from Megadeth, Trey Azagthoth from Morbid Angel, Mille Petrozza from Kreator, and countless others.

Their debut album, Fear Lp, has much different sound than subsequent albums. It was recorded, mixed and mastered, all by Steven Babcock, which he was not familiar with, so the quality is not great. It is uncertain when Fear Lp was completely finished, but it was sometime in April of 2017.

Their second album, Death Metal LP, was a step further into the heavier side of metal, without going fully into one subgenre. Again, Steven stands solo, recording all instruments, and mixed and mastered the tracks, released his sophomore album. The final release date is again uncertain, but we do know it was sometime in July of 2017, just 3 months after he finished Fear LP.

His latest album, Inhvman is where we see a major stylistic change. The album experiments with different keyboard effects such as a Church Organ, and Choirs. Rhythm guitar lines are flawless along with the melodic guitar playing, while managing to be in the tuning of Standard E, he proved that you do not need to drop tune in order to sound heavy. Lyrics also now have reoccurring themes, such as greed, and an undefined, "Plague". The plague that is mentioned is a metaphor for a mental illness, which is greed, and wanted to fit into society without getting "infected" by "the plague". This is the first album where we have an official release date which is January 7, 2018, 6 months after Death Metal LP.

We are currently waiting for the fourth album, which Steven has confirmed is "under construction". He also tells us that it will be a true concept album, with a story that he hopes listeners will take the time out to really listen. He also says that the album is infested with subliminal messages.

= Social Medias = "Youtube account -""Soundcloud account -"

= Fear LP = Fear LP was actually recorded twice, the first initial recording, and when the album was finished, was sometime in April 2017, and the re-recording was finished sometime in June of 2017. Unfortunately, unhappy with the first recording, Steven took down the original in June, and posted the re-recording. It is still possible through hard searching, to find the original recording.

Primarily, Steven plays guitar, but decided that since he couldn't find anyone who could play metal music, he took over the roles of drums, bass, piano, and vocals. The songs are all based around the riffs Steven wrote. He mixed and mastered each track himself with a program that he used at home. He never mixed or mastered before, so the sound and quality is not great. Lyrics are, as described by Steven, "typical thrash and death metal lyrics...", being death, evilness sadism, being crazy, and Satan.

The album has 11 original songs as well as 2 cover songs which are "Morbid Visions" by Sepultura, and "Orgasmatron" by Motorhead. 3 songs are instrumentals, being "Intro to Fear", "The Rift", and "Outro to Hell". The first song Steven wrote for Hvman was "Storms of Doom".

Tracklist (all music and lyrics written by Steven Babcock except where noted*) "Total Length - 39:58"
 * 1) Intro to Fear (Instrumental) - 0:32
 * 2) Storms of Doom - 3:00
 * 3) Terror-Torture - 2:33
 * 4) Schizo - 3:11
 * 5) Evil's Face - 2:43
 * 6) The Rift (Instrumental) - 3:16
 * 7) Believe - 2:07
 * 8) Ignored - 3:51
 * 9) Untitled - 3:51
 * 10) Satanas XX - 4:17
 * 11) Outro to Hell (Instrumental) - 4:11
 * 12) Morbid Visions (Sepultura Cover)* - 3:05
 * 13) Orgasmatron (Motorhead Cover)* - 3:15

= Death Metal LP = "Death Metal LP is Steven's sophomore album. He went in a heavier direction while also staying on the thrash side of the metal spectrum. Riffs were insane in this album, heavy and fast, tons of tremolo picking, and blistering solos. The lyrics were kind of split in two parts, one being typical metal lyrics, and the other being little stories. 12 original songs, 1 sampled track, and 2 cover songs being 'The Exorcist' by Possessed, and 'Rust in Peace... Polaris' by Megadeth. 'The End' is a sampled track of 2 emergency news broadcast, informing listeners of a zombie outbreak, and after the broadcast are over, we hear seemingly a zombie feasting. 3 tracks are instrumentals, and 2 of them are tribute songs, 'Tribute to David Z' (paying tribute to recently passed David Zablidowsky who played bass for the Trans Siberian Orchestra, and metal band, Adrenaline Mob, and passed away July 14, 2017) and 'Tribute to ChTuck Schuldiner' (paying tribute to his favorite musician, Chuck Schuldiner who created the bands, Death and Control Denied, and passed away December 13, 2001). The other instrumental is 'Grave Encounter' and acts as the prelude to the following song, 'Beyond the Grave'. He also includes a joke track called, 'Death Jam' which is a crack at brutal death metal bands. Their is a secret track between 'Tribute to Chuck Schuldiner' and 'The End' which has no track number, called 'Final Swing'."Quality has not changed much from the first album. Steven was, and still is trying to learn how to mix, but like his instruments, he wants to learn himself, which is a long and grueling process.

Lyrics on some tracks now told stories instead of being the stereotypical gore theme. Songs such as "Subliminal", "Beyond the Grave", and "Under Possession" all have an actual idea, and not just nonsense. For example, "Beyond the Grave" is about a man who had passed away, and his soul still roams the earth, but he does not realize that he is dead. And when higher beings (most likely Satan) tell him that he is dead, he refuses to accept that fact, until he is brought to his grave stone, facing reality.

Tracklist (all music and lyrics written by Steven Babcock except where noted*) "Total Length - 47:58"
 * 1) Intro to Death Metal (Instrumental) - 0:24
 * 2) The Antichrist - 4:03
 * 3) The Exorcist (Possessed Cover)* - 4:03
 * 4) Feel My Wrath - 3:33
 * 5) Death Jam (Joke Track) - 1:04
 * 6) Subliminal - 3:53
 * 7) Grave Encounter (Instrumental) - 4:44
 * 8) Beyond the Grave - 3:25
 * 9) Swinging the Axe - 3:22
 * 10) Tribute to David Z (Instrumental) - 0:57
 * 11) Under Possession - 4:46
 * 12) Death Metal - 5:55
 * 13) Tribute to Chuck Schuldiner/Final Swing - 2:34
 * 14) The End (Sampled Track) - 1:21
 * 15) Rust in Peace... Polaris (Megadeth Cover)* - 3:47

= Inhvman =

Discography

 * Fear LP
 * Death Metal LP
 * Inhvman