History & Biography The heavy metal band was founded in Seattle, Washington, USA in 1997, but the first release was Demo 2002. Jeff Loomis of Nevermore was a guest. The Voyeurs Of Utter Destruction As Beauty was a 2003 demo that was re-released by Crash Music in 2005. It was recorded and mixed at Annihilator/Nevermore guitarist Curran Murphy’s Smiley Sounds Studio. Curran had a guest slot on the debut demo’s Shadows. Van Williams of Nevermore was on the release. Since no band has ever made money, made it or in any shape succeeded on Pavement/Crash the band went on a hiatus. The label had signed the band for four records and had stated, “We look forward to helping develop the band into being a major success in the metal genre."
Spitting At The Stars was a 2011 demo. It featured several guest appearances. Jim Colson was replaced by Dean Strenberg previously of Into Eternity who had been a guest on the last release. The band was working on new music, but it was hiatus-land again for the act.
Reviews PURE SWEET HELL - THE VOYEURS OF UTTER DESTRUCTION AS BEAUTY - CRASH
Van Williams, the drummer for Nevermore, is behind the exquisitely-titled Pure Sweet Hell and its debut album, The Voyeurs Of Utter Destruction As Beauty. If the album's title is puzzling, then the band's diverse music is as elusive in description. It is not that Pure Sweet hell is ever tender or sedate, but the thirteen tracks on the disc veer from heavy to thrash metal to punk and even to mallcore. Forgetting the latter transgression as a lapse in judgment, the majority of the album is filled up with slamming big riffs and noisy passages. The band uses technology, samples and other noice-inducing means, but one gets the feeling that they are more a function of the availability of technology than an intentional direction for the trio. Then again, the artwork, titles and lyrics clearly mean business. A project, but more than a side-project, Pure Sweet Hell is loud, brash and in-your-face. - Ali "The Metallian"
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