::Review::Rock Sound (Feburary 2002 - Issue#33)::
All hail the new kings of killer riffs! It seems little coincidence that these guys recently shared a stage with Hundred Reasons as they emerge with one of the most infectious singles you'll hear all year. Sharing the same brand of soaring energy and bold optimism, there must be something in the water because this is one unruly blast that you won't mind blowing your speakers for. - (4.5/5)

::Review::Kerrang! (19th January 2002 - 887)::
THE SOUND of a band progressing at a rate of knots, ‘You Drove Me To It’ sees our five West London charges rocking like the hard-as-nails mutha’s that they clearly aren’t, which, somehow, makes this all the more impressive. Only the band’s second single, it’s based around a big Deftones-ish hook and possesses the same oomph-factor of Hundred Reasons. If Hell Is For Heroes are the sound of young guitar-abusing Britain then we’re in pretty good hands. - KKKK (4/5)

by Ben Myers

::Review::NME (January 2002)::
The re-animated corpses of former Symposium people Will McGonagle and Joe Birch making a valiant attempt to claw metal back from the burger greased grip of our baseball hatted cousins. 'You Drove Me To It' has several rhinos worth of guitars and the appropriate reverberations of Slash from Guns 'N Roses on endless loop, apparently known in the trade as (don't snigger) 'taut riffage'. There's even something approaching an anthemic melodic surge two thirds of the way through. As your Therapy?s of olde discovered it ain't easy tying non-American tunesmithery to fisting guitar chords, because vocally speaking, if you're not going to rap and your not going to roar like The Dark Lord having his finger chopped, you end up acquiring a hernia from all that straining against the (stop it) 'taut riffage'. In a race against the abominable Bizkit this is a well-greased skateboard with a wheel missing.

by Roger Morton.

::Review::The Fly (December 2002)::
Picture this festival image: you're stumbling through the crowds when you hear a taut muscular guitar rhythm coming from one of the small stages, where this bunch are pummeling the shit out of their instruments and jumping around like mad fools. THIS is the sound of summer.

by M C

::Review::Music Week (12th January 2002)::
The two ex-members of Symposium and their mates' second single cranks up the chunky riffs, spits out discontented vocals and shows that the Brits can rock just as hard as any US nu-metallers. This is a promising start, as evidenced by playlist adds to Xfm, Radio One's Evening Session, MTV2 and Kerrang! TV. The band headline at London's Borderline on January 13.

::Review::Organ Zine (6th January 2002)::
They sound like a striped back not quite so glorious Liberty 37, kind of like the cheaper Sainsburys own brand version of that Melodic, euphoric thing that falls somewhere between emocore and indie rock. Hell Is For Heroes are OK, but hey, Hundred Reasons and Liberty 37 do it with a little more everything.

::Review::Musical Differences (.com)::
From the moment this kicks in after the single bar intro I'm off my seat reaching for the remote and cranking the stereo Right Up as far as it will go. But before I get into the innards of this single let's do the customary stating of the members ex band. Two of hell is for heroes used to be in Symposium, there now that's out of the way on to You Drove Me To It.

The lead track kicks off with a total stonker of a riff, which instantly drags you into it's merciless grip before the chorus comes in with a more subtle slice of rock action and a great singalong vocal line. The middle is brutal and by the end of the track you're just wishing you weren't sat in your bedroom listening to this at a "respectable" volume to avoid upsetting the neighbours, instead you should be in a packed smelly club with loads of people rocking out around you.

The B-sides are not quite as good as the title track (the 3rd song Kill The Silence does have a fantastically heavy chorus section) but if Hell is For Heroes, like contempories Hundred Reasons before them, can take the next step up and get some consistency in the standard of songs then they'll go very far indeed.

by Chris Officer

::Review::hmv.co.uk (January '02)::
The UK rock/metal scene seems to be on the up'n'up at the moment; bands such as Vex Red, Crackout and Hundred Reasons are already making a big noise, wel now you can add Hell Is For Heroes to that ever growing list. Formed from the ashes of teenage rockers Symposium, HIFH have one agenda - to make great music, but make it as loud AND as full-on as possible. A rowdy and catchy rock rollercoaster ride, 'You Drove Me To It' finds this young band playing the US rock/metal bands at their own game- and winning! A brilliant debut!