Year: 2007
Label: Relapse
Format: CD
Tracks: 8
Time: 42 min.
Lyrical themes: politics , social issues
Genre: rock
Style: Death Metal
"On War of Attrition", hyper-technical-grindcore gurus Dying Fetus offer up more of the
same, but the quality hasn't changed. The guys in Fetus still know how
to make some fairly kick ass modern grindcore, despite what nay-sayers might
say. The riffs are pummeling as expected, super-fast grind riffs mixed in
with chugga-chugga death metal riffing. They have a nice grit and
rawness to them bringing an overall rich and deep sound to the table.
The unfortunate thing is that most of the riffs aren't very memorable,
which is something death metal in particular needs. It's not that
they're clusterfucked and constantly changing like many contemporary
death metal acts; it's that they just don't bring enough catchiness,
groove, or shear technicality to be memorable. But they're not bad in
the last bit, they just don't stick in the end, save for the track
"Insidious Repression", which has some very nice, rather unforgettable
riffs throughout. The bass guitar does a very nice job filling in the low end. It's fairly
audible throughout and even pokes its ugly head out to take
center-stage a few times, like in "Insidious Repression" and
"Unadulterated Hatred". However, overall, it just fills in the sub-noise
and really does nothing exceptional. The drumming owns on this album. It's fast, fucking relentless, and
fairly technical at times. Though the constant blast-beats can grow
tiresome, the awesome fills and the overall pummeling driving force of
them makes them probably the best part of the album. And, notwithstanding, is the decent vocal performance, which mostly
consists of septic gurgles usual for the genre, getting fairly boring
after a while. However, the other, more high-pitched growls that are
also used are much better, mainly because there's much more overall
variety to them in that they change pitch and often carry some melody
whereas the gurgles are fairly monotone, but they also add a small, but
decent variety to the album. Having it littered with nothing but gurgles
would undoubtably make it more of a boring listen. So, all-in-all, a worthy release that goes by extremely underrated.
Contrary to what the band's harshest critics might say, this is not
Fetus selling out. This is Fetus continuing to kick ass with some
top-notch thrash-metal, grindcore and Discharge "d-beat" spirit, despite its minor flaws (it lacks memorability in
many areas and can get mildly boring at times).
Year: 2003
Label: Relapse
Format: CD
Tracks: 8
Time: 36 min.
Lyrical themes: politics , social issues
Genre: rock
Style: Death Metal
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Year: 2000
Label: Relapse
Format: CD
Tracks: 8
Time: 36 min.
Lyrical themes: politics , social issues
Genre: rock
Style: Death Metal
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