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Feed Her To The Sharks - Fortitude review



Reviewer:
7.4

11 users:
7.27
Band: Feed Her To The Sharks
Album: Fortitude
Release date: February 2015


01. The World Is Yours
02. Chasing Glory Video
03. Burn The Traitor
04. Shadow Of Myself
05. Terrorist
06. Heart Of Stone
07. Walking On Glass
08. Fear Of Failure
09. Faithless
10. Badass
11. Let Go
12. Memory Of You [bonus]
13. Buried Alive [bonus]

Feed Her To The Sharks's Fortitude is a solid metalcore record from a band bringing renewed passion to the genre. While the songs follow a simple formula, the band's driving rhythms and unstoppable energy set it apart. The aggression is impeccable and the melody is heartbreaking.

My favorite part of this record may yet be the clean vocals. The fact that they're used sparingly and only at the right moments really highlights how special they are. But I loved Periphery's latest, so shoot me. Like our friends in Periphery, the screams, growls, and emotional cleans are all done by the same talented due: Andrew Vanderheim. That's where the similarities end. Feed Her To The Sharks plays a hugely energetic though very generic metalcore where breakdowns are the star of the show instead of 37 extra guitar strings. Eight of the eleven songs are within the 3 minute mark, and many of them could easily have been "the radio hit." If you find metalcore inherently commercial and are OK with that, then I'd immediately recommend this album. They won't bring any haters over to the dark side; they just take formulaic metalcore and do it really well.

Initially I found the band name awkward and rather silly. Then I realized these dudes are from Australia and it somehow made sense, given the prevalence of certain marine life down under. That said, visualizing the action of physically feeding a woman to hungry sharks really brings to mind certain grindcore, death metal, or even a few black metal bands. This music, while extremely heavy and aggressive, has an underlying gentleness to it that threads all other elements through the seams. If their music is any indication, anyone these guys wanted dead would be killed in a slightly more humane way than having sections of their body gouged out by giant wild aniamal teeth.

Fortitude could have done with a bit more variety if they really wanted to take it to the next level, but as it is it's enjoyable and never feels too long. I was a bit surprised to learn it's their 3rd album, though my research intrigued me toward the previous two releases. Newly signed to Victory Records, I'm excited to hear where these guys take their passion and energy next time around. The potential is certainly there. Add them to your watch list, metalcore fans.





Written on 25.02.2015 by Susan appreciates quality metal regardless of sub-genre. Metal Storm Staff since 2006.

Twitter: @HeavyMetalSusan


Comments

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25.02.2015 - 09:26
AssailantForce

Neat review. I never tried them. Simply because of that name. I felt the same. But the context you set changed the game.
So I tried a few. I would partly endorse your claims. Catchy hooks remain. It is all, that sustains.
Limited phucks to give. No, they're not a pain. But the spectrum of AILD and TDWP put them *breakdown* comfortably to shame.
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