Feared - Synder - review
Feared - Synder - review
Tracklist
01. Synder02. Your Demise
03. Of Iron And Ashes
04. Caligula
05. My Grief, My Sorrow
06. Dygder
07. By Silent Screaming
08. Wolf At The End Of The World
09. My Own Redemption
10. Dying Day
11. War Feeding War
12. The Narcissist
13. Godless Devotion
A review by
deadone May 05, 2015
Feared doesn't do anything new per se. What they do is take a whole heap of groove metal, melodic death, thrash and occasionally progressive components and wrap it around a core of meaty death metal. And they do it really well.
The result is ballsy and punchy riff-laden death metal. Unlike so many Nordic bands, Feared remember that the ultimate point of metal is aural violence and to worship the almighty riff. And it doesn't matter if that riff is a slow, groove-filled monster or blistering thrash attack. The vocals are done well too, be they cavernous growls, death thrash barks ala Marco Aro or even Randy Blythe-style bellows.
Sure they slow down and go proggy like on "The Narcissist" or moody on "Godless Devotion." But it's done well and even they can't help themselves but throw a pummelling thrash time change on "The Narcissist."
The highlights are undoubtedly the mid-to-faster-paced numbers, especially mosh anthems "Caligula" and "War Feeding War" or "My Own Redemption" with its muscular combo of big, chuggy riffs and guttural growls or in your face death thrash of "Dying Day."
There is one dud of a song here, and bizarrely the band chose it for a video. That's "By Silent Screaming" and it's boring and rather messy from the perspective of composition and flow. Still, 11 good-to-great songs out of 12 is pretty good.
It's great to once more hear some great ballsy death metal coming out of Sweden (aside from mighty Entombed/Entombed A.D./whatever they're called these days). Though the author hates such phrases, this is one of those instances when one could call a band underrated. This kind of quality metal demands attention and one can only hope Synder gives Feared some much deserved success.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 9 |
| Songwriting: | 8 |
| Originality: | 7 |
| Production: | 9 |
Written by deadone | May 05, 2015
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Dying to hear this...
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I hope it's better than Vinter.
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Posts: 4326 Written by flightoficarus on 05.05.2015 at 16:46 Have you heard Furor Incarnatus?
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Posts: 1127 Written by LeKiwi on 05.05.2015 at 17:31 No, I'm relatively new to these guys.
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Posts: 4326 Written by flightoficarus on 05.05.2015 at 17:48 Ahh, judging by your rating of Vinter they probably aren't for you...
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Posts: 1127 Written by LeKiwi on 05.05.2015 at 17:56 It just feels like it's missing something. The riffs are awesome, but the vocals are kind of bland and the whole thing just lacks a certain personality.
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Posts: 3644 Written by flightoficarus on 05.05.2015 at 18:01 Agreed, this band just sounds extremely generic. Not bad, but nothing really stands out.
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Sounds like something I would like. Don't know the band, so I'll check it out when it's out
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Posts: 4326 Written by flightoficarus on 05.05.2015 at 18:01 I think Mario does some of the most bestial vocals I've ever heard. As for the music, it's just about "worshiping the riff", so there's not much more to it 
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Posts: 3644 Written by deadone on 06.05.2015 at 01:23 Not disagreeing with you here.
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Posts: 4326 Written by Zap on 05.05.2015 at 19:00 Can you name one band which sounds similar? Feared have a unique sound that's yet to be recreated by any band afaik.
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Posts: 3644 Written by LeKiwi on 06.05.2015 at 13:46 You know what, now that I'm listening to them again, I have to admit that I can't. They don't sound similar to one band in particular, but I still get the feeling I've heard it all before somewhere. It's a mish mash of a lot of bands. For you that might qualify as a unique sound, but I just don't find it exciting. As Icarus said, it lacks personality.
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Posts: 4326 Written by Zap on 06.05.2015 at 19:29 You have to really dig groove to like this band. If you don't you might as well not bother  Hardly any death metal bands groove like these guys.
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Posts: 3644 Written by LeKiwi on 06.05.2015 at 20:18 You're probably right
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Posts: 64371 Written by LeKiwi on 05.05.2015 at 03:23 I don't think this is something special To/Die/For
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