Dying Fetus - War Of Attrition review
| Band: | Dying Fetus |
| Album: | War Of Attrition |
| Style: | Deathgrind, Brutal death metal, Technical death metal |
| Release date: | March 06, 2007 |
| A review by: | Herzebeth |
01. Homicidal Retribution
02. Fate Of The Condemned
03. Raping The System
04. Insidious Repression
05. Unadulterated Hatred
06. Ancient Rivalry
07. Parasites Of Catastrophe
08. Obsolete Deterrence
I loved Dying Fetus when I first heard "Nocturnal Crusifixion", it was brutal and scary, the vocals were so low and bleeding that made me look under my bed before sleeping, the music was so extreme and so intense that jammed this song in my top 5 of that time, it was one of the most agressive bands I had ever heard!
Then they signed to Relapse Records, now everything they release is just bland and very gay, they did a good effort in "Destroy The Opposition" but that album never sounded like the old Dying Fetus, it was a band trying to sell more albums and trying to hit the mainstream so bad that ended up masturbating with a pencil instead of writing good brutal songs with it.
Their new album is just an extension of their "Relapse Titles", it's hostile in some ends, it's neither edgy nor intense, it's just straight Death Metal with hardcore elements all over the place (less than expected at least). This album didn't mark their return, at least not for me, it's better than the ridiculously gay "Stop At Nothing" yes, but it's never as awesome as albums like "Purification Through Violence" were.
This album is half-good, actually if you don't compare it with their first couple of albums it would be a nice release, but all in all it's actually a "meh..." creator, an album that you might buy and forget about it after the first couple of spins, an album that will magically appear in your pile of CD's 3 years from now and you won't even remember the titles of the songs, it's that insignificant to tell you the truth.
I think if you're a fan of the band you need to buy this album, if you already bought "Stop At Nothing" well...you can't possibly screw things up more, but if you're not a completionist, don't even download this album, porn is more entertaining.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 8 |
| Songwriting: | 6 |
| Originality: | 5 |
| Production: | 9 |
Written by Herzebeth | 11.04.2007
Comments
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| Eight Shapeshifter Posts: 2134  |
When i hear first online song, i thought it would be something worth listening to, but after i listened to whole album...disappointment.
---- Book: "I am a Shepherd. Folks like a man of God." Mal: "No, they don't. Men of God make everyone feel guilty and judged."
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| Thryce Retired Staff Elite Posts: 4358  |
This album is indeed not their best. But not their worst either! Everyone has his own opinion of course, but all in all I don't think this album is that bad as you want to appear that it is, Herzebeth... Meh.
---- Real-deal deathcore - the sledgehammer you never knew you needed in your life. Shattering your comfort zone to pieces. One breakdown at a time.
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| Herzebeth Posts: 5537  |
Written by Thryce on 11.04.2007 at 13:03 huh?¡?¡? 
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| Stigmatized .......... Posts: 3820  |
Meh, none of the song really stood out to me. The album had tthis sound like all the instruments were kind of random too. I'd say a 6.8 rating is fair.
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| Lucas Mr. Noise Elite Posts: 13427  |
Herzebeth, what is it with that latest comment.. ?? Name me ONE THING that is more entertaining than porn, and I shall deliver it to you personally, with a nice pink scarf around it. 
---- SLUDGE. DOOM. DEATH. Wait, what?  "The reason I'm running for president is because I can't be Bruce Springsteen." - Barack Obama
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| Herzebeth Posts: 5537 |
Written by Lucas on 12.04.2007 at 21:51 exactly...I said porn is more entertaining. anyway, I have the correct answer for your question dude..HAVING SEX is way more entertaining that watching porn, go on, send me that stuff with a pink scarf around it... I'll give you my address when you confirm me with a picture wahooo hehehe
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| Lucas Mr. Noise Elite Posts: 13427 |
Dude, I don't know how, but I'll figure out a way to do it. 
---- SLUDGE. DOOM. DEATH. Wait, what? "The reason I'm running for president is because I can't be Bruce Springsteen." - Barack Obama
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| Deadsoulman Elite Posts: 8004  |
Several things here First, I think the rating doesn't match the tone of the review. 6.8 is not a bad rating for an album you onviously dislike. Second, I tried and tried but couldn't find anything homosexual about Dying Fetus' music, unlike what you assessed in the second paragraph of your review. Last, and more important, I don't agree with your review. I actually enjoy this album a lot. I've loistened to it a good dozen times since I bought it the other day and I don't get bored of it. I like the riffs, I like the voals, I find theoverall songwriting pretty catchy and the songs have distinctive features. I also like the insane drumming and the groovy breaks. I think the explanation is quite simple: I don't have the same approach as you, in the sense that I've never been a Dying Fetus fan and I've never really listened closely to this band. I don't really know their previous albums except for a few songs here and there, so I can't judge their evolution. And seeing things like this, War Of Attrition is a very good and talented death metal album
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| Dangerboner Lactation Cnslt Posts: 7262  |
Written by Deadsoulman on 13.04.2007 at 21:50 Oh man, you're missing out then. Destroy the Opposition and Grotesque Impalement are one of the greatest death metal albums/EPs ever.
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| Herzebeth Posts: 5537 |
Written by Deadsoulman on 13.04.2007 at 21:50 thanks for this comment that actually made me think twice
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| Deadsoulman Elite Posts: 8004 |
You're right man, a band has to play pop after starting out as a grind act for me to call them sell-outs You love death metal while I only like it, that explains why I don't agree with a lot of your reviews such as this one and the last Kataklysm for example But I respect your opinion because you really can back it up man.Oh, and about that gay thing, I meant it as a joke, I know you were not talking about homosexual lyrics or something  I just forgot to include a smiley at the end lol. But you know I don't like the use of "gay" in the sense of "bad" 
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| White Winter Sun Laboratory's Rat Elite Posts: 2198  |
Just few words to said that Dying Fetus has posted the first video from "War of Attrition", for 'Homicidal Retribution', at this location.
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| DoomGuard Posts: 368  |
Written by [user id=7882] on 11.04.2007 at 08:29 It's not dissapointing albums, its just harsh reviewers that don't give credit I saw these guys on tour while promoting this album and you know wat? It was a freaking awesome show, their 'Destroy The Opposition' album was very good and has my favorite song from the band on there (Epidemic of Hate)....This album is well produced and not really 'gay' if you look at In Flames' new crap their calling music... I bought this album and got it signed by the 3 members still in the band, and i've listened to it twice all the way through and i still love it...it's an unappreciated good album i guess
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| Uirapuru Liver Failure Posts: 2955  |
That's actually very good, they are still the super killer death grind  And i didn't see all the bad thing that a lot of people seem to found. Its really different from the previous, easier to get into, and I like it because of that... when a band gets a little less ''chaotic'' in their songs, doesnt mean they are becoming gay...
----  ---- member of the true crusade against old school heavy metal, early 80s thrash, NWOBHM, traditional doom, first and second wave black metal, old school death metal, US power metal, 70s prog rock and atmospheric doomsludgestoner. o/
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| Maxx666 Meshuggahian Posts: 376  |
Although Dying Fetus is my best death metal band but this album really pissed me off.Man i was hoping for brutality in the level of Killing On Adrenaline or Destroy the opposition
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| Motionless Posts: 17  |
War of Attrition is a very good album. I agree that Stop at nothing is bad. But for me that's the only bad album in their discography. Unique band extremely technical and brutal. As for the review. By the way their best album to date is undeniably destroy the opossition:beer2:
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| Butters49 Posts: 208  |
This album is fucking sick! killer fuckin' riffs in this album
---- "Sataaaaaaaaan. Yeah yeah!" -King Diamond
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| TrialByFire Posts: 13  |
"very gay" Reviewer devolves to the level of a nine year old who knows that gay is a 'naughty word'.
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| (o> . <o> ) Posts: 242  |
"very gay" No wonder this was written in 2007
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306  |
Written by (o> . <o> ) on 07.06.2020 at 03:09 Also note that it was written by Herz. Though not an excuse in and of itself, it at least provides some context. He was only ever really familiar in English with gay slurs and synonyms for brutal, and at the time he was a necessary evil.
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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| (o> . <o> ) Posts: 242 |
Written by Troy Killjoy on 07.06.2020 at 07:50 Well that's some interesting piece of lore
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306 |
Written by (o> . <o> ) on 07.06.2020 at 08:08 Just take a look through his review and comment history (or don't, take my word for it, and save yourself the time). He would have been banned by our current standards. Then again, a lot of what was accepted in the early days wouldn't fly now. This review is actually one of the more respectful and professional of his, which says a lot.
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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| (o> . <o> ) Posts: 242 |
Written by Troy Killjoy on 07.06.2020 at 08:35 Yeah that's why I wrote no wonder it was written in that year. I don't think that I was any better back then, considering I was an edgy 12 year old who though he was smarter than anyone else. Pretty sure harassment and slurs were quite a nonchalant thing back then.
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