Fisthammer - Devour All You See - review
Fisthammer - Devour All You See - review
Tracklist
01. Intro / The Final Hour of Darkness02. Razor Waves
03. Aten: Fear The Obliteration Of Earth
04. Kull The Conqueror
05. Bullet Rape
06. Berzerkers
07. Doom Of The Gods
08. Harvest
09. Zombocalypse
10. Cross The Lines In Blood
11. The Resurrection Of Bastet The Devourer
A review by
Doc G. April 20, 2012
Are you going to be completely blown away by this album? Probably not. There's not a really big reason to be, as no new ground is truly broken. But is it good? Oh, hell yes it is. They've managed to bring two great things together and balance them out tastefully to create an absolutely solid album.
Here's what it's like; technical death metal, a lot of the times, is incredibly entertaining...for about two or three songs, then it becomes really forgettable, if not entirely irritating. Once the technical prowess reveals itself as a waste, the novelty is gone and thus the value of the album. That's not a strict rule, mind you, but let's be honest with ourselves, it's far from being uncommon. Albums like that are usually trouser-shittingly awesome exclusively in the first few minutes.
Now on the other side, there's melodeath. Cotton-candy sort of fun. Yeah, those high-soaring melodic leads are grabbing at first, but the lack of unrestrained aggression really fails to sate that lust for the sonic equivalent of eating a bucket of gravel. Too hard for the mellow mood, too soft for the shit-stomping mood. Once again, not a strict rule, just a common occurrence.
Now there's Fisthammer; they take the teeth-shattering rage expressed through jagged riffs you want to hear in your tech-death, but somehow twist these great riffs back into a more flowing, linear path to make it some good catchy melodeath.
The great kicker? None. It's gritty, angry, and varied enough within their parameters that it's engaging until the end. Devour All You See is a must-hear for anyone who wants no-bullshit death metal that still sounds fresh.
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This sounds engaging.
---- 7.0 means the album is good
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Bah, at first glance I thought the band was called Flamethrower. I am disappoint.
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Album art is fantastic. Band name is lol. Music is solid, if unremarkable.
---- Learn to adapt to the change, or get washed away like tears in the rain.
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Posts: 21306 Written by Boxcar Willy on 21.04.2012 at 01:56 Fisthammer > Flamethrower if you ask me. I guess it comes down to whether or not you like porn more than Pokemon, though.
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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Posts: 9575 Written by Troy Killjoy on 21.04.2012 at 05:55 Both at once?
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Posts: 647 Written by Ksajal on 21.04.2012 at 10:31 The Iron Man? Ha I've always wanted to see that movie.
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Posts: 21306 Written by [user id=111774] on 21.04.2012 at 20:51 *responding to an old comment because I'm cool like that* Not only does it sound like Nathan Explosion on vox, but the entire album plays out like a more technically driven Dethklok. I don't understand the praise in the review, but I guess it's kind of good stuff that some death metal fans should enjoy.
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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