Tuesday, September 29, 2009 No Comments
I’m overworked and overplayed but the new Dying Fetus is not. Stamp of approval, although it’s not as brutal as I was thinking it would be and I find myself getting a little bored and slightly annoyed at some of the guitar work… I guess I’m still not much of a guitar solo kind of person. (Unless it’s Slash.) I do love the runs on “Shepherd’s Commandment.” The new drummer is pretty sweet though and John Gallagher’s vox still rule. The album kicks off strong with “Your Treachery Will Die With You,” but tends to wax and wane afterwards. The weakest song is unfortunately the title track.
Standouts: “Hopeless Insurrection,” “Atrocious By Nature” and “At What Expense.”
I wish I could remember which new songs I saw them play during Summer Slaughter this year… they’re definitely still maniacally awesome live. Headed overseas with Cannibal Corpse next… lucky Europeans.
Saturday, June 6, 2009 1 Comment
So it’s been a bit since I have been able to take in a show…I thought Summer Slaughter would be the perfect opportunity to get back into the thick of the metal scene again. Got started a little late, was 3:15p.m. by the time I got on the road but Baltimore is only about an hour away from where I live so I figured I may miss Beneath The Massacre but would get to see everybody else I wanted to see.
Except I forgot that I live in northern Virginia. And it was a Friday. And it was raining. I literally rode my brake all the way to Baltimore – it took me 3 hours to get there. I started texting friends that I knew were at the show and found out that Origin was taking the stage… and I had just barely driven over the Maryland state line at that point. Origin, who put out one of my favourite albums of last year, was the reason I wanted to go see this show. While they ruled the stage, I was watching the guy in the car behind me play with his miniature soccer ball hanging from his rearview mirror. When I finally pulled into a parking spot the gas gauge on my car said “0 miles until empty.” I was so frustrated by that point I said fuck it, I’ll figure out my lack of gas situation AFTER the show.
I slammed a crown and diet then ordered a second one… took a breath and started enjoying the show. I managed to catch the last song of Born of Osiris and then settled in to watch Dying Fetus… I grinned all the way through their set. They played two songs off their upcoming September release and both of them were heavy as shit. I could have watched them play for another hour, but eh, it’s a festival and everyone has shorter playtimes to keep everybody moving. They will be heading over to Europe later in the summer to open for Cannibal Corpse… I’m thinking about how I may stow away in their luggage…
Traipsing back and forth between the two rooms at Sonar (a slew of local bands played the smaller stage in between the main stage sets) I re-entered the room to catch Winds of Plague, whose singer was rocking a Mohawk… cuteness. Ha. Good energy, thought they did a great job.
Saw a bit of Darkest Hour, they ALSO have a new one coming out…which I didn’t know about. Played lots of old shit, which was fun plus the new tracks, which seemed a bit heavier than the Deliver Us album… so now I’m interested in hearing the new one, “The Eternal Return” when it drops June 9th… which is this Tuesday.
Suffocation rocked out 3 new songs, which is good… I suppose. I wanted to hear more old shit. I don’t think they played one track off of Souls to Deny and Frank forgot the lyrics of his last song and apologized, saying that it was his fault and that it won’t ever happen again which I found humorous… This WAS the first show of the tour, of course it will be a bit bumpy and other than the lack of songs that I wanted to hear, they didn’t disappoint. July 3rd we will see the “Blood Oath” release.
Necrophagist was great. As always. So now, post-show, I still had the problem of the empty gas tank. And a bassist by the name of Ji Park is now my new hero, leading me to the nearest gas station and not letting me be stranded in the middle of Downtown Baltimore. Thanks dude. See you guys at Dillinger at the Rock and Roll Hotel on Thursday…
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 No Comments
Dying Fetus is entering Wright Way Studios in Baltimore, MD to work on their next album, slated for release in the fall. Of course, it will be EPIC. And BRUTAL.
We’ll see them on tour alongside Suffocation, Origin and Necrophagist on the Summer Slaughter tour which kicks off in their home town at Sonar on June 5th. This has been your official Dying Fetus update.
