Fehler - Dissona (Album Review)

Album Type: Full Length

Date Released: April16th, 2012

Label: Hammerheart Records

 

 

Track Listing

 

1) First Rites 4:19

2) Revelations 5:13

3) Vanity 3:57

4) Plagues and Strangers 4:19

5) Affluenza 7:06

6) Knife Chase 3:33

7) Dreams of Lead 2:23

8) Kingdoms 3:06

9) Miserablist 5:42

 

Total Running Time 39:38

 

Bio

 

Fehler captures a dark blend of noise/sludge/doom metal not unlike Cursed, Crowbar, and High on Fire. With the release of 'Adharma' on the illustrious Black Death Records at the end of 2009, Fehler began to shape its form. The five blistering tracks of dark and raw energy were well-recieved by press like Aversiononline, LiveXS, Zware Metalen, Oor, Maelstrom, Ashladan, Helldriver, Aardschok and Lords Of Metal. In the meantime, Fehler's growth as a live band resulted in shows with the likes of Amenra, Kruger, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Kickback, Taint, Suma, Minsk, A Storm Of Light, Black Breath, Misery Index, Kylesa and many more. 2012 sees the release of 'Dissona', their debut full length album, released by Hammerheart Records. Expect everything from short and aggressive outbursts to sound-layered epics

 

Current Line up

 

Twan – Guitars

Demian - Guitars

Freek- Bass and Vocals

Ruud- Drums

 

Review

 

Fehler are a four piece stoner/sludge/doom metal band from the Netherlands. They play a great blend of sludgey doom with a stoner twist.

Fehler means mistake, flaw or blunder in German and with this record, Dissona, Fehler are neither mistaken or flawed and have definitely not made any blunders here.

Dissona is released on Hammerheart records. This is their first release on the label, but the band’s debut E.P. Adharma came out on Black Death Records in 2009.

First rites is a sweet introduction to the album, instrumental with clean guitars riffing tightly and melodically together, while the bass and drums dig defensive positions for later on. Then we all sit back for the last minute as a viola or cello, I’m not sure and I think I might be a philistine, but it’s bowed and it takes us to the next stage in a kind of melodic cadence.

Revelations kicks off with a proper riff twisting and turning, then some nice high chords bring in the verse, Freek’s vocal, dark and growling provide a good contrast with the guitars then some sweet thrash drumming.

These Dutch boys know how to arrange a great song, but I personally cannot see the comparisons with Crowbar they keep getting!. There is an influence there but that's all. This is a first class stoner metal album with the emphasis on metal, this band have arrived and they make this sound their own.

Nine songs in total and the third track, Vanity contains my favourite riff on this record. Then we have Plagues and Strangers and Affluenza both choc full of riffs and unsettling themes.

With Knife Chase take my advice and don’t play this song at any anger management course, I love the way this song winds down, a bit like a slow motion explosion on a fairground carousel. The discord of the arrangements in Dreams of Lead show for great metal song writing, even on this, the shortest song.

Kingdoms the slowest and most reflective song, has great structures and vocals, and on Miserablist this very angry title says it all.  This is a fantastic metal album, and I think the metal loving masses should check this out.  Their next release has even more potential to be even more awesome.

Written by: John Slaymaker

This is another outstanding record and as usual I have to say a massive thank you to the Fehler and Hammerheart Records for hooking us up with this great record.  For more information about the band, please check out the links below and you can buy the record here

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