Album Type: Full Length
Date Released: 27/01/2017
Label: Century Media Records
This is finely honed death metal, referencing all
the greats of the genre from this side of the pond and managing to create an
identity all of its own. Deserted Fear are ones to watch for sure: feral stuff,
crushing all in their path. This album puts 2017 off to a great start for death
metal!
“Dead
Shores
1). Intro
2). The Fall of Leaden Skies
3). The Edge of Insanity
4). Open the Gates
5). Corrosion of Souls
6). Interlude
7). Towards Humanity
8). The Carnage
9). Face Our Destiny
10). Till the Last Drop
11). Carry On
12). A Morbid Vision
13). The Path of Sorrow
The Review:
Deserted
Fear
specialise in the kind of death metal so beloved of Scandinavian and European
bands. Don't think Nile or Immolation. Think Asphyx
and Entombed.
This is the band's third full length and they bring their Teutonic terror to
the masses in fine style here. The tanks roll, the sound is pleasingly clear
and bright, but with the right amount of grit to make this sound... real.
No
super fast blasting here, no so-low-you-can-barely-hear-them vocals. This is
honest to goodness (not much goodness) death metal from Germania .
“The
Fall of Leaden Skies” is the first track after a scene setting intro
and it really sums up the record: if you like this one then “The
Edge of Sanity” will get your neck snapping in similar fashion.
The
band offer up their own sound, but the aforementioned bands, Revel in Flesh,
At The Gates,
Dismember
and so on are all valid reference points. “Corrosion of Souls”, “Towards
Humanity” and “The Carnage” offer up concise and
rocking workouts; the song writing is lean and effective: riffs, changes, good
vocals. Some tracks are pacier than others, but this is all head nodding stuff.
Death metal, as I live and breathe!
“Face Our
Destiny”,
“Till
the Last Drop” and “Carry On” cap off the album in
grandstanding style; so consistent are the band in their sound that the record
just flies by. The album also comes with two bonus tracks, both of admirably
high quality and a nice touch from Century Media to include them. “A Morbid Vision” was my favourite of
the two, with its' Bolt Thrower esque pacing. There is absolutely
nothing to complain about here. This is finely honed death metal, referencing
all the greats of the genre from this side of the pond and managing to create
an identity all of its own. Deserted Fear are ones to watch for sure:
feral stuff, crushing all in their path. This album puts 2017 off to a great
start for death metal!
“Dead Shores
Band info: facebook
FFO: Grave, Bolt Thrower, Asphyx, Bodyfarm
