Fates Warning - Inside Out
These guys are simply by far the best of all the Progressive Metal bands. If you like such artists as Dream Theater, and so on, then check this out. The songwriting is out of sight, and so is everything else, but I’m not really very interested in this style. They do have my sincere respect, though.
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Fates Warning - Inside Out
Back and more Progressive than ever. This album is musically unbelievable, and they have even made the songs more memorable this time. Vocally, as you would expect, very smooth and melodic -not exactly my favorite kind of vocals, but they certainly fit here. As impressive as the songs and recording are, this just didn’t move me very much. And guys, you know better than to rhyme “fire” and “desire.”
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Fat Tuesday - Everybody’s Got One
Enough already! Stop making this crap. Can it be that someone actually likes this puke?
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False Oath - Not Politically Correct
The production on this tape is very clear, although thin. I would have thought the band would have wanted a thicker, heavier production. Other than that, this is pretty good. Thrash, with an occasional nod to Death Metal, I suppose. Lots of double bass, which always seems to help for me, and several distinct vocal styles, which for once are all cool.
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Fallacy - Fallacy
Very straightforward Thrash. The excellent recording and mix help out, but the gruffly yelled vocals sometimes detract a little. The playing is great (especially the bass), but the riffs are often very standard. Even when they try to incorporate alternate styles or “weird” sections, they’re not revolutionary. The second track, “Godman,” has some superb parts, but this intensity is unfortunately not held throughout the entire song, much less the remaining three. I think that with time, Fallacy might develop into a world-class outfit, they certainly have the talent.
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Extreme Noise Terror - Retro-bution
Fourteen newly recorded pieces of extreme Hardcore/Grindcore brutality. So sick that one vocalist could not do the job. Prepare to bow before the onslaught of their twin vocal destruction. These guys have been around forever, but if you missed out, consider this an essential history lesson.
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Expulsion - Overflow
Pretty Thrashy music, with melancholy vocals, not unlike those on the first Cathedral album, but maybe less raw. It’s an interesting sound, and I welcome hearing more from them.
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Exit-13 - Ethos Musick
They’ve always been fine in their grinding Dopecore mode, but now they’ve taken far more ambitious steps in new directions and turned themselves into a unique and imaginative band with this opus magnus. Their “thank you” list shows that they admire Progressive Rock (King Crimson!), Grindcore, Classic Rock, Death Metal, and Ambient bands, and the list extends to include radical authors as well as Japanese and UK Noise bands. The miracle is that they pull things from all their influences and rarely sound forced or awkward. It’s a thrilling 700MPH pot-fueled journey through activism and sickness of many kinds.
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Exhumed - Horrific Expulsion of Gore
Massively brutal Death Metal, with extreme gore lyrics. The songs are constructed and played very well, and the sound is not bad. Fans of such bands as Cannibal Corpse should stop puke-fucking their dismembered corpses and check this out immediately.
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