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FETOR: ABANDONED HOPE

FETOR: ABANDONED HOPE

   Abandoned Hope, the debut album from Polish Brutal Death-Metal newcomers, Fetor, is a delightfully simplistic yet barbaric embodiment of modern musical brutality. Refined and streamlined this album is one of the strongest Death-Metal debuts to strike the scene in years. 
   Fetor's sound may not be anything exactly new or completely unheard of before, but it is certainly a marvelous and admirable reinterpretation of the Brutal Slamming Death-Metal sound. With all the combined flair and heaviness of; Broken Hope, Mortal Decay and Fleshless, Abandoned Hope is guaranteed to please anyone with a taste for total musical savagery.
   The title track, "Abandoned Hope", gives the first taste and first impression of what Fetor is all about, which is apparently ultra low gutturals, thick dirty riffs and smashing drums, all fairly standard stuff, right? "At The Cradle Of Judas" keeps up the assault, infused with mild technicality, a decent splash of blastbeats, rumbling bass and even more powerful riffage, all of which are expertly executed. 
   By The time that "The Stench Upon Vultures Nest" comes Slamming into sight, armed with immense levels of grooves, punishing Dying Fetus inspired riffs and robotic drum, you get the impression that not only do Fetor know exactly what they are doing when it comes to creating high quality Brutal Death-Metal, they are extremely good at doing it too. 
   The old-school Pyaemia-esque intricately crushing nature of "Worms In The Cross Of Jesus" also makes for pleasing listening, establishing Fetor's roots for one thing, but also showing what a superb job Fetor can do of reworking the same old musical tools of the trade and turning them into something refreshing and satisfying to even the most well trained of ears. 
   "From Neck To Crotch", "Needle In The Nail" and "Show Me What You Have Got Inside" are notable not only for being powerhouse vessels of towering, crunchy rolling riffs, but also for being highly sophisticated convergences of Slam and traditional Death-Metal. These tracks in particular are oozing with groove, old-school Death-Metal rhythmic chugging and some of the most sickeningly brilliant vocals around. If you desire a decent dose of Slam, then "Spanish Shoes" and "Hangman's Dreams" have got you covered with their swaggering backbones and generic slide riff sensations.      
   The grand finale, "Rusty Knife Between Your Eyes" is essentially another stab of Brutal Death-Metal, only this time heavily inspired by Cannibal Corpse's style of rhythmic intoxication, resulting in compulsory headbanging moments and helping to break up the monotony of Fetor's seemingly standard technical speedy heaviness.  
   Overall, Abandoned Hope is a very strong and highly promising debut album. The musicianship displayed here is hard to fault and the songwriting even harder still. If you like your extreme music heavy, crushingly heavy in fact, and packed full of excellent riffs, insane gutturals and blastbeats galore, then this is the album for you.     

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 ABANDONED HOPE is available through ROTTEN MUSIC here

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