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They have a nice grit and rawness to them bringing an overall rich and deep sound to the table. The unfortunate thing is that most of the riffs aren't very memorable, which is something death metal in particular needs. It's not that they're clusterfucked and constantly changing like many contemporary death metal acts; it's that they just don't bring enough catchiness, groove, or shear technicality to be memorable. But they're not bad in the last bit, they just don't stick in the end, save for the track "Insidious Repression", which has some very nice, rather unforgettable riffs throughout.

The bass guitar does a very nice job filling in the low end. It's fairly audible throughout and even pokes its ugly head out to take center-stage a few times, like in "Insidious Repression" and "Unadulterated Hatred". However, overall, it just fills in the sub-noise and really does nothing exceptional.

The drumming owns on this album. It's fast, fucking relentless, and fairly technical at times. Though the constant blast-beats can grow tiresome, the awesome fills and the overall pummeling driving force of them makes them probably the best part of the album. And, notwithstanding, is the decent vocal performance, which mostly consists of septic gurgles usual for the genre, getting fairly boring after a while.

However, the other, more high-pitched growls that are also used are much better, mainly because there's much more overall variety to them in that they change pitch and often carry some melody whereas the gurgles are fairly monotone, but they also add a small, but decent variety to the album. Having it littered with nothing but gurgles would undoubtably make it more of a boring listen. So, all-in-all, a worthy release that goes by extremely underrated.

Contrary to what the band's harshest critics might say, this is not Fetus selling out. This is Fetus continuing to kick ass with some top-notch death-grind, despite its minor flaws it lacks memorability in many areas and can get mildly boring at times.

Many people accuse Dying Fetus of wiggerdom. Indeed, with their rap inspired vocals, the thick groove in the music, the "chug-a-lug-a-chug chug" of the guitars, it reeks of rap.

However, that is not why I gave it the low score. This is why: Another thing it shares with rap is the complete banality and processed blandness that permeates modern hip-hop.

But nowadays it's saturated with 2 bit posers with uninspired beats and monotone raps and rhymes that desensitize your ears and lower your IQ. War of Attrition and Dying Fetus' modern stuff by extension shares this inane quality.

It's done completely by the book, it's processed to no end, and each song blends into each other. There's none of the ingenuity that marks other more integral Death Metal acts such as Suffocation, Cryptopsy, Demilich, Death, Immolation, or Incantation; here, every song is the same garbage, with the same "tech" riffs and the same chugalugachug chug on the guitars.

Writing a review longer than 2 paragraphs for this turd is impossible, because there's nothing here to review. It's sound, sure.

It's noise, sure. But this is the most musically and artistically empty death metal album I've ever heard. Sure, you might headbang here and there, but there are WAY more talented and creative bands that will get you headbanging harder and faster, so why even bother with this piece of shit? The sound that Dying Fetus have fashioned over the years is inimitable and very sought after these days. This is more of a political diatribe as opposed to the gory fun of older days, and in this respect Dying Fetus have grown stronger.

The change in stance has been noticeably reflected in the music which seems a little more reserved and …sensible? Difficult to imagine granted, but there are less over the top antics - replaced by more tiresome songs.

The ingredients are there, but the magic and excitement that were once on Killing on Adrenaline and Destroy the Opposition seem lost. This latest album is maybe part of their personal war against the attrition in quality of Dying Fetus output. This just feels like a time of deflated creative inspiration, they have not lost the skill to make this music by any means, the production is top notch and the songs are tight and pacy as always.

War of Attritionis good but not great, it is Dying Fetus doing what they do best and it is listenable but not up to previous standards set by themselves. They've also effectively took lots of lessons from brutal death metal bands as you can tell on a few songs that they just throw structure out the window and go for ball-crushing death metal. Frankly, I think the man should change his name to Beastly, because he is a monster on the bass, and his vocals actually resemble Vince's quite a bit, but I seem to be leaning towards Sean's vocals more on the like-ability factor.

He seems to put out more of a torturous scream than Vince could, and for the lyrical and musical content of Dying Fetus that is very important. There's also the matter of Mr. Sure, he's no Kevin Talley ex-Dying Fetus, ex-Decrepit Birth, ex-Misery Index , but Duane certainly holds up his end on the music spectrum, working very well with what the rest of the gang has given him. There also isn't much to be said about Mike Kimball Disordered, ex-Malignant Inception , also on guitar.

He doesn't really do much other than emphasize what riffs are being played by Gallagher. As I mentioned before, the riffs are certainly more technical than I remember and they're even very catchy with little bits of groove thrown in for good measure.

There's also the occasional hardcore riff thrown in there to slow down the music just a tad, but there's no breakdowns in sight! The musicianship is very professional, making it look as if the band has been fine-tuning these songs for four years although I'm sure they have. Sometimes it's a very good thing to only have one remaining original band member, because it can give them a certain incentive to try and out-do their previous material.

This is a very good album from a very good band who hopefully will start all over again and climb their way back to the top of the death metal mountain. Dying Fetus' release of Stop At Nothing was an above average album. It was heavy, fast, moderately technical, and musical with its groovy rhythms. So given this many people were very excited for the release of War of Attrition, but at the same time, I was not expecting the fastest most brutal death metal.

What we got was another Stop At Nothing and some may argue that this is simply an over statement. War of Attrition is close to and possibly on the same level as Stop At Nothing, but definitely not more extreme in any way.

War of Attrition has its moments. It is classic Dying Fetus as described above. In this release, there is no significant progression and that is disappointing in my eyes especially since they've had 4 years to prepare. Don't get me wrong this album is aggressive and has its moments, but Dying Fetus is simply not progressing, though one could argue that they are tighter and more musical especially since , but very little since One aspect that this album could improve is the drumming.

Duane Timlin is an improving drummer but his style is predictable and dull at times. The double bass is fast, though many metal drummers could match this speed. There will be a fast part, like around bpm, that may last for 30 seconds with Mr. Timlin just blast beating the whole time, which by the way is the climax.

He may throw in a drum filll here and there, but then the music slows down and gets some what groovy. During the groovy parts he could provide more double bass patterns to enhance and follow the guitars, but he just usually rolls the double bass, sometimes fast other times like at bmp. He could also throw in gravity blast beats to enhance the sound.

He sounds pretty polished as he has his moments, but its no wonder drummers like John Longstreth can tour with this band after practicing for only a couple weeks. The overall sound is still heavy, fast, and groovy like albums of the past. The vocals are still classic Dying Fetus and the guitars are catchy, but there is still little-to-no element of impovement since I must rank this album not just on past Dying Fetus works, but with all metal works. As far as the newer and more extreme metal out there, Dying Fetus is falling back in terms of aggressiveness, speed, and overall ferociousness.

Finally, they return to reclaim their throne… but is "War of Attrition" worthy of their legacy? At least one person has remarked that "it's 'Destroy the Opposition II' ," and while it could be argued that there are minor cosmetic adjustments, the fact remains that the FETUS trademarks — the dual vocal assault, the punishing blasts, those guitar sweeps that add, if not melody, at least some tonal variety, to the band's attack — are in full force.

Most importantly, that feeling is back — that indefinable intensity that seemed slightly lacking on "Stop At Nothing" , the adrenalized viciousness that makes listening to this band a visceral, almost physical experience.

Eight songs, thirty-six minutes, but you know what? Some albums don't need to be long. Any more music on this record would be redundant, and probably harmful to the average listener. The band's "kill 'em all, let God sort 'em out" lyrical stance will probably fan a few flames, too, but what else are you gonna sing to music like this?

It's supposed to be controversial, and it's supposed to be brutal. Besides, after this long away, "War of Attrition" is exactly what the band needed to release right now — a strong, intense, unflinching and unreservedly brutal statement of intent and purpose.

There can be no argument that the band is back, and as murderously focused as ever. What else do you need to know?