RockBox - [req]Fear of God

[req]Fear of God - 2 albums

Fear of God is a US Metal Band that evolved out of the lineup of Detente with female vocalist Dawn Crosby. Their style is comparable to that of Anacrusis, a technical, unique-sounding, sinister mix of Death-, Thrash-, and Progressive Metal with a wide variety of vocal styles.(last.fm)

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1. All That Remains
2. Betrayed
3. Emily
4. Red To Grey
5. Diseased
6. Wasted Time
7. Love's Death
8. White Door
9. Drift

"WITHIN THE VEIL" REVIEW (Aardschok/Metal Hammer, April 1991)

"The first time that I listened to the debut album of the American band Fear of God I didn't really know what to do with it. But after several listens it started to grow (no, not that one, I mean the LP). Only vocalist Dawn Crosby remains of the original Détente line-up and, as opposed to the "Recognize no Authority" album, she screams a whole lot less. With the aid of many technical gadgets she sings and speaks the songs in a unique way, which makes Fear of God quite original. Finally no Hetfield, Araya or Schuldiner imitation. The album is produced by Dawn Crosby and guitarist Michael Carlino so the vocals are in the foreground where necessary, and when there's time the guitar is layered heavily across the music. "Within the Veil" has been mixed by Andy Wallaca (Sepultura and Slayer, among others) and that makes it sound extra heavy. All songs were written by Dawn Crosby together with Michael Carlino, who also very much forms the face of Fear of God. The rhythm section, consisting of Blair Darby (bass) and Steve Cordova (drums) is pretty good but plays the role of a filler.

The opener, "All that Remains", immediately lets us hear what we can expect: partly spoken social-critical lyrics and really heavy riffs with the occasionaly cool guitar solo. It's a song that changes into a higher gear in the middle, too. This also applies to "Betrayed", sometimes it sounds like a progressive thrash version of Candlemass. I can't wait to see how they're going to do that on stage. We'll have to wait a while until that happens, however. For the time being we'll have to make do with the album, but it's good enough for that. 8.5 (out of 10)."

1. Beyond the Veil
2. Cloud Chamber
3. Swine Song
4. Burnt
5. Feed Time
6. Mercy
7. Santismo
8. Will of Evil
9. Worms

"TOXIC VOODOO" REVIEW (Aardschok, August/September 1994)

"With high expectations I inserted the Fear of God advance tape in my cassette deck. Singer Dawn Crosby's career may have gone through mountains and especially valleys, but her recorded material has so far been excellent. Détente's debut in 1986 and Fear of God's debut in 1991 were both superb. The heavy guitars and similar production fitted well with Dawn's screamy, somewhat out-of-key vocals. Her band changed line-ups quicker than she did her underwear. Two weeks before April '92's "Aardschokdag" performance she threw out all members of her band and performed with members of Wrathchild America (now Souls at Zero). I don't know which band members she worked with after that, but it hurts a little to see that she's now working with the weakest line-up so far. Especially the guitarist is a lot less capable - he plays in a pretty simple fashion and sometimes in the wrong key. Dawn's lyrics are socially critical as always, so that's not bad at all. What is bad is the production. Compared to "Within the Veil" it's, to use Beenhakker's words, "vagin au poire". The songs are OK, but can't measure up to earlier work. What a shame..."
(both reviews taken from the official website)

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