Reviews
2010-01-05
In-your-face death metal may not be the most common genre chosen by bands when the "what do you wanna play?" question pops in one of an act's first rehearsals nowadays, and this comes with little surprise. Not so arguably, Death metal's golden, uber-productive, formulative years are way in the past and generating innovation in such well-plowed grounds (both the US ones and European ones) is next to impossible. Nowadays, it is also next to impossible to try escape comparison to other acts working within (and at times beyond) the bounds of the genre. Italy's
Fomento is a prime example in this subject.
Primarily, for an Italian act, they sound typically American as far as genre classification goes. This is awfully similar to US-based Chimaira's heavier outputs and both European colleagues works' by Dew-Scented and Hatesphere. So it is safe to say we're not dealing with anything too original yet to Fomento's merit, they do an honest good job at blasting away relentlessly right from opener (ignoring the intro) "The Die is Cast" with its fine riffage and all the way down to the blasting finish of "Burial at Sea".
Without any forces dwindling, "Pandora's Box" and "The 13th Demon" carry the Roman conquest as if lethargy is not part of Fomento's lexicon. However, the real standout attention-grabber is "Kill Fashioncore"; its funny lyrics are surpassed only by its thrashing brutal superior presence.
As the battle wages on, a less southern Lamb Of God emerges from the shades of "Faithless", while an even stranger resemblance to The Red Chord shins out of "Manticore", carrying onwards to the thrashing rampage of "Cotard's Syndrome" and the galloping hordes of "The Egyptian March" where the acoustic guitars add a great new dimension. You can almost picture the punishing whips on the galloping beasts carrying this army towards conquest.
So yeah, there is little (if anything) new done in "Either Caesars of Nothing". Yep, It is basically a supplementary common Death/Thrash/Deathcore output (minus any clean vocals or other softer spots), and of course there are some visible thrash (dominantly Slayer) roots – but none of that means that a common death metal fan would not enjoy it. On the contrary, Fomento would make a fine addition to anyone who likes his or her metal harsh, pounding and punishing.
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