Fear My Thoughts – “Hell Sweet Hell”
This band has an advantage over a lot of metalcore bands because they get away from the obligatory breakdowns and stupid screaming. Instead, the band has a lot more melodic, traditional metal to offer. It’s almost like they have lost the core and sound very much like melodic Swedish thrash with growled vocals. The guitar work can clearly be heard and it’s pretty creative, thrashy and melodic. Fans of old In Flames (who still want to hear more music in that style) will want to investigate. It’s a bit like a continuation of the music spirit found in “Colony,” “Clayman,” etc. I’m not saying that this is a masterpiece, so keep your shirt on. The vocals are death metal growls with higher, more black metal-ish parts. This album is quite impressive. It’s good and creative. It’s melodic thrash. In the picture, the band members look like a bunch of hardcorers. This album is on Lifeforce Records and the company promotes them as hardcorers. This music is catchy melodic thrash metal with growled vocals with only slight elements of core.