Fentanyl is a young determined dutch speed/thrash metal band. The cd
starts of with the epic sounding 'fentanyl' about the terror against a moscow theatre. A great song with a lyrical content taken from the
real world, and that's a plus in my book. The riffs are typical oldschool thrash/speed metal influenced, without sounding like a copy.
On 'Deep Shit' they continue in the same musical style, with some really great melody lines and leads. 'Sectarian Slaughter' shows a
more hardcorish side of the band and the lyrics are about ethnic cleansing and the line 'A quest for might, ’till no one’s alive' says alot here.
'Bhopal' is another great song both musically and lyrically. Even though you can hear similiarity to riffs done before them by bands like
Slayer and Megadeth, they still play it their own way, and it all sounds like Fentanyl. The cd continues with great songs like 'Point
Blank Range' (a song with some amazing riffs), 'Children of a Lesser God' (a short, yet beatiful instrumental piece) and 'Chernobyl'.
'Chernobyl' shows us that the band's influenced by both hardcore and old black metal like Venom. 'Gazzattack' is another great song about
the western society's road to hell. On this song I must mention the great fills presented by the bands drummer. 'Last Amputated Memoirs'
starts of almost like a punk song, but evolves into a first class metal song, with some amazing lead guitar work. The cd continues with the
wonderful 'Sarin'. This song has some real great riffs, and I really like the chorus on this song. The last song on the cd is 'Kitchen
Knife Crusade' which is among the fastest songs.
All in all what you get when you buy this cd is a good dose of 80's styled thrash/speed metal with lyrical content that shows you that this
band contains human beings and not demons. The musicianship is great, the songs are good and the future for this band should be great! When
you listen to cd's you will always find things you would like to be different. And if I where to decide, I would like the vocals to be a
bit more agressive at times, and I would also like to hear some more of the bassplayer. But the cd is great, and so is the band!
Anyone heard of Fentanyl? No, well you will soon. Let's try again. Has anyone heard of Slayer?
Yes, ah got your attention now.
Formed in 2003 the band members are Eddie Nado (vocals), Padja Fitenich (guitars), Pos Nado (bass) and Dmitri Cerny (drums).
The band hail from Holland and have been strongly influenced by Slayer, Testament, Anthrax and early Metallica.
After a few years of 'mucking' about with ideas, the band finally started work on their debut album 'Feeble Existence'.
Self recorded, mixed, mastered and released the band have launched themselves onto the metal world...
We have got a copy of the new album 'Feeble Existence' in our CD player right now...which to be honest is nothing short of awesome.
Guitar riffing utopia, Slayer style intro's, heavy bass bashing...the list is endless.
Here are some of our thoughts;
Track 1) Opens with a short burst which is indeed Slayer-like...in fact you would think you had the wrong CD in the machine to begin with...
Track 2) 'Deep Shit'. The title makes you wonder what musical fest your ears are in for this time around...
and they are not disappointed. Excellent track with good solid thrash metal at it's best.
Track 3) First 3 out huh! 'Sectarian Slaughter' has to be mentioned for it's fast-slow style thrash metal,
most fantastic guitar solos and throbbing drum beats.
Track 5) Point Blank Range has an almost 'Raining Blood' feel to the starting riff and also some of the most
excellent guitar work during the track.
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Sectarian Slaughter
We reckon with the intense, fast, full-on, ear crushing style that Fentanyl have created, that they have many a good album to come.
We are also sure that they will soon be recognised as a force to be reckoned with in the thrash metal world.
“Feeble Existence” pays total homage to ‘80s thrash and it is just as aggressive and riff-fueled
as anything from that time period. Upon first listen through the entire album, I went from being pleasantly surprised to full headbang.
The Slayer-esque riffs are aplenty as are some truly excellent solos and leads. If I didn’t know any better,
I would’ve thought this was recorded in the late eighties. Even the open-ended, “recorded in a warehouse” type production
is spot on to that classic thrash sound.
'Bhopal' is another great song both musically and lyrically. Even though you can hear similiarity to riffs done before them by bands like Slayer and Megadeth, they still play it their own way, and it all sounds like Fentanyl. The cd continues with great songs like 'Point Blank Range' (a song with some amazing riffs), 'Children of a Lesser God' (a short, yet beatiful instrumental piece) and 'Chernobyl'. 'Chernobyl' shows us that the band's influenced by both hardcore and old black metal like Venom. 'Gazzattack' is another great song about the western society's road to hell. On this song I must mention the great fills presented by the bands drummer. 'Last Amputated Memoirs' starts of almost like a punk song, but evolves into a first class metal song, with some amazing lead guitar work. The cd continues with the wonderful 'Sarin'. This song has some real great riffs, and I really like the chorus on this song. The last song on the cd is 'Kitchen Knife Crusade' which is among the fastest songs.
All in all what you get when you buy this cd is a good dose of 80's styled thrash/speed metal with lyrical content that shows you that this band contains human beings and not demons. The musicianship is great, the songs are good and the future for this band should be great! When you listen to cd's you will always find things you would like to be different. And if I where to decide, I would like the vocals to be a bit more agressive at times, and I would also like to hear some more of the bassplayer. But the cd is great, and so is the band!
Score: 80/100