INDEMON – Fear of Living
INDEMON – Fear of Living
Music-Records
Release Date: 18/03/22
Running Time: 18:00
Review by Paul Hutchings
7/10
The land that launched a million Metal bands continues to provide rich sources of music. Formed in 2020 INDEMON is a four-piece whose influences are evident as soon as the play button is released. Written and recorded over the past 18 months, “Fear of Living” draws heavily from the likes of Slayer, Sepultura and Entombed. It’s a five track EP, with a savage thrash delivery running through its veins.
Kicking off proceedings is ‘Shield’. A muscular, eye-popping track, this draws on the HM-2 sound of the early Death Metal scene, with the vocals of Joose Riihelä very much in the LG Petrov (RIP) school. It’s a ferocious opening track, featuring a solid change of pace as it flips to an “Arise” era Sepultura feel. There’s some delightful melody that bursts out mid-track, almost Iron Maiden in style before the track returns to a lung bursting finale.
The tempo remains high for ‘In the Gear’, which veers from Death to Thrash to Traditional Metal. It’s a bruising song, full of groove and thick riffs. Riihelä’s visceral roar opens ‘Supreme Protection’, a slower, brooding, and dark track that sees the band opt for a more suffocating approach, with grinding riffs and slower pace, albeit that Kuitunen’s double bass kick is thundering away underneath. It’s a stellar performance from the drummer, whose solid performance is one of the highlights of this EP.
Whilst what is on offer isn’t anything new or ground-breaking, the five tracks are certainly worth a listen. The crunching ‘Ground Zero’ has a beast of a riff and the explosive semi-Hardcore approach on the main song is one that will get audiences moving. It’s again, nothing new with a Slayer influence but you can’t help but nod along. No quarter is given at any time, with the title once more living in Sepultura territory. It’s probably the fastest track on the release, with Riihelä’s vocals spat out with real venom.
Will INDEMON set the world on fire? It’s unlikely, as there are hundreds of bands doing similar quality music across the globe. And yet, this is a powerful, energetic, and intense EP that demonstrates once more that you don’t always have to reinvent the wheel to make music that is worthy of a listen.
‘Ground Zero’ Official Music Video
TRACKLISTING:
01. Shield
02. In the Gear
03. Supreme Protection
04. Ground Zero
05. Fear of Living
LINE-UP:
Joose Riihelä – Vocals
Santeri Liesmala – Guitars
Sasu Savolainen – Bass
Patrik Kuitunen – Drums
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