DYING FETUS — Make Them Beg for Death (review)

DYING FETUS — Make Them Beg for Death album cover Album · 2023 · Brutal Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
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"Make Them Beg for Death" is the ninth full-length studio album by US, Maryland based death metal act Dying Fetus. The album was released through Relapse Records in September 2023. It´s the successor to "Wrong One to Fuck With" from June 2017. "Make Them Beg for Death" was preceded by the two teaser singles "Compulsion for Cruelty" and "Unbridled Fury". Both tracks are included on "Make Them Beg for Death".

Stylistically you get exactly what you expect from a Dying Fetus album. Ultra heavy groove laden death metal which is combined with fast-paced deathgrind blasting, shredding arpeggios, brutal growling vocals, and a high level of technical playing (this time also with a couple of solos from John Gallagher). The songwriting is top notch for the genre, although the songs can be hard to tell apart on initial listens. Given enough spins it of course gets easier and there are generally some high quality material on the album. If I have to make one complaint it would be that John Gallagher and Sean Beasley sound a lot alike on "Make Them Beg for Death", which means you don´t get the powerful effect of having Gallagher´s unintelligible ultra brutal growling complimented by Beasley´s more aggressive and slightly more intelligible growling. At least the difference between the two vocalists isn´t as audible as it has been on the preceding releases by Dying Fetus.

It´s all details though when discussing a new Dying Fetus album, because you always get top notch death metal songwriting, a high level of technical playing, and powerful, raw, and detailed sounding productions no matter which album you pick from their discography, so it´s the little details which set the albums apart and which are decisive when evaluating if it´s a good, great, or excellent release. To my ears "Make Them Beg for Death" is one of their better releases. The sound production is tight, brutal, and detailed, the songwriting relatively varied for a Dying Fetus release, and the band are on fire in terms of delivering intense and tight performances. They deliver ultra heavy slam parts just as easily as they deliver fast-paced blasting deathgrind parts. It´s all weaved together in a natural and seamless fashion. "Make Them Beg for Death" is another victorious release for Dying Fetus and a 4 - 4.5 star (85%) rating is fully deserved.
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