Rambling Man's Reviews began in 2023 with a look at some thrash metal from France. The blog cocontinues by reviewing Violence Made History by Paris-based Thrash metal band My Own Fear via Music-Records.
Formed in 2011, the five-piece released the 2014 EP Rise, before appearing alongside fellow France contemporaries such as Aggressor, Mercyless and Primal Age on tour.
Violence Made History was originally recorded, mixed and mastered in 2020 by Enzo Biasizzo at Elevation Studio. My Own Fear seeks influence from Kreator, Slayer and Morbid Angel among such brutal metal acts. This can be heard in the 39 minutes of the neck-breaking, teeth-gnashing style of pure metal of the Bay Area like.
The album opens with a dark, haunting piano intro on 'Once Upon A Fall' as it segues into the no-nonsense '6:8-1', five minutes of cutthroat metal. The band's technical guitar skills blend with pummeling blast beats and guttural screams becoming a signature throughout this LP.
This relentless force of rapid fret play and muscular riffs continues on 'Dux Bellarum', a mix of said guitar play and dual screams underline the band's anger and intensity. The main takeaway from this LP is the band's craftsmanship in building riffs to an ear-splitting finale. They combine tight chemistry and a clear idea of what works for them. This is evidenced in 'Hellfire Club (H.F.C), the throat-inducing screams of vocalist Nicholas stretch over the sardonic riffs that climax into a double guitar dual and jaw-dropping solo.
Another highlight I may add for your listening choice is 'Salem', a track inspired by witches. This is probably the closest the band come to "clean" vocals. The harrowing screams over bone-crushing drumming and melodic breakdowns promise trouble is brewing. And finally, the three-part 'Era of The Rats' completes my second rendezvous into French Metal.
Overall, My Own Fear creates ten sonic blasts of earth-shattering metal tracks to show the genre is still awake...and trembling.
Rating: 8/10. Words by Anselm Anderson.
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