Divine Heresy - Bleed The Fifth
Review By : Niamen
Added : 20/09/'07
Views : 658
Score
  95 %
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Label : Roadrunner Records
Genre : Death Metal
Tracks : 10
Playtime : 38.45
Release : 28-08-2007

Almost ten years ago Fear Factory was one of the leading metalbands in the metalscene when they released their Obsolete album. Several years later the band split up to eventually rejoin without Dino Cazares. After several bands he has just released the debut album Bleed The Fifth with Divine Heresy. With Tim Yeung (ex-Hate Eternal, Vital Remains) on drums and Tommy Vext on vocals.

It takes about 5 seconds to realize that Divine Heresy is something special. During the first song 'Bleed The Fifth' I know what the last albums of Fear Factory were missing. The intensity of Dino's riffs. No offense Christian, you're doing a great job keeping Fear Factory alive but you're not even near Dino's work. This feeling gets even better during the second song, 'Failed Creation'. Which has several great parts in it that easily could have been on Demanufacture or Obsolete.

Halfway the album I'm already in a euphoric state. Not only did Dino Cazares forms a band that plays great but they also created an album that launched themselves along the great names of metal. With intense brutal riffs and great fucking fast drum work they dropped my jaw to the floor. It's been a long time that a debut album blew me away like this. On the other hand that isn't strange considering Dino Cazares has brought along the worlds fastest drummer. At least in 2006 because Tim Yeung won the contest that year.

As for the new guy, Tommy Vext, it's almost impossible to stand tall during the songs with all that brutal power, but he does manage to do so and delivers one hell of a job on this album. Add to this the production of Logan Mader and Lucas Banker. They gave this album the crystal clear production that was needed to become the monster it is right now.

So in the end you have an album that blasts you away from the beginning till the end with great songs that rise above the average metal albums nowadays. A debut album that will make many bands scratch behind their ears if it's useful to continue with what they're doing. Forget Fear Factory here is Divine Heresy!


Line Up:
Tommy Vext - Vocals
Dino Cazares - Guitar&Bass
Tim Yeung - Drums

Track Listing:
1. Bleed The Fifth
2. Failed Creation
3. This Threat Is Real
4. Impossible Is Nothing
5. Savior Self
6. Rise Of The Scorned
7. False Gospel
8. Soul Decoded (Now And Forever)
9. Royal Blood Heresy
10. Closure


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   90 %
20-09-2007 20:43 - Buzzin Hornet
great fucking album!
   90 %
20-09-2007 21:37 - Gilles
I couldn't agree more!!
   30 %
22-09-2007 02:31 - Ditmar
In my humble opinion this record is one of the stupidest ever made. The songwriting quality is downright embarrassing, having vocal lines doubled with bassdrums is just completely ridiculous...... Not to mention the quality of the riffing, I mean, come on, this guy wrote songs like Replica, Resurrection, Pisschrist and Demanufacture. Where are the memorable riffs this dude can write, it's one ear in, out the other.

I could go on bashing this record. Dino put out a record that's just heavy for the sake of being heavy, the musical intensity is completely gone. Not to mention the hilarious ballad at the end of the record. The last FF attempt (which honestly wasn't their best effort) is WAAAAAAAAY better than this.

Complete utter poop !!!!!! Please, Dino, retire........




(sorry for any lingual malpractices, it's quite late you know)
22-09-2007 22:00 - Buzzin Hornet
Still love it!
   70 %
23-09-2007 12:37 - Carn
I kinda agree with Ditmar, guitarwise this record is about as original as morbid angel's weakest riffs; i still give it a 70 because of Tim.
23-09-2007 23:22 - Ditmar
Yeah, got to give the guy the props. Still, if you think the drum sound on demanufacture was close sounding to a drum computer, think again........hehe...... Still, I would love to see this band live, originality is not really a condition for having a great live show.