Deserted Fear – Veins of Fire

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• Band:
  Deserted fear
• Duration: 00:40:00
• Available from: 25/04/2025
• Label:

• Testimony Records

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With “Veins of Fire”, the Deserted Fear return to be heard with a new chapter of their career, marking a significant passage from the colossal Century Media to the much smaller testimony Records. This change of label suggests that the German band has never managed to really break through in the international circuit, even if its perseverance has never been questioned. The formation therefore continues to insist with a new full-length, trying to consolidate that niche that has struggled with difficulty, especially in the local scene, where the support of fans tends to be unconditional, keeping projects that would probably raise to go on.
The album also marks a new evolution in the Trio sound, with a Melodic Death Metal 'modern' vena never thus pronounced, characterized by very controlled rhythms and an incessant duel between the guitars, always looking for the most sinuous melody. The first single, “The Truth”, perfectly embodies this new direction: a round and catchy groove that recalls the in flames of the transition period between the underground militancy and the “stadium” turning point. Each song on the disc in fact seems to have the winning motif and the effective refrain with obstinate, with clear references to the in flames of the late nineties and early 2000s, those of Hit such as “Only for the Weak” and the like, to be clear.
Precisely in light of this renewed approach, the feeling that the main problem of “veins of fire” is soon in its excessive repetitiveness is soon wide. The album never accelerates, the tracks move constantly on Midtempo, always looking for the melodic chips piaccione (despite the voice of the guitarist Manuel Gladter remains rough and scratchy), for a general feeling of perennial suspension. There is the impression that the deserted fear want to churn out an immediate hit on a par with those of their teachers, but without ever succeeding. To find an episode that detaches a minimum from the dominant formula, you have to wait for the penultimate trace, “We are one”, where the rhythmic section finally grants some more freedoms, while for the rest the album proceeds without particular jolts on a rhythmic level, unable to get out of the aforementioned scheme in the banner of groove and solo guitar embroidery.
In short, the problem of the deserted fear seems to reside in a somewhat naive approach: not only do they start from a somewhat démodé style, which has already experienced its peak years ago, but they cannot even live it together with a strong dose of inspiration. Perhaps the recent exploit of The Halo Effect has pushed them on this path, but the difference between the two groups is clear: the Swedish veterans have experience, profession and a decidedly more marked pop sensitivity. The deserted fear, on the other hand, seem to move with the pulled handbrake, remained to abandon themselves to a little healthy energy that could have saved the disc from excessive flatness.
Ultimately, “Veins of Fire” is an album that as a whole lets himself be heard and that gives some pleasant traces, such as “Blind” and “Embrace The Void”, but suffers from an excessive repetitiveness that makes it soon not very incisive. The same in flames of those times, next to the most catchy episodes, placed aggressive songs such as “Food for the Gods” or “Bullet Ride”. On the contrary, the deserted fear not only manage to bring out singles of great caliber, but today they also seem incapable of imprinting a little true vital energy to their music. The result is an honest chapter, but which will hardly leave its mark in the current Melodic Death Metal scene.

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