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I think it’s fair to say that Shaped By Fate are unflushables. Fads have been and went, bands have come and gone but Shaped By Fate are still floating defiantly at the top of the water and it’s fair to say for the 5-6 years the general consensus on the UK metal/hardcore scene is that their shit don’t stink.
So, after 5-6 years of establishing themselves in the scene, SBF have finally plopped out their first full length entitled “The Unbeliever” and it absolutely rips. After the slightly pointless, epic beginning to the album in the form of “Launch The Immortal Fleet” you are hit head on with unrelenting riffage and some absolutely killer breakdowns. I can’t stress to you enough how many riffs this band shit out throughout the album, one brutal riff after another ripping through you ears like a train through an average human being. Every song is hit with floor punchtastic beatdown at some point that will no doubt leave some bloody noses at SBF shows all around the UK.
There were only 3 things I wasn’t too keen on. Firstly, the first track that I mentioned early. Secondly, the vocals really lack the power that the rest of the band have and sometimes appear as an annoying distraction from the superb riffage taking place. Although he did remind me a bit of the Misery Signals vocalist. Finally there were a few too many beatdown - pause - beatdown but slower bits for my liking.
Despite those things, this is honestly a fucking brilliant album if you like you metal fast paced, intelligent and face meltingly brutal. Get your camo cut offs ready…believe.
Listen: www.myspace.com/shapedbyfate
Tracklist:
1. Launch The Immortal Fleet
2. The Unbeliever
3. They Told Me You Were Dead
4. That Thing Upstairs Is Not My Daughter
5. Deeper the Knife Slides
6. My Sun Sets To Rise Again
7. From Perfection to Poison
8. Swarm of Wolves
9. Of This One Apocalyptic Night
10. Destroyed but Not Defeated
