{"id":103494,"date":"2024-06-28T00:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T23:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=103494"},"modified":"2024-07-08T09:39:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T08:39:48","slug":"album-review-wraith-fueled-by-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-wraith-fueled-by-fear\/","title":{"rendered":"WRAITH – Fueled By Fear (2024) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

WRAITH
Fueled By Fear<\/strong><\/span>
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\nProsthetic (2024)<\/span>
Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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With their fourth full-length studio album, Indiana metalheads Wraith churn out another dose blackened speed n\u2019 punky thrash. You certainly get your money\u2019s worth with Fueled By Fear<\/em> as the band storms forth with 14 cuts all of which boast joyously teenage lyrics \u2013 check out the ghoulish \u2018Horses And Hounds\u2019 \u2013 and a spiteful freshness in their attack.<\/p>\n

The band most certainly has one foot in 1987 as they provide a bit of Bay Area crunch, lashings of Slayer<\/a>, dollops of lethal punk and hints of Mot\u00f6rhead. The main ingredient here which keeps the album really interesting is the riffs; catchy, crisp and lethal from the off with the instrumental \u2018Asylum\u2019 and the title track.<\/p>\n

Matt Sokol really delivers from the depth of his throat, the result being a rasping dehydrated gasp that brings a rawness to the more clinical music. Timely riffs lurch into speedier segments, but I can\u2019t help but latch onto the slower traipsing particularly on \u2018Shame In Suffering\u2019 and \u2018Warlord\u2019 which hammer like a more primeval Mot\u00f6rhead.<\/p>\n

At their fastest, Wraith forces you to choke on the rusted punk riffs of \u2018Ice Cold Bitch\u2019 and the turbulent rant of \u2018Vulture\u2019. Mike Szymendera\u2019s percussive kicks add extra layers of punk punch as bassist Chris Petkus maniacally fingers his strings. The robust blasts of fury are unrelenting; \u2018Code Red\u2019 is a metallic stomper, \u2018Merchant Of Death\u2019 nods to classic Slayer, \u2018Hell\u2019s Canyon\u2019 provides a killer gallop and \u2018Shattered Sorrow\u2019 is happy to rattle at either end of the spectrum with slower grooves lapsing into pace.<\/p>\n

Hints of vintage Metallica and Possessed merge with Toxic Holocaust as Wraith keep things generally simple yet infectious as with each hit lyrically I\u2019m transported back to my youth, a time when my childish lyrics were not too dissimilar to what\u2019s offered here. Wraith is a band that taps into something precious as nostalgic vapours rise and swirl like comforting autumnal embers.<\/p>\n

The saying \u201cless is more\u201d is very much applicable here for what is essentially Wraith really finding their groove and cruising with sublime savagery and slickness.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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