WHAT DO YOU THINK OF FELLSILENT?
Monday, March 9th, 2009 at 1:57pm by Vince Neilstein
There are a LOT of Meshuggah rip-off bands these days. Tons of ‘em. But accusing a band of sounding like Meshuggah is a pretty damn fine compliment, and if you asked the lads in Fellsilent what they thought of this comparison they’d likely have an answer similar to Airbourne’s Joel O’Keefe when we asked him about being constantly compared to AC/DC:
It doesn’t matter who you are, you are going to get compared to somebody. To be compared to the best rock and roll band in the business, who are still going today and are about to release another album, there is no higher compliment. I could list a thousand bands that I would not want to be compared to. There are a handful that any band does [want to be compared to]. If you get compared to a band like AC/DC or Motorhead or Rose Tattoo or Iron Maiden or Metallica, you can’t be doing anything wrong because that’s real rock and roll.
Meshuggah certainly don’t have the legacy of AC/DC but in certain circles they’re just as revered. So, that brings us to Fellsilent, the latest in a large stable of excellent new bands signed to Sumerian Records (one band excepted).
They sound like Meshuggah. A LOT like Meshuggah, but with some occasional melodic / God Forbid-like parts sprinkled in here and there for a little variety. They’re certainly quite competently skilled musicians and what I’m listening to on their MySpace page right now sounds damn good. Because, ya know, Meshuggah does it damn well too. So do Fellsilent get a hall pass because they so expertly emulate a band so revered, or does this kind of emulation get a “fail” no matter who it is simply because it isn’t original? You tell us.
-VN
Good, but I’d rather just listen to Meshuggah and I have no problem with two vocalists but I think it hurts them. I’m sure just like every other sumerian band they will be (at least here in MN/mid west) way over hyped and made out to be a 100x better then they really are.
so….. didn’t crazytown have two singers…. or was that just shuvel and linkin park? I fucking hate stupid shit…love meshuggah but HATE stupid shit
Not an automatic fail, but kind of disappointing. I like my meshuggah riffs sprinkled with allan holdsworth goodness.
soooooo, I’m back…just listened to what I thought was gonna be whoreable but it tured out to be worse than I thought… the vocals are shitty fucky dude! I think Serj pulls that off by himself…. weak! music isn’t bad but wow, they sure do have 2 shitty vocalists
this band is even worse than abacabb. my old band played a show with abacabb a few years back and they were even worse then than they are now. i’ll take meshuggah 1000:1 over this.
good u.k band
also like the arusha accord, tesseract (another meshuggah-esque band), sylosis, viatrophy, traces etc
u.k metal is finally stepping up in the metal world
Not bad. You guys should take a look at conducting from the grave. Best and most original sumerian band imo
The high pitched vocalist sounds like a dying witch going through a divorce, choking her soon to be dead husband lol
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agreed about conducting from the grave. their Trials of the Forsaken EP was superb.
Not…gonna…say…it….
Okay fuck it! I’ll be the d-bag to do it. I wish they would fall silent.
Aww, they look like a little metalcore Jonas Brothers, aren’t they adorable, they play so well too, man, such a good effort, I’d urge them into a nice rock motif, you know, give a few BJs for a spot on MTV’s countdown show, get back to just general blowjobs for shows, and then sit on a fat load of a cash wondering if you’ll ever get the taste out of your mouth.
That sort of thing would be good for them.
sounds like they couldnt find a vocalist with any range so they just got two guys with no range. two vocalists is cool if it adds to it, if you need it just to be at par its a little dumb.
music is pretty cool though, if unoriginal. obviously talented dudes.
I think textures do it better but these guys aren’t as bad as some of the other bore core going around these days
Meshuggah are kings. In my opinion, it’s idiotic to play music that even sounds like it’s influenced by Meshuggah – they are so in their own world/league, it’s just pointless to play anything like it. When Steven Wilson put his little “Meshuggah-part” into the song Anesthesize, it made me hate the song, and him.
Speaking of wonderful fantastic sumerian bands conducting from the grave is top of the line metal.. one of my faves
the Only band that can pull off two vocalists is DEFINTLY…SIKTH
That’s the only UK band worth listening too
This is what it would be like if you took a Meshuggah cover band and combined them with the singer of At The Drive-In and added a 2nd rate screamo singer. Shit.
Correction, I was thinking of Refused, not At The Drive-In.
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oh I was gonna say, why you gotta bring cedric into this, but i get you now.
i guess contrary to everyone here, i like it. being compared to meshuggah is a good thing, but you cant throw every band in the gutter because theyre doing the whole polymeter deal. yes meshuggah are the best at it, no doubt, but there is nothing wrong with other bands wanting to mess with timing too.
tesseract, the guiterist acle’s other band, is phenominal and way better than fellsilent. i just wish they would freakin finish their album already.
guitarist* ^
Dude in the middle has quite a honker. Silly big in fact.
I have to agree with Astraea, Tesseract is way better than Fell Silent. They have Meshuggah vibes, but it’s mixed with a lot more melody and clean guitar / vox.
Even though their debut is taking a millennium to make.
Fellsilent are a great band, especially considering they’re so young and have only just released their first album. There’s definite Messhugah parts but, as is mentioned in the post, they do it far better than the vast majority of other bands that try.
Messhugah comparison is becomming a little boring! Why, if a band uses polyrhythms or sycopation of any form then they sound exactly like Messhugah? I don’t see the simalarities at all. Tone, pace, vocals are all completely different (unfortunately vocals in a very bad way!) with Fellsilent. Not a bad album, not sure why they need 2 vocalists when they sound pretty much the same! but the guitarists side project TesseracT, in my humble opinion, are a lot better as people have said!
*syncopation!
/\ Dude, Its Meshuggah, it is a clone of a completely original band. Deny all you want but Meshuggah own the drone, nobody has earned what they have. Its been 14 years since Destroy Erase Improve & only now are kids catching up.
This band is less original than Ektomorf. Sound fail, musicianship win. I might give them another go a few albums in, but pretenders to the crown are just that.
And 2 singers equals = 2 roadies.
Its been 14 years since Destroy Erase Improve & only now are kids catching up.”
Hahaha, so fucking well put.
After listening to 2 songs on their myspace I’m intrigued, I could get into this honestly. Granted Meshuggah are in a category with the Illuminati and the free masons at this point, haha. But a year or two ago it was VERY rarely you’d hear a band do even a shit ape job of a Meshuggah type riff or song. So I’m welcoming this influx of bands incorporating this type of sound because as far as I’m concerned, it’s one of the freshest most aggresive and least explored facets of metal. If one of the singers got shot though I wouldn’t know the difference, and I don’t think the fruity scene chorus’ belong in what are otherwise good songs.
i cant wait to see the jonas brothers 3d conert experience! this song is the best!!
fellsilent is good. if you dont like it whatever. if your looking for other good sumerian bands definitely Conducting from the Grave, also Circle of contempt. Tesseract id good (guitarist Acle is also in Fellsinlt but recently left). Monuments and Textures are also good.
All of these bands that choose to rip-off Meshuggah, simply lack originality. While they are good Musicians, bands such as Fell Silent, tesseract, Periphery, etc. They somehow cannot figure out there on sound. Alot of these guys are just wanking anyway, and have no idea of good song writing or song structure. Periphery doesnt live up to the hype live at all with their new drummer. You cannot really see the ultimate point in the polyrhythms, because the drummer sort of just freestyles at shows. Not really following the pattern.