FELLSILENT SHOULD FALL SILENT
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 at 11:45am by Vince NeilsteinThe UK’s Fellsilent — a Sumeriancore band who are on, duh, Sumerian Records (and Basick in the UK) — have a new video for their track “Immerse” [sent in by Spencer B.]. The video itself is pretty cool with some neat-o lighting effects and a giant mosh pit, and makes me wish I was 19 again and tearing shit up in the pit. The song, on the otherhand… this band’s just got nothing original to offer. Fellsilent like their heroes so much that they cop Meshuggah riffs like they’re on sale at the 99ยข store (not to mention the patented Meshuggah forward-and-back headbang) and they even have two lead vocalists like Sikth, the band from which they steal their rhythm and lead guitar diddly-dos. They’re competent, sure, but being a competent rip-off artist of good bands does not a good band make by association. I call BS on Fellsilent. You be the judge.
-VN
FELLSILENT – Immerse (official video) from Basick Records on Vimeo.
You know, honestly, I’m sorta intrigued, that was definitely NOT the worst stuff I have ever heard, maybe I’ll give em a shot sometime.
i enjoyed it. Just because they wear their influences proudly doesn’t mean they are bad. They mix meshuggah and sikth rather well giving it an original flavor. I rather liked it.
This band, along with all the other bands that plagiarize Meshuggah ( Tesseract, Periphery, etc ) should be ashamed of themselves. They should be sending Meshuggah royalty checks.
are you retarded? the guitarist in this band is in Tesseract how can you copy yourself?
That was pretty good, I was bummed out when Sikth broke up, and it’s good to see another band attempting their style.
By reading their name i was expecting some run-of-the-mill metalcore shit, so it was a pleasant surprise.
I thought it was pretty decent. I think the vocals resembled sikth more than the guitars, which reminded me of a mix between duh…Meshuggah and Bleed the Sky. The clean vocals were decent. I dont think it was too blatent.
meh
i thought the song was ok, the video was weird tho they look like there not very into there own music very awkward i dont listen to meshuggah at all so i could not tell you if they were punking riffs or not but from a standpoint of just a uneducated listener, nothing to write home about.
Here’s the problem:
1) Metal is constantly running out of new ideas.
2) Meshuggah came along and changed the drumming/riffing game; suddenly, bands have a new bandwagon to jump on.
3) Bands capitalize on the general idea of Meshuggah but include variety to appeal to a wider audience.
They shouldn’t be ashamed of what they’re doing really. Meshuggah pretty much opened the floodgates when Drumkit From Hell came out. Suddenly, people that couldn’t play like Tomas Haake could program his samples in the same machine-like patterns, and they took that approach off in more or less mainstream directions. It was only a matter of time. If you think the artists who sound a little bit like Meshuggah ought to be quiet, what about every metal band that has used the d-beat? Should they be paying royalties to Discharge?
Like it!
Its actually not awful. I was expecting IWABO and I get a Sikth knockoff…gimme a Sikth knockoff any day of the fucking week. I miss that band so much.
No matter how many times you use the term Sumeriancore, it will never catch on. Stop it.
+1
Seconded.
I am a big fan of basically anything they consider “sumeriancore” yet I cannot stand the name. They definitely need to get rid of that soon.
I was with it until the vocals kicked in. That ruined it for me.
Feel Silent, Tesseract, Arcitects, Textures, Mnemic, and the list of worshipers goes on and on. You hear the guitar tone and the wierd time singatures (simplified versions at least) everywhere these days. I don’t see it as a bad thing though. Its more of a testament to the impact meshuggah has made on metal.
I actually like this band, I’ve been listening to them before this post was posted.
Meh x2. There’s so much metal out there right now worldwide, that vast majority are bound to sound similar. One could even say the vocal styles in this one are ripped off from I Set My Friends On fire. It’s interchangeable in the larger picture, does not matter.
It’s the unique sounds that go where no one has gone before that can ascend beyond the momentary flavor of the week. One that note, I click Powerslave and listen to something that actually did break new ground in a totally unique way.
These guys are terrible. I’d challenge the entire audience and the band to a cage-style fighting match.
+1
The fan shown at around 2:39, douche with the sunglasses, is the pure embodiment of why this band sucks…they tried to copy Sikth and failed. Three cheers for Auto-tune!!!
oh, those sunglasses… I think it may be from the Bring Me The Horizon merch booth…
No autotune on the entire album, the band refuse to use it. They also make no intentional attempts to copy Sikth, so thats a comparison that you drew yourself :)
haha ok
im in the crowd , lets go for it
xx
Having made this video i actually have the names of all 250 people who were at this shoot feel free to arrange a time and a cage we’ll see how much of you is left at the end
i was in the audience. i’ll challenge you.
these guys are awesome. just go get some taste. cheers
Hmm… don’t see the Sumeriancore in this, seems like generic metalcore to me.
The video:
Contra: Too many close-ups of their childish drummer, but he’s not to blame for being 14.
Pro: Some neat Counter-Strike footage! Someone give me a “Fire in the hole! Go, go, go!”, please?
Cheers I’ve still got the swat suits and use them regularly to fuck with my friends
I really hate the vocals from this band! But the music is nothing to brag about either. Also, how come you guys never mention the best band from Sumerian, Veil Of Maya. Its always BOO, of these guys, shit ABACAAB has been mention more times on here then VOM. This site needs more Veil Of Maya love!!!!!!!!
this band shits all over veil of maya, you dumb fuck.
fuck you. Veil of maya blows these guys out of the water.
these guys dont have enough talent to shlep VoM’s guitar cases.
i agree…more VoM.
If a million bands can blatantly rip off Suffocation, whats wrong a few bands ripping off Meshuggah, an arguably superior band?
- : The only ones in the video with long hair are the guitarists and the bassplayer in the band, the crowd looks like they actually were going to a Kanye West-gig but came to the wrong venue, too repetitive riffs, the clean vocals doesn’t sound good at all and neither do the screams. Overall a really bad video and a really boring song from an even more boring band.
+ : The guitarists and the bassplayer had long hair.
You’re an idiot.
sounds like a brokencyde song remixed with a metal song. vocalist pains me to listen to. the rest wasn’t bad.
What the fuck was that?
That was the worst sounding shit I have heard in awhile, and why were there all those white kids bobbing up and down like they were being filmed for a rap video?
Whoever signed that band should be shot.
They weren’t so bad, they vocals sucked though. I don’t get why you criticise them, when your blog routinely sucks the balls of bands of every american band that has ripped-off At The Gates. You guys lack consistency.
I like it.
Meh, it could be interesting at some point. The problem today with metal bands is that, as stated before, there are so many in a genre running out of ideas that there will undoubtedly be rip-offs. Secondly, this band looks like they are probably 19-21 (like almost all new metal bands) and since they probably haven’t been playing or listening to metal that long so they probably don’t have any really good original ideas yet. Not enough development time. Give it a few years and I’m sure the good will rise from the bad and the inspirational will squash the lame. Or generic will reign and metal (on the well known end) will suck.
I actually really like this song, and for ME personally – i love the breakdown vocals. Video does the job aswell. Lighting and camera shots are awesome, but agreed- probably could’ve used a more appropriate crowd.
Some of your negative comments above are more pretentious than Ghandi’s flip flop is dry..
“they EVEN have two vocalists like sikth”… oh dear, oh how much you have to learn. Now now, not every band who chugs and has 2 vocalists are copying previously successful bands? no?
mate that was pants
Fuck you man. These guys have been doing this stuff for 6 years, not following trends at all. They come from round where I live and have always been doing this, it just happens that this is what’s “in” right now. Everyone hated the music when they started but only came to their gigs cos they were the only decent band round here. In short:
DON’T HATE, CONGRATULATE.
ps fuck you :)
also, 4 months back:
http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/03/09/what-do-you-think-of-fellsilent/
make your mind up dickweed.
What fucking moron wrote this review?? You obviously dont know good, original, well-written music when you hear it. Anyone with an in-depth knowledge of music should be able to hear the uniqueness in Fellsilent’s songwriting style, and appreciate the musical ability even if its not to their personal taste. To go as far as call them Meshuggah rip-offs is just sheer ignorance. Mr Neilstein, I do believe you fail at music. Good day to you.
2 Vocalists has been explored, and on discovery, the added texture and rhythmical possibilities make it a worthwhile venture. Think back to the first bands that discovered having 2 guitarists opened the floodgates for harmony + depth, every band that did that afterwards couldnt be criticised with plagiarism!!
First album is commendable! New direction may well be needed though.
Fantastic band!
wow. all you fucks who hate on this band have no idea what your talking about. agreed the video is not the greatest so what. its not really that important. i dont listen to them for the video. i listen to them because they write and play interesting, fresh, complex and heavy music. if immerse is the only song youve heard and you feel like criticizing them then you can go hang yourself. once you listen to the songs Drowned in my Enemy or Double Negative, or maybe the whole fucking album then you will change your mind. they are definitely not a rip off band of meshuggah. since when has it been a crime to play music influenced by your favorite bands. thats how its always been.and if it really bothers you that much, just dont listen to it and shut your fucking mouth, thats why i dont listen to bring me the horizon. fuck you people who hate and props to yalls who congradulate.
Usually this website is quite good, but this dickhead doesn’t have a clue what he’s on about!