Them – Fear City CD

Them – Fear City 

This exciting mélange of horror and fantasy story is flanked by the usual dynamic songs, a hybrid of raw metal riffs, complex and frequently fast-paced grooves and surprisingly catchy chorus parts. Markus Ullrich: “This is a special feature with Them: We play hard, technically accomplished guitar parts, combined with a solid basic toughness, yet we don’t just bark out the chorus, but sing it very melodically. Some songs on ‘Fear City’ are even heavier than expected, you could say: They really let rip! But our singer is fantastic and our songs make purposeful forays into a wide range of different stylistic directions.” Ullrich is referring to typical Them numbers such as the opener ‘Flight Of The Concorde’, the above-mentioned first single ‘Welcome To Fear City’ and even a slightly slower track such as ‘The Crossing Of Hellgate Bridge’ with its wonderfully elegiacal atmosphere.At the same time, ‘Fear City’ holds a number of unexpected elements in store: ‘191st Street’ features classic progressive metal, the verse on ‘Graffiti Park’ has a dark doom part, ‘The Deconsecrated House Of Sin’ starts with a classic black metal riff, and ‘Death On The Downtown Metro’ surprises with blast beats. Ullrich: “I’m especially proud of the final track ‘In The 11th Hour’ with its atmospheric intro and sustained, epic doom metal vibe.”

Tracklist:
01 Excito 1:48
02 Flight of the Concorde 3:48
03 Welcome To Fear City 4:12
04 Retro 54 4:54
05 An Ear For the Action 0:29
06 Graffiti Park 4:06
07 191st Street 5:30
08 Home Stretch 0:54
09 The Crossing of Hellgate Bridge 9:19
10 Death on the Downtown Metro 3:42
11 Stay Tuned… 0:23
12 A Most Violent Year 0:57
13 The Deconsecrated House of Sin 3:43
14 In the 11th Hour 3:17

Label: Steamhammer
Released: 2022