Rage My Bitch – Fell On Black Season

Releasedate: 07-12-2011; Label: Inverse Records
By: Sabine van Gameren

Rage My Bitch is a Melodic Death Metal formation from Finland. The band recently released their debut album “Fell On Black Season” via Inverse Records.

Recently the band told us already about their album (here). To come back to that story, the band said the lyrics are an important factor in the music they make. This is what you find out soon enough while listening, the vocals are quite dominant and upfront in the mix. With two vocalists you may be prepared for some good variation on that front and it works out quite well.
In the instrumental part you find two guitarists which give the sound some aggression when needed and yet remain with some catchy parts as well. Take the first song “The Mirror” which exhibit this all quite strong. Another thing what is quite interesting in this release is the way the guys give out the energy. In “The Final Entry” the band starts quite calm and builds to a climax on a their own way, letting it grow on you and afterwards giving you a little cool down period, before the next song comes in again.
Overall it is an interesting release, that proved already to work out live as well (see Metalorgy 2011). The band have made a strong combination of the story and the instruments and keeps you interested throughout the whole set list.

Line up:
Matti Lämsä – Guitars
Immo Hietakallio – Guitars
Toni Kukkola – Vocals
Andy Peltola – Vocals
Teppo Ristola – Drums
Joni Kyynäräinen – Bass
Tonmi Lillman – everything else

Tracklist: 01. The Mirror 02. Of Denial 03. Red Dead Lovesong 04. Last Of My Kind 05. Empire (In A Spoonful Of Shit) 06. The Final Entry 07. Goddamn Machine 08. Evolution Of A Born New Sin

Links:
Rage My Bitch Facebook
Rage My Bitch Official