Fear of Domination – Call of Schizophrenia

Releasedate: 29-05-2009; Label: Osasto-A
By: Sabine van Gameren

Fear of Domination is an industrial metal band coming from Rajamäki, Finland. The band just released their debutalbum “Call of Schizophrenia”.

Tempelores got their first touch of Fear of Domination during Metal Orgy Festival which was organized by singer Saku Solin in order for them to break away from small stages. Since then the balls got rolling for the band, they got signed at the Osasto-A label and now they are releasing their debut album. The band actually started in 2006 and with a few lineup changes they became the band they are now.

“Call of Schizophrenia” starts off with the song “Fear of Domination”, one that did extremely well during the Metal Orgy Festival and that is not really a surprise since it has a party spirit in it, mainly caused by the catchy tunes of the keyboard and sing-along parts. This atmosphere rages forth through the whole album.
A point to mention is that the raspy vocals of Saku might use some variation in style next time as the whole album is filled with pretty much the same style, but it is not really that much of a disturbing factor since the instrumental part is backing it up nicely. The song that steps away from the routine most is the title song “Call of Schizophrenia” in which the backing vocals of Niina Telén come more to the foreground and the message seems approachable for a random listener.
The whole album is filled with unpredictable riffs to catch your interest and built up the excitement of the metal next to the industrial elements. Most of the songs start and end quite abrupt which makes the transitions from one song to the other sometimes a bit strange.
The album closes with a remix done by MC Raaka Pee, known from Turmion Kätilöt who recently released an album as well.

“Call of Schizophrenia” left a good impression. It has some pro’s an cons, but there are more pro’s than there are cons to find. No reason for not having it in your collection if you are into industrial metal.

Line Up:
Saku Solin – Vocals
Jaakko Arteli – Drums & Backing Vocals
Lauri Ojanen – Bass
Johannes Niemi – Lead Guitar
Jan-Erik Kari – Guitar
Niina Telén – Keyboards & Backing Vocals

Tracklist: 01. Fear of Domination 02. Mistake in Evolution 03. Clown Industry 04. Synthetic Paradise 05. Punish Y.S 06. Intact Girl 07. Perfect World 08. Call of Schizophrenia 09. Theatre 10. MC Raaka Pee – Dominator Remix

Links:
Fear of Domination MySpace