Fir or An Autopsy The Great Collapse Review

Fit For An Autopsy “The Great Collapse” Album Review

By Brandon ‘Eski’ Ortiz

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New Jersey’s Fit For An Autopsy has just released their fourth album, The Great Collapse. Vocalist Joe Badolato’s second album with the group combines a hard hitting sound, with great lyrics, that are very socially conscious.

The group, rounded out by co-founders Will Putney & Patrick Sheridan on Guitar, as well as third guitarist Tim Howley, bassist Peter Spinazola, and drummer Josean Orta effectively add the sound of terror behind this soundtrack to nature’s destruction.

LETS DIG IN!

The album opens with Hydra, an excellent opener with an epic intro, and a heavy but slow build – an awesome show opener for sure.

Heads Will Roll is next, and with a combination of a sweet sounding Gojira-type intro, awesome chorus, and very spacey bridge, will definitely be a welcome addition the band’s live set.

Black Mammoth paints the picture of a barren wasteland, with the drums picking up a tasty double time beat in the second verse.

Terraform begins with a very progressive deathcore intro, which builds into an awesomely quick solo, but goes into a rather generic breakdown, especially compared to the rest of this song.

While Iron Moon has a nice and heavy groove, it is unfortunately not as memorable as the other tracks.

When The Bulb Burns Out has a very slow intro, but kicks into full gear almost 2 minutes in.

Too Late has a very heavy groove, but the best part is definitely the schizophrenic fast section that swerves into your lane half way through.

Empty Still disguises itself as a very beautiful song, but vocally, you feel something more building beneath the surface. The song musically disintegrates into hell fire about 4 and half minutes through.

Spiral brings the album to a heavy conclusion, with a very nice bridge, and a musical spiral to the finish line.

On one end of the shovel – This album is loaded with very heavy tracks, with Heads Will Roll, Black Mammoth, and When The Bulb Burns Out being personal favorites. It is really refreshing to hear lyrics that are aware of what is going on around them, and not just feeding into the hype. Grab a lyric sheet, because you won’t want to miss what these guys are saying, with a heaviness lyrically that is matched sonically.

On the other end of the shovel – When songs like Terraform & Spiral feel like they are going a more progressive route, they end up getting pulled into a more generic breakdown, meaning a little bit slower and heavy, but still generic parts. I feel some of the songs could have drifted further into more eclectic sounds while not straying from the band’s signature sound.

How deep can I dig this?

Fir For An Autopsy have broken down the stigma that a new vocalist can, or will change the direction of a band. I appreciate this band for sticking to what they do, and doing it well. I feel hints of a band that want to learn further and explore, and I certainly hope they continue to. This shovel digs 7.5 out of 10 feet deep.