52 - Fetal Syndrome

Fetal Syndrome
Lucky 13 Saloon
11 July 2008

A quick beer with Louis turned into a head-banging event. C.M. Carrigy on vocals, Angel Cotte on drums, and Luis Santana and Mario Siringo on guitar screeched their way into our heads and left us each with a good case of tinnitus. You see, Lucky 13 Saloon is about the size of a large Brooklyn studio apartment...a fantastic, kick-ass, bad-ass Brooklyn studio apartment with hot bartenders that is. Regardless of the decor though, there isn't a lot of space for sound to emanate, and, although not a connoisseur, I am fairly certain that death metal music isn't usually played at volumes that are considered beneficial to the auditory canal. I have only listened to a handful of death metal bands, so I am not really sure what makes one a "good" band. I know that it is extremely difficult to go from singing to harsh, throat-wrenching screaming though, and it seemed as if Carrigy certainly hit that mark well enough. So, if you are looking for a metal band around Brooklyn, give a listen to Fetal Syndrome.