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  Review by: BrandonSideleau See others by this writer ![[staff]](/images/icons/staffsticker.gif){kind=icon}
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Published on November 26th 2002
Since my last review (Rise Above) under the alias of Mr. B got such a great response, I thought I'd take another shot. Raised Fist is a vicious and sonic assault of hardcore from Sweden. Through legendary live shows and the utter brutality of their music this band gained a considerable popularity over here in the states with their last album "Ignoring The Guidlines". Their latest effort is titled "Dedication" and the title says it all. These guys are dedicated to making loud, harsh, sonic explosions of intensity both live and in the studio. People who liked this also liked:           Please login or register to post comments. What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?
cool record but always the same.... I love this album. In fact, I'm listening to it right now. I'd like to paste my brother (alex, the singers) comment when I told him about what you all think of his their album "fan vad skönt att höra att folk gillar det", that means, "feels fucking good to know that people liked it". He is really happy about his fans. Raised Fist rocks! I posted the last comment, but I changed my mind since. The album is great. I really don't like the album except get this right and dedication. Ignoring the guidelines was IMO way better. this album is awesome, when i first listened to it, i felt like i was being bludgeoned to death by bricks. oh yeah, the guest vocalist on the last track is some guy from a band called Defleshed. I went to a concert a few months back and during the whole hour before the band hit stage the sound system was looping "Ignoraing the Guidelines" over & over. By the time i left i could sing each song. to the guy few posts down, i believe raised fist used two guitars on Ignoring and possibly fuel, they have now added a permenant 2nd guitar for their live show line-up aswel... but who gives a fuck cause either way, cause it's a nice album. actually i kinda agree with the guy below me about the production...when listening to this album and ignoring the guidelines, fear factory was the first band that came to mind. am i alone in thinking that the production tends to be a little too over the top for these guys? they pull off the aggresive yet catchy thing really well, but the past two albums have sounded a little too slick to have any staying power with me. Definately one of the greatest hardcore bands! The most intense hardcore band in the world. Perfectly mixed and blended into a fine weave of torturing riffs and screams. An onslaught of 6 walls of noise, boxing you into a ball of energy, waiting to be be released upon it's play. this cd is just plain fucking awesome. just as good if not better than ignoring the guidelines. they also added a 2nd guitarist for this release, which gives the cd a little more variation than its predecessor. "Ignoring The Guidelines" was one of my fav Burning Heart releases and cam't wait to pick this new one up. A great great great album! Message Beneath Contempt could quite possibly be the greatest song they've written (well, on par with pretext). Raised fist is one of the best hard core bands...I can't wait to buy this. |
