Fear of God

Fear Of God | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 16, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000008FJ7
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #259,425 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. All That Remains

2. Betrayed

3. Emily

4. Red To Grey

5. Diseased

6. Wasted Time

7. Love's Death

8. White Door

9. Drift

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Anatomy of Self Destruction, March 26, 2004

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John E. Chadwick "John C" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fear of God (Audio CD)

One of the most powerful CD's I have ever listened to. The music is deep, heavy and textured, one could easily slip thru a crack and get lost. And then there is Dawn's voice. From the opening spoken words to the frenzied exodus of Drift it is obvious who the star is here. Dawn's tortured soul is bared as she lashes out at a world that she is not long for.
The music is reminsicent of early Fates Warning/Mercyful Fate only with a heavier double bass and guitar crunch at times. The band is tight, and they weave a spike filled web that Dawn cloaks her vocals in. Raspy, haunting and at times screamed like a death knell, paradoxically, at other times they are spoken, whispered and almost breathed. The lyrics are deep, dark and wonderful. Simple lines have excess meaning when Dawn speaks them. This album is not simply a bunch of songs but more of an experience.
From personal knowledge I know that on the tour of this album she started having violent episodes and a couple of years later literally drank herself to death. This CD was powerful before, but seeing and feeling the underlying madness inherit within it makes it an almost surreal experience. This is NOT an act, this is raw emotion and mental anguish at it's finest.
I implore everyone out there who desires to really experience their music instead of just listening to it, to track this CD down and feel the power it contains. My personal favorites are tracks #3-Emily and #9-Drift.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars gothic metal at its best, October 10, 2005

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Jesse Nelson "scazzy" (Tucson, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fear of God (Audio CD)

This is an incredible album. Dawn Crosby died of alcoholism, I believe in 1996. Anyway, my first exposure to this was an intense video "Betrayed," one of the most intense tracks off this album. The overlay of voices throughout the album makes it sound as though a wall of hanting female banshees laid down the vocals. Far superior to the harsher, stripped down follow-up, this evokes early Danzig and early King Diamond, yet is a wonder all to its own. Very under-exposed and under the radar... get it if you can.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Most Unique Metal Recording That Exists, July 26, 2007

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Bruce K. (Lehigh Valley, PA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Fear of God (Audio CD)

I haven't heard this album in a long while. I bought it on cassette years ago when it first came out; it was one of those random, impulsive, spontaneous "Well, this looks interesting, I think I'll pick it up," purchases; you know, the type where you're not concerned about the possibility of wasting the money on (I've done it many times, and you win some, lose some). I had no idea what I was getting myself into, and needless to say it was the furthest thing from being a waste of my money. I was in love with this from the start and I couldn't stop listening.

Eventually, a little over a year later, I wondered what happened to them because nothing new had come out and I didn't know if they were still together. I had sent a letter to Dawn Crosby c/o Warner Bros. Records (address that was listed inside the "Within the Veil" tape sleeve), and over a year went by with no response. To be honest, I had forgotten all about it.

So I was 17 at the time, and I receive a small package in the mail from a mailer named F.O.G. from Maryland with a note on it that said "Do you still care?" and initialed D.C. - I didn't put two and two together at the time, and this sat on top of my dresser in my room for about a month or so. I finally opened it up, and what was inside was a photocopy of a demo tape sleeve that Fear of God had recorded between "Within the Veil" and "Toxic Voodoo", after the line-up changes. I just about dropped over, and if my foot could have reached my own rear end, I would have kicked it for not opening this package sooner. Best part about it was that she included a phone number to reach her.

So I gave her a call and I think I woke her up (I'm in PA, she was in MD at the time, but it was like 1:00 PM). I told her who I was, and it was as if she knew me right away. We talked about shows and the line-up changes in the band, and the possibility to get to a show in Philly to meet up with her. Unfortunately, this never happened. We spoke on the phone a few more times after that; she sounded to be troubled, though I didn't really feel it was my place to question it; it really wasn't any of my business.

I then lost touch with her, and about six months later I did a random search on the internet and started finding write-ups about her death. I was speechless, upset, torn, and again, I could have kicked myself for not getting to one of the shows that we talked about on the phone. Now my chance to hang with her was gone.

This is easily one of the most unforgettable recordings I've ever heard. Dawn's vocals are beautiful, yet damning at the same time. Very serene at times, while still feeling tortured, maimed, confused, scarred. No doubt one the most emotionally raw performances I can think possible. I HIGHLY recommend this to any "dungeon metal" or "doom metal" fan out there. A true rare gem within the genre not only at the time it came out, but even until now; I've never heard anything else quite like this, and I doubt I ever will.

R.I.P. Dawn Crosby...