THE FALLEN WITHIN play driving, modern Thrash with nice chords, melody arcs and vocal arrangements. Some calm elements loosen up the tracks (like the contained part during The Great Fall) and the voice shows up as a brownie point through its broad range.

What’s my problem with Intoxicated? It is the keyboard!!! It is obtrusive and destroys the fluency and the aggression, especially at the beginning of this release.
What’s the highlight of Intoxicated? The felicitous title track, which works with contrasting sentiments. The impelling, grooving basis rhythm animates the fan to listen closely, ere a contained part throttles the speed. Afterwards, the band speeds up again – that’s the way we like it!
Unfortunately the band avoids this way of playing for most of the time, because the keyboard breaks the aggression. Additionally, I miss catchy refrains or hooklines.

In the end, nothing positive stays in my mind except the two above mentioned outstanding tracks. I can find too much trivial songs. What a pity...