Dying Fetus is a brutal death metal band formed in 1991 in Maryland, United States. The line-up consists of John Gallagher (guitar, vocals), Sean Beasley (bass) and Duane Timlin (drums). Mike Kimball, guitars and lyrics on War of Attrition, left the band, and they are now holding try outs for a replacement.
Dying Fetus's music is a hybrid of death metal and grindcore, characterized by extremely fast blast beats, complex riffing and slow breakdowns. Lyrics-wise, the band dabbled in the usual gory death metal subject matter on their early albums, and respectfully covered "Born in a Casket," a song originally written by famous death metal band Cannibal Corpse. By 2000’s Destroy The Opposition, however, they shifted towards politically driven lyrics.
Their lyrics are often left-wing, mostly consisting of aggressive critique addressed towards things such as religion, corporations, consumerism and war. Their fusion of death and grind is called Slam.