This record is definitely not for everyone, but for those who like their doom on the punishingly callous and despondent side, smothered with noise-ridden dread and bitterness, this one's for you.
Doom metal trio Primitive Man returns with one of the most nihilistic albums in the genre. For anyone who enjoys some pain with their pleasure.
What is the heaviest album of all time?
In terms of lyrical weight, there are many albums that could be considered the heaviest, whether that be David Bowie’s eerily prophetic lyrics of death on Blackstar or the wholly misanthropic and depressive lyrics of Have a Nice Life’s Deathconsciousness. When it comes to sonic heaviness, Rock Dream’s unrelenting walls of metal and noise is always the first that came to my mind, or rather it was.
On October 6, 2017, four years after ... read more
It's Primitive Man after all, so it's expected that this is some of the most brutal sludge doom out there, but there's really no doubt this is what truly established their brand. Noisy, creative stuff that pushes the boundaries of extreme metal you wouldn't think were ready to be pushed. Despite it's length, it doesn't feel like it at all, filling those 77 minutes with a multitude of riffs, ambient passages, or, to put it simpler, moments where you are forced to ... read more
| 1 | My Will 5:05 | 90 |
| 2 | Victim 5:58 | 92 |
| 3 | Caustic 0:41 | 72 |
| 4 | Commerce 12:16 | 88 |
| 5 | Tepid 7:59 | 93 |
| 6 | Ash 0:40 | 70 |
| 7 | Sterility 5:41 | 90 |
| 8 | Sugar Hole 6:02 | 89 |
| 9 | The Weight 1:07 | 70 |
| 10 | Disfigured 10:20 | 87 |
| 11 | Inevitable 12:28 | 85 |
| 12 | Absolutes 8:58 | 74 |