PoisonBow

Perfect study music. A utopia of perfect sequencing. Machines doing their jobs to a perfect degree, and you get to witness the process.

A level of rawness and brutality that may never again be reached. Fiendish vocals, blistering production, and riffs and drumming that are so loose they feel on the verge of falling apart. The fact that the ending of this album is as beautiful as it is is truly magical. Metalcore still has incredible bands like Knocked Loose bearing the torch, but Jane Doe is truly one of a kind.

This album always makes me picture Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, when the gang is inside what they think is an asteroid, only for them to realize it's a space snake. It is so eerie and still, and it enters these moments of intergalactic and simultaneously rustic beauty. It is a landmark ambient record that evokes a peaceful yet ominous depiction of space. I adore it.

Slaughter to Prevail pushes being a gimmick metal band into a space so putrid it makes the new Sleep Token album look tasteful.

"GRIZZLY" takes what little commendable aspects there were about Slaughter's previous effort, "KOSTOLOM," and leans far harder into the most trying aspects of their sound. The band continues to bite heavily from Slipknot. Not only does the band interpolate the classic track "(sic)" on "Russian Grizzly In America" but they ... read more