Quite a few impressive hardcore bands are coming out of Scandinavia. In fact, we were so impressed by the Danish hardcore band's 2020 album that we gave this one a shot. It feels a little more metallic in the spastic way it emotes like a rabid version of the Deftones that flirts with metal core. "Deflating Rooms' reminds me a little too much of the song before it until they stomp into a breakdown. The band's more unhinged qualities remind me of Dillinger Escape Plan, but without any of the progressive flirtations. The bass leads the way into "Beelzebub" to create a more punk feel. Then, when they kick into the syncopated riff, things hit their stride here. It is kinetic in the same way the Refused once were. There are breakdowns, but handled in a more original manner than most.
There is a hookier touch to their songwriting, which works really well and makes this album more memorable than if they just hit you with a bunch of unhinged screaming. They get the point across without beating it to death. There is still something nu-metal about the groove for "Moving Day For the Overton Window." It is not the first time metal-core has intersected with nu-metal; in fact, the current incarnation of the genre is pretty much an incarnation of it.
Songs like "Clown" are a more burly outburst of punk the direction of grindcore. They go for the throat with a feral lust here."Money Mouth" picks up with where the intensity of the previous song left off, though things are deliberate here. The title track closes the album. It is the kind of frenzied attack you would expect from these guys. The chaos the vocals allow themselves to descend into holds touches of Mike Patton, though with none of his melodic sensibilities. They stepped up the songwriting, and that gives this album the grooves needed for me to rate it a 9. Out on Prothestic Records .
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