Early on, Boston-based Anchor Set had me interested in their brand of metal/punk rock music, but by the mid-point of their album, the band lost me entirely.
Mixing nü metal breakdown stomp and Southern-fried dirt rock kick-ass, Scissorfight are for both knuckledragging groove-metalers and shaggy stoner/hard rockers.
Snarling production, fast-paced drumming, and a mix of flutter-picked black shred and “catchy” thrash riffs make Satanic Slaughter a feast of metal mayhem.
Seven songs in just over 18 minutes, there’s no time to jazz up with melodies or anything cute and fancy; they serve up dirty metal, grindcore, and noisecore.