Metal is alive and well and living in Europe. Americans futz with knuckledragging nü metal and ’til-you-grow-outta-it hardcore, European metal pushes forward.
The new line-up’s attempt to once and for all slap the public in the face and receive the long-overdue credit for trailblazing the industrial/metal genre.
Friends have tried to convince me of sinister undertones, and sure, I hear some, but I mainly hear folky hippie sap rock. Full on Simon & Garfunkle’n’shit.
Combining Swedish violence (features Soilwork and Darkane folk) with the white hot and heavy bits from Amercian nü metal bands like Machine Head and Slipknot.