Dan Swano returns three years hence with the fourth installment of his Breathing Shadow concept and the picture just gets brighter, stranger, more enigmatic.
Politically-charged melodic hardcore/noisecore act Boy Sets Fire have found a new home at Wind-Up, home of Creed, and to celebrate, the band has issued an EP.
For the first time since the NY band’s inception, the ominous, wretched cries of the guitar bends have been traded in for traditional grinds and chugs.
This is Vader members Mauser and Doc’s side band. Ironic, then, that this sophomore release is actually better than the last Vader full-length, Revelations.
Reaching back to Killing Joke, Ministry, and Godflesh, Raunchy bridge the old school with the new, most notably that of Fear Factory and Strapping Young Lad.
The band has never sounded better: Awkward catchiness, mind-boggling technicality, third degree-burn ferocity, and just overall fucking top notch songcrafting.