Meatwound — Largo Find us a better, more grimacingly loud or aggressive Bay area metal release, and we’ll shove it right back down your godforsaken throat where it belongs. This seven-track follow up to 2016’s Addio is every bit as bass-heavy, fast and gut-punching, but Dan Shook sounds especially possessed on it, especially when the wailing, distorted guitar of “Jungle Heart” seamlessly fades into the hypnotic, pulverizing rhythm of of “Reproduction Blues.” (Magic Bullet Records)
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This article appears in Dec 28, 2017 – Jan 4, 2018.
