SHIT AND SHINE
Cherry
(Riot Season)

THE DEVIL AND THE SEA
Heart Vs Spine
(AND)

LATITUDES
Bleak Epiphany in Slow Motion
(Shelsmusic)

THE GATES OF SLUMBER
Conqueror
(Profound Lore)

DEICIDE
Till Death Do Us Part
(Earache)

MOURNING BELOVETH
A Disease for the Ages 

(Grau)

AVSKY
Malignant

(Moribund)

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Another destructive release from the already reliable Acerbic Noise Development household. This time is the turn of The Devil and The Sea. To say that they are a harsh combo is a bit of an understatement. To say that they are catchy and immediate is a fucking fallacy, and to say that their giant volume hooks you like you are a piece of soft cattle is the absolute truth. The artwork is gorgeous and that always gets me, instantly albums get on top of the pile because of that. So I checked this out a couple of times on my way to work, and loved several things (and I mean everything) about them; first, their sludge factor is downright dirty.  A nasty greasy sound that leaves shit marks all over the house, an intricately but visceral and stream of consciousness affair that seems to head, hit and pummel in all directions.  It is ordained chaos, it is functional anarchy, it is a system that works for all those blessed with taste.

Another thing I liked about them; their doom factor. Ok, let’s say stoner, but I am just as wrong. The Devil and The Sea’s grooves aren’t wavy like the typical kind stoner band that thinks music stopped having validity in 1978.  No. The Devil and The Sea (the band is comprised of members of Icepick Revival and Collapsar) grooves sound like a car crash, like an accident involving two semis and a mini Cooper.  It’s horrible, but you want to set it on repeat, because the more you look at it, the more you see, the more sounds that you find, hidden secrets come afloat and from such disgrace comes beauty.  It’s an ugly collision of noise rock and the most gut wrenching elements of rock and roll based extreme metal. It is grimy and slimy, it is rude and obscene. This is fucking great.   

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