The Batlord

I've been listening to Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses too much and ignoring Need to Control. **** me for that. This song has pretty much everything that's amazing about this album: crushing sludge riffs, tech grind madness, those catchy grooves BT sometimes throws in, demented vocals from hell, and a bit of leftfield weirdness just to confuse you. And that production is so ****ing dense. The slower riffs just pound into your skull and the faster sections almost end up sounding like harsh noise, but it's all so pristine that you can still hear everything that's going on. It's like Dan Lilker went into the studio and announced, "You know, I think this album should sound like lead."

This album is both insane and insanely awesome.

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