Horsehunter Release Self-Titled Album; Streaming in Full Now
Wow, you know, when Horsehunter put out their 2015 debut, Caged in Flesh (review here), it was like, golly, this sure is heavy, but their self-titled is a complete turn. I mean, I’ve heard of selling out, but to have a band like this come out of Melbourne’s vibrant heavy scene and turn to whatever this kind of blend of pop-punk college rock is and then have the sheer gall to name the record after the band, as if to say, “Yeah, no, just kidding with all that grueling thick tone and harsh sludge and whatnot. We’re in it to play coffee houses.” Bands should be allowed to expand their sound and explore different directions and all that, but seriously. Dudes sound like they’re trying to write the soundtrack to a thoughtful slow-mo montage in a rom-com. What the fuck.
Nah I’m just playing. Of course it’s brutal as shit. Horsehunter dropped Horsehunter sans advance hype on March 2 in collusion with Magnetic Eye Records and it’s streaming in all its four-song, wreck-your-skull glory right now at the bottom of this post, courtesy of their Bandcamp. Check it out if you need to clear your sinuses.
Info from the PR wire:
Horsehunter – Horsehunter (New Album March 2, 2019)
Album 2 from Melbourne’s legendary doom metal heroes, Horsehunter. An unforgiving follow up to 2015’s critically acclaimed debut, Caged in Flesh. This S/T album comes equipped again, with massive tones and a lumbering vibe along with an underlying hypnotic bleak psychedelia throughout . For fans of High on Fire, Sleep and Baroness, Available 3/2/2019 on Magnetic Eye Records MER077
Artwork by Jesse Webb
Produced and Engineered by Tigglyfuzz Kokiri (the producer formerly known as Tigran Fuzzmeister)
Co-Engineered by Jon McNichol
Recorded live at Twin Earth Studios, Adelaide.
Overdubbed in various locations around Australia.
Tracklisting:
1. Horsehunter – Nuclear Rapture
2. Horsehunter – the Savage
3. Horsehunter – Bring out Yer Dead
4. Horsehunter – Collapse
Horsehunter was:
Dan Harris – Guitar
Michael Harutyunyan – Guitar & Vocals
Himiona Stringer – Bass Guitar
Nick Cron – Drums
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