KVLL Release “Suffocation” Single; New EP Out Next Year
God damn that’s massive. Last heard from with 2020’s Death//Sacrifice (review here), all-caps Melbourne ultra-crush slaughter-sludgers KVLL return unrepentant with “Suffocation,” a six-minute deathly bludgeon that heralds the release next year of an EP that goes by the same name. The song starts big even through its speedier chug, and slows down to get even more tectonic by the time it’s done, and clearly has eyes for your skull. I’ve listened through twice now, and it sounds like my leg feels after having surgery last week — like torn flesh and old bones rubbing against each other. It is brutal.
And oh, the breakdown riff. You’ll slam into the brick wall in front of you at 1:40 and spend the rest of the song trying to escape as the wall on the other side begins to move closer with intent to crush. Good luck with that. A droney backing layer assures the threat is real as even the pummel starts to come apart to noise, and a few last guttural grunts before the final stretch of loops and feedback and whatever else begins its casually destructive exit. Shit. I know they’re doing a three-songer — because that’s what they say they’re doing and they have no reason to lie — but I’ll take full-length from the duo-turned-trio whenever they’re ready to roll one out. If this is the kind of force they’re putting behind their stuff in the meantime though, right on.
Art, info, links:
The song is the first single off our upcoming EP titled Suffocation. Out early 2023. The 3-track EP features another KVLL song, truly sticking to our roots of caveman battle-axe swingin doom. The other song is a cover.
Suffocation was recorded in Early 2022 by Josh Bills at Vagabond Studios. Mixed and Mastered by Josh Bills too. Suffocation is accompanied by a Music Video, shot by Jayden Hauptberger at a factory in the north of Victoria, AUS.
Album art by Jayden Hauptberger + Rhys Brennan.
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Written and Performed by:
Mitchell Kerr – Guitar + Vox
Brayden Becher (Drums)
Rhys Brennan (Bass)
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