Floridian sludgers Hollow Leg are getting ready later this month to head out on a run up and back down the East Coast with Holly Hunt, and even as they prepare to do so supporting an Argonauta Records reissue of their 2010 first album, Instinct, they’ve posted audio for a new single called “God-Eater” (munch munch munch) that turns their previous two outings — Instinct and its 2013 follow-up, Abysmal (review here) — somewhat on their heads.

I say “somewhat” because, let’s face it, Hollow Leg haven’t gone polka-thrash or anything like that. They’re still working well within a heavy realm, but a lot of the ultra-slamming sludge of Abysmal seems absent from “God-Eater” in favor of a more laid-back, fuzzed-out approach. Maybe I’m splitting hairs here — the track is still called “God-Eater” — but the feel is less aggressive overall, and vocalist Scott Angelacos has shifted his vocals to match, finding roots in more of a Southern heavy rock vein than the screams of prior outings.

Again, in the grand scheme of life and what Neil DeGrasse Tyson tells me (and only me; we talk on the phone sometimes) is an endlessly expanding universe, it’s not a massive shift, but there’s been some reordering of the balance of elements at work in Hollow Leg‘s sound, and it makes me look forward all the more to seeing them on tour with Holly Hunt later this month.

Dig it:

Hollow Leg, “God-Eater”

Ready to start for a U.S. Spring tour and while promoting the reissue of their album “Instinct” on Argonauta Records, Florida sludge masters HOLLOW LEG just released a new song: “God Eater”, as single track, encompasses the next direction for the band, sonically, visually and lyrically. The song works as a prelude to album number three and all within the band are excited to summon more new material. “God Eater” can be streamed via the Argonauta Records YouTube channel: http://youtu.be/ffO5M2ynjSw

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