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King Gizz respectfully honoured a variety of thrash bands with their latest album, while still maintaining their distinctive Gizz-psych sound. All with an environmentally conscious theme (and how cognisant did the lyrics of Superbug end up?) . A very impressive album that I hope introduces some new fans to the thrash genre, and inspires them to check out the bands that inspired this album.
I like some metal but I found the mathcore black metal of Serpent Column just too much for my ears.
On Serpent Column: It's fairly difficult to still shock people with this kind of music so what is left: a murky fall into the abyss. The only track that has a noticeable sense of direction is the fairly epic Ausweg also because the first part is instrumental. So not my thing.
This while the attempts of King Gizzard to shape its own form of trash metal is very good and the album was already part of my year chart.
Serpent Column is batshit crazy. I loved that record, especially as I find myself going deeper into extreme metal. It's exactly what black metal should be: a chaotic and hellish blizzard of evil.
I loved the King Gizz record and own a copy of it on vinyl, but I had to vote Serpent Column. It's so fucking insane. _________________ ...and for dessert!
baystateoftheartNeil Young as a butternut squashProfile Massachusetts
Infest The Rats' Nest is a consistent and well-made album with relevant themes. They might not be breaking new ground sonically, and thrash isn't my favorite music aesthetically, but I really enjoyed it.
A few minutes into Mirror In Darkness, and I was sure King Gizzard had my vote. Serpent Column's music is a very good fit for the cover. As the album continued though, their relentless yet beautifully textured wall of noise really grew on me. It certainly helped that the bad black metal vocals (what's new?) were kept very low in the mix when they appeared.
Ultimately, these are two bands who are very good at what they do, and so the choice becomes whether my preferred flavor of metal is more song-oriented or sound-oriented. I found Mirror In Darkness to be a more compelling listening experience, and it gets my vote. _________________ Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM
cestuneblagueOtana, but No HitoProfile Straight Outta Ballard
King Gizzard & Lizard Wizard is something I can put on and enjoy but I forget it about soon after listening, though maybe it's something I would've enjoyed a lot more over a decade ago. However, there are few other albums I would vote over Serpent Column in this tournament, just love the way the album suffocates you, gets under your skin, all with pitch-perfect, exquisite craft throughout. Easy choice here.
baystateoftheartNeil Young as a butternut squashProfile Massachusetts
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