Classic Day – ‘85 Death Camp
The first studio record coming from New York thrash outfit Carnivore with a self-titled release that shook the November 1985 nights through an eight-track release. Originally on Roadrunner Records, the group saw a crunching of bone and teeth with tracks like “Armageddon,” “World Wars III and IV,” and the iconic thrash metal smash “God Is Dead.”
Made up of Peter Steele who was the soon to be frontman of Type O Negative, also joining the fight was Keith Alexander on the guitar and vocals. With Louis Beateaux providing the percussion and vocals with a grinding, overarching sound that acts as a predator of music. Carnivore can take rapid jumps through crowds, plucking people off along the way as the record progresses. Each bite, stomp, and chewing motion on Carnivore illustrates the seedy New York underbelly that strikes the jugular with precision.
From the breakdowns on the opening track, “Predator” to the final moments on nuclear holocausts from “World Wars III & IV,” there is something oddly uncomforting about Carnivore. It could be their almost ghoulish lyrical style, or perhaps their harsh sound, but it is nearly impossible to pinpoint exactly why the release demands movement. By learning to act as if they were animals, Carnivore is impressive through their 54-minute conquering of the throne through hellish aggression.
The track “Armageddon” opens almost as if it was a Type O Negative B-side with these catchy guitar works that translate into a dramatic but sluggish build up as elements of instrumentals are purposefully added in. Similar to baking a thrash metal cake, each ingredient is then kicked into a mixing bowl and demolished by the stirring mosh pits that the percussion and blitzing strings create. The final product is something less than pretty, but still, a tasty treat as the vocals scream “Armageddon” with a chorus coming in to reprise this short, but quotable chorus. It is one of the more memorable parts of the record as it shows a harmony before the vocals decide with animalistic and primal rage to, “Kill each other” as the band begins the moshing once more.
Carnivore is a circus act of balancing the heaviest thrash elements alongside the technical works that are known to prove a theory base from each member of Carnivore. They are fantastic musicians in the way that they provide a grim outlook into the thrash sound, while still performing under intense heat from the rising and shaking ground that was beneath them. As the atmosphere builds and sculpts abrupt chaos, Carnivore explodes in a frantic atom bomb of expression and tribe-esque leadership.
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Misc. Day – Greyhound
While the sound is lazy and carefree, there is nothing lazy behind the London musician Cosmo Pyke. A recommendation coming from the slipstream of a United Kingdom undertow, Just Cosmo walks through the often drab skies of England with an ivory Strat in his hands and a step back into the effect heavy tunings of a sunny afternoon.
A Peckham lad that can relate to the hearts of youth in America, Cosmo Pyke balances the fragrance of fresh style with an iconic backbone that draws more inspiration from his counterpart; King Krule who is the mainstream jazz/funk golden child of England. Even by surprise, his vocals often represent a style of Krule’s where the almost stoned performance is enticing and deliberately shining. He can communicate through his guitar works and the dazed percussion that lumps together these segmentations of shaky instrumentation blasts through the red and blue lines on the EP’s cover.
Everything about Just Cosmo reigns as an approachable, 5-track EP that strikes just barely over the 25-minute mark. With his often shifting tempos and chord structures, Cosmo Pyke quickly establishes himself as an upstanding bittersweet gloomer.
He has this vocal performance that tightly walks between being able to jump for energetic joy and a rainy stance on the edges of town. But somehow, through the bi-polar footing and all the mellow rainy days; Cosmo Pyke truly defines intrigue between instrument sequencing and segments.
With the fourth track on Just Cosmo, “Social Sites” is this dancing blue track that takes a journey through repetitive bliss. He is young to the music industry but creates the potential for a personable drift through this musical ocean of sound. With 2019 almost coming off the cuff and 2020 on the horizon, Cosmo Pyke has been quiet but will hopefully see a full sail on the coming year as his sound becomes a unique float down memory lane. As if he was a Great Dane that stands guard on the edge of some manor outside of London’s rather busy city; Cosmo Pyke is disconnected but never too far to be out of reach.
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Director Of Photography: Harley Astorga
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New Music – Nightingale’s Can Bleed
As the descent of these uncomforting splashes of blackened blue streaks flares across the fading sky, A Different Shade of Blue is the second studio record coming from Kentucky outfit Knocked Loose. Through their ventures with Pure Noise Records, Knocked Loose quickly becomes this overarching blend of mind-bending hardcore that can shatter steel through their punishing sound.
Opening with the first spin-kick of “Belleville” where material fades to become nothing but primal rage. The stuttering guitar works are sinister and creep low while the percussion breaks bone with ease. It is a heartfelt connection to the animalistic ability that transposes any sensibility to negotiate, Knocked Loose is in immaculate control. It all starts with Bryan Garris who is the executioner MC that combines forces with Isaac Hale and Cole Crutchfield on the guitar works. Often times the bass in hardcore is vital to creating a solid backbone where the other instruments can flourish, instead, Kevin Otten uses the bass as if it was a lead guitar that punches through that stigma. The final member, Pac Sun is the uncontrollable fury on the percussion that claps along to the world of sound around him. As Knocked Loose high-steps over heads in the crowd, A Different Shade of Blue opens new pits with a pendulum.
It is truly where the track, “Trapped in the Grasp of a Memory” where Knocked Loose shakes their opening skin and emerges as this concurrent threat of hardcore hell. The feedback on the guitars engulfs the ears as this almost unbearable screech to the point where it invokes a sense of outburst. Knocked Loose acts as a swarm of crows that block out the sun where the listener is left to their own devices as the train derails and an understandable sequence is instead abandoned for a sporadic nature of grinding pressure.
This pressure is necessary and acts as the theme of A Different Shade of Blue. This rushed and often frantic style is by no means friendly but is approachable for the way that it can develop hardcore tendencies as a forerunner. “In The Walls” comes to mind as the breakdown of the track is a gasoline-filled pit of chaos. As the tension becomes increasingly noticeable, Knocked Loose decides to burn off these chains with inhuman screams and an orchestra of razor wire. Ultimately, they create a scene where nothing joyous can live or grow, but the image is perfect for their shadowy album art which allows little light into the record.
To fall into the hands of a psychopath seems unwarranted, but A Different Shade of Blue is the perfect grasp. They show complete horror for the 38-minute record and then dissipate into their backrooms with little-to-no love. Knocked Loose works under the guise of nightfall, attacking and then disappearing with one final elbow strike to end the attack.
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