Angry Metal Guy<p><a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/meatwound-macho-review/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Meatwound – Macho Review</a></p><p><i>By Tyme</i></p><p><span>I was shocked when my helmet light sputtered out while spelunking some of the sump pit’s darker, less-traveled caverns recently. As I waited for my eyes to adjust to the gloom, I noticed something bright and pink glimmering in a recess of mossy rock. That ‘something’ was </span><em><span>Macho</span></em><span>, the fourth album from Tampa, Florida’s hardcore sludge noise-mongers </span><strong><span>Meatwound, </span></strong><span>and I used its luminescent shimmer to help guide me back to headquarters. Outside of the great band name and cover art giving me strong Warhol meets </span><strong><span>Boris</span></strong><span> vibes, I wasn’t familiar with </span><strong><span>Meatwound </span></strong><span>and their wares, so I researched. I read a few interviews, dug into the back catalog, and worked my way up from </span><strong><span>Meatwound</span></strong><span>‘s 2015 debut, </span><em><span>Addio</span></em><span>, to 2017’s </span><em><span>Largo</span></em><span> and then 2019’s </span><em><span>Culero</span></em><span>, replete with cool Vincent Locke cover art. I learned that </span><strong><span>Meatwound</span></strong><span>, aside from churning through drummers like </span><strong><span>Spinal Tap</span></strong><span>,<a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/meatwound-macho-review/#fn-216390-1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1</a> like to expand their sound on each release without betraying their roots. I sat down, explorations complete, to give </span><em><span>Macho</span></em><span> a spin, wondering what wrinkle of the </span><strong><span>Meatwound</span></strong><span> sound had evolved this time. </span></p><p><strong><span>Meatwound</span></strong><span> generally plays a form of hardcore-tinged, boisterously dissonant noise-rock that, on </span><em><span>Macho</span></em><span> specifically, is combined with some electronic industrialism. Once best described as a mix of </span><strong><span>The Jesus Lizard</span></strong><span> and </span><a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/sepultura-quadra-review/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><span>Sepultura</span></strong></a><span>, </span><strong><span>Meatwound</span></strong><span> themselves aren’t sure </span><em><span>what</span></em><span> they sound like these days and are content, even amused, to hear what bands the critics and fans compare them to. For my money, think what a collaboration between </span><strong><span>Unsane</span></strong><span>, </span><a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/stuck-in-the-filter-april-2024s-angry-misses/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><span>Whores.</span></strong></a><span>, and </span><a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/godflesh-purge-review/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><span>Godflesh</span></strong></a><span> might sound like, and you’d be in the ballpark here. The core of </span><strong><span>Meatwound</span></strong><span>‘s sound remains rooted in Mariano Iglesias’ driving, punky bass lines coalescing with the dissonantly noisy chords and riffs of Ari Barros’ garage-band-on-GHB guitar work, and there’s plenty of both on </span><em><span>Macho</span></em><span> (“Mount Vermin,” “Europa”). But there are also pulse-pounding synth beats, percussive samples, and some power electronics (“Barking Dogs As Plot Device”) at play that, when added to the mighty, hardcore-esque roars of Daniel Wallace and the steady-handed pounding of new drummer Dimitri Stoyanov, make it tough to beat </span><strong><span>Meatwound</span></strong><span> for blunt-force trauma. Interestingly, the hybrid tracks on </span><em><span>Macho</span></em><span>, molding the old ways with the new approach, are most compelling.</span></p><p></p><p><span>Building off </span><em><span>Culero</span></em><span>‘s experimental track “Elders,” </span><em><span>Macho</span></em><span>‘s expansion into the industrial reflects a </span><strong><span>Meatwound</span></strong><span> that’s doing what </span><em><span>they </span></em><span>want, listeners be damned. Album opener “Compressed Hell” introduces us to </span><strong><span>Meatwound</span></strong><span>‘s hybrid experiment right out of the gate, as it builds off of pulsing synths with layers of stick-snapping tom beats and Dan’s screaming snarls before transitioning into full </span><strong><span>Meatwound</span></strong><span> mode, a cacophonous swirl of noisy riffs, drums, and punchy bass. Similarly constructed and even more effective is the album highlight “Frank Stallone.” A most </span><strong><span>Godflesh</span></strong><span>ic track that starts with deeply ominous synth tones, delicately percussive samples, and Dan’s aggressive, vacuous shouts before blowing up like a trailer park meth lab in explosions of beasty bass, swirling dissonance, and dentist-drill guitar shrieks; a perfect example of how </span><strong><span>Meatwound</span></strong><span> can successfully mix the two elements like mad chemists, yet not all the elixirs worked. </span></p><p><span></span></p><p>Two and a half minutes of <em><span>Macho</span></em><span>‘s preciously short thirty-three-minute runtime don’t land, tipping the experimental scales too far. “Barking Dog As Plot Device” is two minutes of a statically constant, power-industrial noise tone accentuated with periodic, heartbeat-like, bassy synth beats underneath Dan’s wailing hardcore shouts. The track seemed out of place and distracting but not as off-putting or momentum-disrupting as the thirty-one-second “Chunk”<a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/meatwound-macho-review/#fn-216390-2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">2</a> which, as far as I can tell, is either some random field recording or otherwise meaningless electronically created bit. Produced by Ryan Boesch, who also owns and operates freshly launched label partner Threat Collection Records, </span><em><span>Macho</span></em><span> is loud. However, the mix and master fits </span><strong><span>Meatwound</span></strong><span>‘s style and harnesses their chaotic energy effectively. </span></p><p><span>Made up of former members of acts like </span><strong><span>Combatwoundedveteran</span></strong><span>, </span><strong><span>The Holy Mountain</span></strong><span>, and </span><strong><span>Headless Dogs</span></strong><span>, </span><strong><span>Meatwound</span></strong><span> has spent the better part of a decade carving their niche into the metalverse. By and large, and in exponential fashion, they’ve succeeded. With no real expectations, I was pleasantly surprised by </span><strong><span>Meatwound</span></strong>’s<span> </span><em><span>Macho</span></em><span>, and aside from a couple of minor missteps, it works. It’s worth a listen, and, if nothing else, </span><em><span>Macho</span></em><span>‘s hot-pink aesthetic might help guide you out of any unexpected darkness you might find yourself in. </span></p> <p><strong>Rating</strong>: 3.0/5.0<br><strong>DR</strong>: 6 | <strong>Format Reviewed</strong>: 320kbps mp3<br><strong>Label</strong>: <a href="https://threatcollection.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Threat Collection Records</a><br><strong>Websites</strong>: <a href="https://meatwound.bandcamp.com/album/macho" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> | <a href="https://meatwound.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Meatwound.com</a><br><strong>Releases Worldwide</strong>: May 9th, 2025</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/2025/" target="_blank">#2025</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/30/" target="_blank">#30</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/american-metal/" target="_blank">#AmericanMetal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/godflesh/" target="_blank">#Godflesh</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/hardcore/" target="_blank">#Hardcore</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/industrial/" target="_blank">#Industrial</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/macho/" target="_blank">#Macho</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/may25/" target="_blank">#May25</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/meatwound/" target="_blank">#Meatwound</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/noise-rock/" target="_blank">#NoiseRock</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/review/" target="_blank">#Review</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/threat-collection-records/" target="_blank">#ThreatCollectionRecords</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/unsane/" target="_blank">#Unsane</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/whores/" target="_blank">#Whores_</a></p>
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kiq / キク<p>]“ DO.THE.MOOZIK!” / “Godflesh - live at The Angel Centre, Tonbridge, UK 17th February 1990” (1 user) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kIgDpEzano" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=7kIgDpEzan</span><span class="invisible">o</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/godflesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>godflesh</span></a></p>
✘ PØ₽ЦLคtเØИ = ZΞЯØ ✘<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Godflesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Godflesh</span></a> Shut Me Down</p>
✘ PØ₽ЦLคtเØИ = ZΞЯØ ✘<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Godflesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Godflesh</span></a> Nero</p>
dlundh<p>Why yes, A world lit only by fire’s follow-up has arrived. <a href="https://social.horrorhub.club/tags/godflesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>godflesh</span></a> <a href="https://social.horrorhub.club/tags/vinyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vinyl</span></a> <a href="https://social.horrorhub.club/tags/physicalmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physicalmedia</span></a> <a href="https://social.horrorhub.club/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a></p>
Doom Disco!<p>Wednesday evening mood:
Like Rats!
<a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23music" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23godflesh" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#godflesh</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23industrial" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#industrial</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23rock" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rock</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23noise" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#noise</a>
<a href="https://youtu.be/EU1nJIJEzgM?feature=shared" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">youtu.be/EU1nJIJEzgM?...</a><br><br><a href="https://youtu.be/EU1nJIJEzgM?feature=shared" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Godflesh - Like Rats (Official...</a></p>
dlundh<p>2 new LPs today. <a href="https://social.horrorhub.club/tags/vinyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vinyl</span></a> <a href="https://social.horrorhub.club/tags/godflesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>godflesh</span></a> <a href="https://social.horrorhub.club/tags/kraftwerk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kraftwerk</span></a> <a href="https://social.horrorhub.club/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://social.horrorhub.club/tags/physicalmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physicalmedia</span></a></p>
Döbbie03<p>It's Justin K Broadrick Sunday!</p><p>Started off with some Jesu, but finishing with Godflesh and Fall of Because.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/godflesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>godflesh</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/jkb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jkb</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/jesu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jesu</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/nowplaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nowplaying</span></a> </p><p>This dude is a legend.</p><p>🤘</p>
Gene From The Moon<p>Godflesh - THE FATHER</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5OJc-cSxg0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=c5OJc-cSxg0</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/godflesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>godflesh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/industrialmetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>industrialmetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/justinbroadrick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justinbroadrick</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/experimentalmetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>experimentalmetal</span></a></p>
Albums Albums Albums<p>Godflesh - Streetcleaner - 1989<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AlbumSuggestions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlbumSuggestions</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NowPlaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NowPlaying</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NowListening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NowListening</span></a><br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Godflesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Godflesh</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Streetcleaner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Streetcleaner</span></a></p>
kiq / キク<p>そうなのか。後で聴いてみる “インダストリアル・メタル史における絶対的名盤アルバムとして広く認識されているGodfleshの1stアルバム” / “Godflesh『Streetcleaner』35周年に寄せて｜梅ヶ谷雄太” (1 user) <a href="https://note.com/floorarchive/n/n34537d990902" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">note.com/floorarchive/n/n34537</span><span class="invisible">d990902</span></a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/godflesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>godflesh</span></a></p>
Steve<p>35TH ANNIVERSARY</p><p>Godflesh - Streetcleaner (1989)<br>Favourite Track: Life Is Easy<br>----------------------------------------------------</p><p>A band I only recently got into after researching the heaviest albums ever made and fuck me, this is heavy as all fucking hell. Heralded as one of the first industrial metal albums, Godflesh's debut is a bleak, screeching and bone shaking behemoth of pure noise.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/35thanniversary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>35thanniversary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NowPlaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NowPlaying</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Godflesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Godflesh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/streetcleaner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>streetcleaner</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/metal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/industrialmetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>industrialmetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/noise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>noise</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vinyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vinyl</span></a></p>
Lucy :Blobhaj_Flag_Gay: :Blobhaj_Flag_Autism: <p>^ this girl thinks Xnoybis by <a class="hashtag" href="https://void.lgbt/tag/godflesh" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Godflesh</a> is an allusion on <a class="hashtag" href="https://void.lgbt/tag/autism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autism</a>.</p><blockquote><p>I see so much, Burns my eyes</p></blockquote><blockquote><p>I feel so much, Feel like noone</p></blockquote><p>(lyrics from <a href="https://godflesh.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>)</p>
AlbumsX3 has moved!<p>Godflesh - Slavestate - 1991<br><a href="https://botsin.space/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/AlbumSuggestions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlbumSuggestions</span></a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/NowPlaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NowPlaying</span></a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/NowListening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NowListening</span></a><br><a href="https://botsin.space/tags/Godflesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Godflesh</span></a> <a href="https://botsin.space/tags/Slavestate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slavestate</span></a></p>
Side-Line Magazine<p>Godflesh mastermind remixes new single of Vexagon: 'Eyes Without A Face' (JK Flesh Remix) <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Godflesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Godflesh</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/JKFlesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JKFlesh</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/JustinBroadrick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JustinBroadrick</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Vexagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vexagon</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.side-line.com/godflesh-mastermind-remixes-new-single-of-vexagon-eyes-without-a-face-jk-flesh-remix/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">side-line.com/godflesh-masterm</span><span class="invisible">ind-remixes-new-single-of-vexagon-eyes-without-a-face-jk-flesh-remix/</span></a></p>
Angry Metal Guy<p><strong><a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/skinwalker-man-walks-backwards-into-the-ocean-review/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Skinwalker – Man Walks Backwards into the Ocean Review</a></strong></p><p><i>By Dolphin Whisperer</i></p><p>Alaska bears the honor of being the largest landmass of freedom—larger than even Texas—and also the most sparsely populated space in the union. Separated both geographically from the country and communally within its borders, living in the frozen frontiers can create a profound sense of isolation. Hailing from Anchorage, the industrial hardcore two-man assault of <strong>Skinwalker</strong> seems to find inspiration (or rather spite) in the kind of loneliness and frustration that a great, open land can bring. Having released only nuggets of their downcast wisdom over the past couple years, <strong>Skinwalker</strong> has been fine-tuning their hissing, howling, and malformed tunes for maximum impact, ready to enter the realm of full-length fury.</p><p>Paranoia surrounds both the sounds of <strong>Skinwalker</strong> and the folklore from which their namesake originates. As a manifested character of evil and witchcraft, the skinwalker, in American Indigenous traditions, represents a pure and real phenomenon of negative, chaotic intent. And reflecting that, <em>Man Walks Backwards into the Ocean</em> through shattered industrial pulse and scream-walled breakdown forces its way through fifteen tracks of disconnected vignettes of disaster and dissociation. As with much industrial music, a heavy layer of cringe-inducing narrative plows unsubtly over its crackling beats, with tracks like “Witch”<a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/skinwalker-man-walks-backwards-into-the-ocean-review/#fn-201587-1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1</a> and “Under the Veil” letting loose dead-eyed spoken word lamentations in a manner that fits with the late-night doom-scrolling aesthetic that <strong>Skinwalker </strong>chases.</p><p></p><p>One hand holding <strong>Godflesh</strong>-toned, brutalist rhythms and the other releasing <strong>Racetraitor</strong>-lit metalcore lashings, <strong>Skinwalker</strong> wears a robust shroud of intensity. And with most tracks throughout hanging around the two-and-a-half-minute mark, it’s rare that any individual moment overstays its door-kicking welcome. Blowout intro “Finding Solitude in Suffering” drops mutilated chords against an urgent percussive build that falls face-down into a mangled throat tirade. Early burner “Eighty Six Thirty One” melts break-inspired cyber-kicks against riffs made by a guitar that shouldn’t have survived its output. Late album pick-me-up “A Deconstruction of Tragedy” sees <strong>Skinwalker </strong>launching a <strong>Nails</strong>-spikedsprint into an unholy breakdown that should lead any lover of flipping tables down a path of relentless stank. Distortion, of course, is the key to <strong>Skinwalker</strong>’s success, and with noise as a backbone to their hardcore spirit, not a moment exists without frying or collapsing its electronic nature.</p><p></p><p>Ambitious in output, <em>Man Walks</em> doesn’t always land as well as this act’s talent would suggest. <strong>Skinwalker</strong> does lean into many higher frequency squeaks, blips, and other electronic squeals that break of the mire of broken amp tones and full volume drum blasts that smear a static black about this debut, but not often in a way that breaks up the landscape. More often, the kinds of flippant and flittering noise signals that sear and tickle the canals like a pleasurable irritant find position to fizzle and fade away with conclusions—exclamation marks to statements that lack differentiation prior (“An Avocation for Pain,” “Bastard Son of God,” “Under the Veil”). It’s frustrating because when these kinds of scurries find a place in breakdown or bridge (“Below,” “What We Do Is Not Art,” “To Detest a Nameless Grave”), they find a welcome home and amplify the already ceiling pushing sounds that <strong>Skinwalker</strong> has built up to that point. But as it is, <em>Man Walks</em> lands in a sound design that feels hollow in its crushed layering that do no benefits to longer and shorter numbers alike—especially plaguing the instrumental break “The Five and a Half Minute Hallway.”</p><p>Yet in a rare feat, <strong>Skinwalker</strong> has managed to arrive at an industrial, metalcore, and noise-fused sound via the path of electronics first, which doesn’t often feel to be the case for acts who might appear as sound cousins. Occasionally, a throbbing wall of distortion or fret-rattling plonk will resemble something that you could believe rendered from a traditional guitar or bass. And, though abusive toward a standard throat’s life, the vocals decayed through carefully chosen methods of capture render as human—tortured, pleading, confused, but human all the same. <em>Man Walks Backwards into the Ocean</em>, as a first foot forward for <strong>Skinwalker</strong>, has a certain polish, a certain earnestness that leads me to believe that this sound will develop and grow and explode—tricky rhythmic exercises like “Dancing on the End of a Pen” and “Eighty Six Thirty One” come naturally to their brand of anger. But as it stands, <strong>Skinwalker</strong> shows only glimmers of what their true power holds.</p> <p><strong>Rating</strong>: 2.5/5.0<em><br></em><strong>DR</strong>: 5 | <strong>Format Reviewed</strong>: PCM<a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/skinwalker-man-walks-backwards-into-the-ocean-review/#fn-201587-2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">2</a><br><strong>Label</strong>: Self Release<br><strong>Websites</strong>: <a href="https://skinwalkernoise.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">skinwalkernoise.com</a> | <a href="https://skinwalkernoise.bandcamp.com/music" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">skinwalkernoise.bandcamp.com</a><br><strong>Releases Worldwide</strong>: August 16th, 2024</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/2-5/" target="_blank">#25</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/2024/" target="_blank">#2024</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/american-metal/" target="_blank">#AmericanMetal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/aug24/" target="_blank">#Aug24</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/godflesh/" target="_blank">#Godflesh</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/hardcore/" target="_blank">#Hardcore</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/independent-release/" target="_blank">#IndependentRelease</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/industrial/" target="_blank">#Industrial</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/industrial-metal/" target="_blank">#IndustrialMetal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/man-walks-backwards-into-the-ocean/" target="_blank">#ManWalksBackwardsIntoTheOcean</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/metalcore/" target="_blank">#Metalcore</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/nails/" target="_blank">#Nails</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/noise/" target="_blank">#Noise</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/power-electronics/" target="_blank">#PowerElectronics</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/racetraitor/" target="_blank">#Racetraitor</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/review/" target="_blank">#Review</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/reviews/" target="_blank">#Reviews</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/self-release/" target="_blank">#SelfRelease</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/skinwalker/" target="_blank">#Skinwalker</a></p>
Döbbie03<p>Fuck yeah, Godflesh time.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/nowplaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nowplaying</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/sundaysounds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sundaysounds</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/godflesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>godflesh</span></a> </p><p>🤘</p>
Your Future Ex<p>3. <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Godflesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Godflesh</span></a>: Mothra</p><p><a href="https://song.link/i/263698919" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">song.link/i/263698919</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
KC-DOZ<p>There's always a single song that creates the idea of a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> genre in your head. <br>So, when someone asks "What is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Industrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Industrial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PostMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostMetal</span></a> realized as a single mood?"<br>And it's this by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Godflesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Godflesh</span></a> <br>And don't even get me started about Jesu ok?</p><p><a href="https://godfleshband.bandcamp.com/track/i-me-mine" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">godfleshband.bandcamp.com/trac</span><span class="invisible">k/i-me-mine</span></a></p>
icastico<p>This morning's old man <a href="https://c.im/tags/workout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workout</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> is some <a href="https://c.im/tags/Metal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metal</span></a> from <a href="https://c.im/tags/Doom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Doom</span></a> masters <a href="https://c.im/tags/GodFlesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GodFlesh</span></a> doing their brutal <a href="https://c.im/tags/IndustrialMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndustrialMetal</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Sludge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sludge</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Dirge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dirge</span></a> - turly <a href="https://c.im/tags/noiseros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>noiseros</span></a> of a high degree </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/IB7ikrGW8Bc?si=KB9Oko6umGjZ-E3F" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/IB7ikrGW8Bc?si=KB9Oko</span><span class="invisible">6umGjZ-E3F</span></a></p>
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