"Primitive Man's new album Observance opens with the seven-minute "Seer," a rouser by the band's apocalyptically bleak standards. The Denver group catches a swift pace during the first-half of the track, sounding something like Autopsy backed by a noise outfit: behind the cavernous drumming, the bent downtuned bass, and howls of dread, Primitive Man keep the backdrop of the mix swirling with murky psychedelia, a sort of sonic randomness achieved from harnessing the feedback of amplifiers that are utterly cranked."
"Gumm - "One Thing at a Time" Gumm are a hardcore group from Chattanooga, Tennessee, and their latest cut "One Thing at a Time" touts a driving riff that could almost work in a psych-y post-punk context. Combined with tangible melodies and a rough and expressive vocal, the band conjure classic SST and Dischord vibes here (definitely more emocore/post-hardcore than the breakdown-heavy beatdown stuff that's become the general connotation of current hardcore)."
Primitive Man opens Observance with the seven-minute "Seer," a track that moves from a swift, aggressive first half into a doomed-out crawl in its latter portion. The band pairs cavernous drumming, bent downtuned bass, and howls of dread with a backdrop of murky psychedelia created by extreme amplifier feedback. The result balances raw, death-tinged heaviness with expansive, noisy textures that deepen as instrumentation becomes more deliberate. Honorable mentions include Gumm's driving, post-punk-tinged hardcore riffing and Like Moths to Flames' dynamic metalcore that blends dreamlike elements with choppy aggression.
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