another new album from 2019. thy art is murder and their latest effort "human target" was one i really waited for. there is something about this band that really resonates with me. i am usually not the deathcore type but they have something that goes beyond, or maybe not and it is just damn well executed. whatever it is, the new record lives up to all my expectations.
the record is full of blast beats, chunky riffs, sinister melodies and that fantastic guttural voice by singer c.j. mcmahon. speaking of, i saw the guys live at wacken open air this year and to me they had the most energetic performance of the whole festival. Also because the vocalist got himself a wacken tattoo live on stage. what a guy, see for yourself.
nuclear blast europe offered a white vinyl edition for pre-order and although i like the aesthetics of that colour-way, i knew this wasn't going to cut it. usually the label gets a few copies of the u.s. version and so i waited. i checked regularly and as soon as they were up, i grabbed one. here we are with this beautiful splattered orange/white merge edition housed in a glossy gatefold cover out of 500 copies. nuclear blast. 2019.
