New Music Report – April 1, 2022

I know I should be more excited about the Meshuggah album than I am, but it really does feel like they’re getting a bit tired. The good news, is that because of bands like Meshuggah, we get some of the bands that put out crazy singles this week like The Callous Daoboys and Mothman, so I guess things will carry on.

Meshuggah – These guys basically invented the sound that like 70% of the bands that I listen to these days stick so closely to. Every progressive metalcore band, mathcore band, hardcore, everything, was basically borne out of the intro to “Bleed”. This new album has been interesting though, it seems a bit more streamlined and easier to digest while still being incredibly complicated. They’re displaying their maturity in an excellent way with another killer album.

Kublai Khan EP – On the other side of the musical spectrum, we have the cave man chugging breakdowns from Kublai Khan. There’s a lot to be said for technically proficient, progressive music, but sometimes you just want straight up ignorant beat down hardcore and dumbass breakdowns, and this is exactly that. Not to badmouth Kublai Khan, those are all good things, but man, what a gnarly record.

Singles/Albums – Callous Daoboys (Mathcore), Mothman (Mathcore), Dead Rabbits (LP, Metalcore), Memphis May Fire (Metalcore), Ice Nine Kills (Metalcore), Nekrogoblikon (LP, Weird Metal), Novelists (Progressive Metalcore)