This is a review of a split album between Austin, Texas's Black Ops and San Diego, California's Cave Bastard which will be released in August by Accident Prone Records and we will start off the review with Blk Ops a band that plays a mixture noise, doom metal and grindcore.
Their side of the split starts out with a very heavy yet melodic sound along with some theremin's in the background and after awhile angry hardcore style screams are added onto the recording and the music also mixes in elements of sludge and noise rock as well as some touches of harsh noise.
Spoken word samples are also used at times and when the music speeds up elements of grindcore are added onto the recording and the songs also start bringing in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts as well as adding in some math rock structures, the production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover violent and angry themes.
In my opinion Blk Ops are a very great sounding mixture of noise, doom metal, grind and hardcore and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Temple Of My Own" and "Suicide-Laced Sugar Cubes".
Next up is Cave Bastard a band that plays a mixture of sludge, death metal and hardcore.
Their side of the split starts out with fast and melodic riffing along with some blast beats and death metal growls a few seconds later and the music also mixes in a great amount of elements of grind and hardcore while you can also hear all of the musical instruments that are present on their side of the recording.
When guitar leads are utilized they are done in a very melodic fashion and the songs also bring in a great mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts while the slower sections of the songs are heavily influenced by sludge and the last track is very long and epic in length, the production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover violent and angry themes.
In my opinion Cave Bastard are a very great sounding mixture of sludge, death metal and hardcore and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Hobocide" and "Red Star".
In conclusion I feel this is a very great sounding split and would recommend it to all fans of sludge, doom metal, grind and hardcore. 8 out of 10.
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