Primitive Man - Immersion
Release date: 14/8/2020
Label: Relapse Records
By: P.S
The band Primitive Man is a trio from Denver, Colorado that plays some of the heaviest music I have ever heard. Formed back in 2012, they released their debut “Scorn” which was just a taste of things that were to come. It had a traditional sludge vibe to it but excessively ponderous. The lead vocalist Ethan Mccarthy describes the song's inspirations from personal shit that he and his bandmates have been through, through life but also that the music has become a more political and social influence.
Over the years they have managed to create an impressive amount of releases which leads us to this review of their new record "Immersion".. so let's get to it.
The first song of the album is 'The Lifer' which starts with a deep roar that only king kong Godzilla and lead vocalist Ethan Mccarthy can do, after throwing us into the abyss with a heavy a creepy guitar and bass tone while Ethan serenades and tells us about being a lifer which can be a reference to anything from drug addiction to working a shit job that you hate. The next track is what I will call the calm before the storm, it starts again with the same creepy guitar sounds that make you feel like you are in the darkest place you can imagine. When suddenly Ethan takes over with his characteristic howls that just confirm that this is not a nice song and these lyrics are about something troubling. It's about to get where the intensity gets fury for another minute before moving directly into the next track 'Menacing'.
'Menacing' takes the price for the most haunting music video I have ever seen as it shows a perfect snapshot of America right now with the pandemic and the police brutalities. The lyrics give us a look into just how much people generally don't give a fuck about one other and how big of a problem there is today all over the world. (Check out the video if you have a youtube premium account).
We get a bit of brack from the heaviness on the next track '∞', that is a noise track. And if you don't know what a noise track is, it is a lot of different sounds sampled and mixed together to make a track. This is something that has been experimented with a lot and lets, for example, talk about how it has made wonders for bands like Primitive Man and Full of Hell which are very skilled in using such tracks that has a segway from one song to another which is what this album is in a whole. The brack is over let's get back to the heaviness that Primitive Man is. 'Foul' has this trance-like riff that comes in waves that is the perfect setting for the grim and cold vocals. Halfway through the song, you get chill running down your spine when you hear Ethan sing "STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME". It is so haunting while it continues into a bleak low toned turbulence. Moving into the last and final song of the album, 'Consumption' changes up things and gets the blood pumping with a death metal riff, then slowing down the tempo a bit for focusing on the vocals before diving back into the faster death metal riff once again. The song is basically a big fuck you to everybody, just like the lyrics say "NO MAN IS A BROTHER OF MINE".
To sum up this album, this is another great record from this band and the thing that stands out the most is how clear the vocals are compared to previous releases which works absolutely perfect. This will be their best album so far.
I give this album
Out of 6
Favorite tracks: Menacing, Consumption
Tracklist:
1. The Lifer
2. Entity
3. Menacing
4. ∞
5. Foul
6. Consumption
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