From hardcore surf punks Drain and alt-metal melodics Narrow Head to German krautrock dealmakers Faust and English noise almighties Godflesh, Oblivion Access 2023 scorched Earth (at Central Presbyterian Church) same as June in Austin’s climate-changed reality. Formerly Austin Terror Fest, the festival brand programs monstrous heavyosity in Maryland bulldozer Jarhead Fertilizer. Last week’s sophomore release CARCERAL WARFARE exhorts subsonic death metal, refreshingly low-end in today’s universe of screaming insanity. Full of Hell drummer Dave Bland’s lyrical centralization around his late father’s incarceration plumbs sonic and psychic depths. Fargo DM fourpiece Phobophilic supports.
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— Raoul Hernandez