Mollusk - Colony of Machines CD

Haven't used the word brutal (a shamelessly overused word for describing bands) in a while, but that's what you get with the band Mollusk. Let's add words like ferocious, barbarous, merciless and inhuman. Cincinnati, another band from the northern mid-West, further serving to define this as mid-West blog.  It must be in the water up there, because the talent spans many genres...big or small these bands have it going on.  Neal on Guitar/Bass/Vocals (Chase on Drums/Vocals) did me (all of us) a favor by allowing this to see the light of day...and brand spanking new, just came out on the 24th of last month.  The album itself starts off with this minimalistic raw black metal vibe, like a Bone Awl, but it's a long song that develops and morphs into all kinds of shit, a precursor to the kind of sophistication these guys have to offer.  I don't normally like long songs (3 of the 4 tunes here fit that description), unless in rare cases the band can keep me interested and these guys deliver in the biggest of ways.  I also have strayed away from the gruffer type vocals, but this singer reminds me of Iron Lung's and that's a hell of a plus in my book...more tortured than growled. The music vaguely fits certain molds...vaguely. Self described as "metal ambient doom sludge space" in their bandcamp tags, what makes them an extremely digable and unique doom/sludge band, is that ambient/space-ness.  You get lost in the music, off on a trip to God knows where, getting pummeled all along the way.  It's a good pain though, accompanied by an endorphin rush, where in the end you feel satisfied.  They have it all going on, musicianship, heavy hitting, melodies, hooks, I'd be interested to know what they're singing about (dark and heavy like the music I imagine)...still trying to figure out what the image is on the cover, but dig it's abstract nature.  These guys have a Facebook and a Bandcamp, where you can listen/buy, they have two previous releases that are available too.  Check it... http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=253819890/size=medium/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/transparent=true/

Love the above album but wanted to share one of the tunes from their 2011 S/T cassette, the epitome of brutality... [audio mp3="http://mustard-relics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2.Mollusk-Endless-Mountains.mp3"][/audio]

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7PzabO9yFg]