Now this is a fucking crusher. Prisoner have been on my radar for a minute. Their brand of jagged, unrelenting, industrialized and borderline terrifying metal has made their reputation legend. This latest offering, Putrid | Obsolete is absolutely devastating. It comes in at high volume and crushes all who stand in its path, making listeners bend the knee and come to terms with the glowering darkness of a sound that is wholly their own. This is extreme metal done right, absolutely punishing and completely alienating to all who surround them.
There is a desperate, tortured magic to the work of Prisoner that makes their compositions all the more visceral. These are not songs that make for easy listening, or even pieces that identifiably feel like songs. Instead with Prisoner you are confronted with track after track of massive riffs, crippling sounds and rhythms that will leave you beating your head against the wall. There is some metal that only makes sense in the depths of a panic attack, when you feel like you're going completely crazy. This is one of that type of band. There is no compromise, no breaks, simply suffocation from the crushing depths to the highest heights.
Putrid | Obsolete is unrelenting, unrepentant and endlessly crushing. Prisoner understand the devilish magic of the genre and the soul excoriating fury that they unveil on tracks like "Entity" is addictive. This is a band who lean in hard to their darkest visions and force you to contend with the demons inside their heads whilst provoking those who live in yours. Putrid | Obsolete is not easy listening, but that's not the point. The suffering is the point. The volume is the point. And above all, Prisoner is the point. Dive the fuck in.
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