CROWBAR

Release Year: 2022
Artist Origin: USA
Style: menacing heavy sludge doom metal

spending another six years behind the new music, the most distinctive Louisiana four-piece in mid-pace sludge metal expands boundaries of the gritty genre, building upon the grooves and crushing heaviness, but there is noticeable shift toward more refined, nuanced compositions, without sacrificing abrasive heaviness and doomy angle, following the classic nineties' commandments, often surprising with intricate harmonious guitar leads as well, what was not so common in their textbook so far - overall this is an album from fans of the specific sound to fans of exactly same approach, and if you are new to Crowbar, it might grow on rapidly and push to check their entire discography; black 180g vinyl edition with a pro-printed lyric inner sleeve is limited to 2500 units, US import