Hailing from Cleveland, Ohio, the long standing Fistula have come forth with “Northern Aggression,” a new searing release of malicious crust and sludge. Holding their devotion to alcohol and illicit substances high they push and pull through 7 songs of unrelenting crust, metal, and doom.
Fistula at times come down with an unrelenting blast of strained aggression; pummeling drums, crackling distortion and the harshest of vocals. At other times they slow down to a durge of low sustained power chords laced with howls, all over a down tempo rhythm.
They manage to tie these contrasting elements together with tons of heavy metal and crusty riffage that will send listeners into a frenzy. This release could be described as the hell child of a Dystopia record and a Slayer record, spawned from a back ally fuckfest.
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Highlights of this record are the songs The Fang and Kanker Nose. The Fang begins with a bit of raspy guitar into one of the heaviest sludge riffs which then pumps up to a head banger all while having a slight hint of southern metal. They drop back into the sludge and bring it home fast n’ heavy. Kanker Nose blast out of the gate with a light speed metal riff with the vocals straining and dragging over the music, the riff only increases in speed reigning down faster and faster blows. This all drops into a slow hateful durge to finish out the song.
Fistula’s “Northern Aggression” is an intense release of crust and trash that you don’t want to miss out on. You can pre-order right now at PATAC Records or from their Kickstarter campaign.
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