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Lord Mantis - "Body Choke"

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Chicago metal outfit Lord Mantis is about to drop their third full-length on April 29th via Profound Lore, and this new track of theirs sets quite a tone.

I first heard of this band a year or so ago when they dropped Pervertor, which was a pretty intense set of blackened sludge songs. Intense, yes, but not all that memorable. However, I'm finding "Body Choke" to be much more gripping, abrasive, and heavy. Man, this track weighs a ton. It's like slowly being crushed, and might give that new Indian album a run for it's filthy, disgusting money.

To add to the insanity, this thing is almost nine minutes long, and pummels throughout. Enjoy!

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Lord Mantis- "Perverter of the Will"

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If Lord Mantis' Pervertor doesn't have the most vile album cover you've seen this year, it should definitely make it into your top-10 come December.

The Chicago band's talents go far beyond picking gruesome cover art, though--which was created by Justin Bartlett, I should add. Lord Mantis has the band's latest LP is an incredible combination of the thick, bassy heaviness of sludge metal combined with the sinister and dark chord progressions found in black metal. It's no surprise considering who is involved with this project: Pelican producer Sanford Parker and musicians from one of America's most adventurous black metal acts, Nachtmystium.

The opening track from this LP, "Perverter of the Will," blasts things wide open with some filthy, grime-covered production and punishing riffs. It's pure brutality, but when some twisted guitar arpeggios come thorough at about a minute in, the whole feel of the track changes. There's some real maniacal sickness behind the aggression here, adding another level of danger to the band's sound. The vocals pretty extreme as well, delivering harsh and brittle screams on nearly every track.

Stream the entire Lord Mantis album here. Grab a copy on Candlelight Records.

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