OHHMS

Exist

HOLY ROAR Sludge-laden Brits spell doom for the meat industry It takes a brave band to attempt a concept album based on animal rights and veganism. Exist explores the meat trade, animal testing and humanity’s apathy towards it all. Opening track Subjects is a 22-minute odyssey through the psyche of an animal born into captivity. Bolstered by sludgy stoner riffs, it explores various moods and movements, evolving through a cavernous void into something monstrous, as vocalist Paul Waller embodies different animals at the climax. For a band in their infancy, OHHMS are unafraid to experiment with their initially doom-laden sound, breeding mesmeric, tumbling riffs with frantic punk and post-metal to create a hybrid of heaviness – one that’s free to roam and find new sounds to feed on.