KEVERRA

Keverra SEEING RED

Goatsnake and -(16)- members unleash a no-frills debut

This may be Keverra’s debut album, but with their rhythm section housing Goatsnake bassist Scott Renner and -(16)- drummer Mateo Pinkerton, there’s no doubting their sludgy credentials. With their big, gritty riffs, harsh burnt-out vocals and punky energy, Keverra are closer in spirit to the latter outfit, although their sound is even more stripped back than either of those bands. Aside from the numerous atmospheric interludes amidst the churning, amp-blowing din, this is no-frills sludge metal, with tracks like

Bathsheba and the sickeningly propulsive

Object To Be Destroyed

offering up screeching feedback and irresistibly filthy grooves, while Tioga

injects some sinister melody and lurking Today Is The Day-esque paranoia.

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FOR FANS OF: -(16)-,

Today Is The Day, Eyehategod

KEZ WHELAN