MUTOID MAN Vinilo y CD

Review: The psych-rock metalcore hybrid supergroup trio of Cave In vocalist/guitarist Stephen Brodsky, Converge drummer Ben Koller and High On Fire bassist Jeff Matz, make their long awaited return on the excellent third full-length Mutants. Their follow up to 2017's War Moans, the album marks the first since the departure of founding bassist Nick Cageao, yet marches undeterred into their usual maelstrom melting pot of heavy music, which appears to be the only requirement for sonic inclusion on a Mutoid Man record. Drawing on elements of prog, psych, thrash, groove, hardcore and hard rock, this is a passion project in the most evident sense, and the creative chops of all three seasoned veterans are on full display as they smash through genre parameters and play up the camp, cheese and heft in simultaneous abandon.