Iron Slug – Unrepentant Grin

 

 

Iron Slug – Unrepentant Grin
Self-released – 2024
Metal, Doom, Sludge
Rated: ****

They may already have captured and corrupted you ears back in May when they released their debut EP Debauched And Bored. And then a week and a bit ago, in November they released their Final Proposal single, the final track of the new EP Unrepentant Grin, which will come out December 6th. The good ol’ boys responsible for all this noise are called Iron Slug! A trio from Kent, UK that is slowly perfecting their take on sludge and doom metal. A touch of something Southern often transports you to the good ol’ days of Crowbar, Down and Corrosion of Conformity. But due to the limited induction of punk energies and a different approach to the vocal stylings, you hear Iron Slug and nothing but Iron Slug from shotgun blast to the pouch opening Depraved to the giant’s slam dance of Final Proposal. And as you lie there, bleeding from that initial shotgun in the gut, you hear the break down, the vocals sliding and slithering across the composition, bringing it all to life, while death grunts underneath it all show you the shadows and the blackened void. They do this whenever the track allows, and the usage of all these different layers of vocals make Unrepentant Grin an amazing EP from start to finish. Cause you can count on the riffs being there. And yes, the bass rumbles, roars and chugs as it should and the drum work is perfect in its choppiness. Nothing wrong here and everything right. Four tracks that will make you grin…

(Written by JK)

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