Baltimore weirdos Nuclear Tomb have never been interested in coloring inside the lines. On new full-length Epoch Inhumane, the Maryland thrash unit continue to mutate their sound into something sharper, stranger and more hostile: part classic technical thrash, part punk snarl, part prog-damaged nightmare fuel. Think Voivod, Pestilence, Coroner and Atheist getting shoved through a Baltimore sewer pipe and coming out covered in rust, paranoia and bad intentions.
Out June 12 via Rotted Life Records, Epoch Inhumane follows the band’s Terror Labyrinthian and finds Nuclear Tomb pushing harder in every direction: faster riffs, bigger hooks, more dynamic turns and a bleak lyrical focus on real-world collapse. The band spent the last two years writing, touring and testing the new material in front of audiences from Texas to Quebec, and that roadwork shows. Epoch Inhumane feels less like a studio construction than a volatile organism that has been sharpened in public and finally captured on tape.
“Epoch Inhumane definitely feels like the most fully realized version of our vision that we’ve captured to date,” the band tell Decibel. “It’s an album for people who want their metal ripping, honest, and not afraid to take some chances. I think people who dug Terror Labyrinthian are gonna find a lot to love in Epoch Inhumane, and the people who hated it are gonna hate this one even more!! We really tried to up the ante and just write an honest record reflecting where we’re at and the often insane and horrific times we’re all living through. There was a big push this time around to make things across the track listing even more dynamic and varied, but I think we also somehow came out with an album that’s more cohesive and focused than before. Thanks to all of the freaks who give a shit, weirdo thrash is the law.”
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