
Following the caustic promise of their previous EP, Malaysia’s BODY RAG finally unleash their debut album, and it’s a bruiser from start to finish. What the band carved out on their EP has been expanded here into a dense, suffocating wall of grinding death-hardcore, pushing towards sonic extremity in the realms of pure punishment of electronic noise.
The murky basslines provide a subterranean foundation, pulsing like sludge beneath collapsing riffs. Meanwhile, the guitars churn with sludgy, grinding ferocity, creating an oppressive density that feels more like a physical force than just sound.
The vocals, buried but vicious, claw their way through the mix, echoing with the raw immediacy.
What sets Body Rag apart is their deliberate embrace of noise aesthetics. Rather than polishing the edges, they amplify the abrasiveness in fine measure, reveling in between distortion, feedback, and sonic decay. This approach creates an atmosphere that feels both chaotic and meticulously crafted – a deliberate plunge into ugliness that becomes strangely hypnotic.
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