crown magnetar: THE HOLLOWING OF GODFLESH OUT NOW!

"I've always been into brutal death metal, but over the years it's become more and more what I listen to," exclaims vocalist Dan Tucker, citing Putridity, Brodequein and Defeated Sanity, in addition to the breakneck deathcore bands on which Crown Magnetar based their riff-heavy sound: The Red Shore, I Declare War and Thy Art Is Murder.

The influences bleed all over the album, which apparently does little to sate the prolific band's bloodthirst. They continue their streak of one release each year, with the noteworthy difference on LP3 that it marks the recorded debut of guitarist Rob Maramonte. His time in both The Zenith Passage and Fallujah is reflected in the tech death bend, while stints filling in for Thy Art Is Murder and All Shall Perish ensured his right-hand chugs were just as deadly.