Date Released: 31/1/2013
Label: Throatruiner || Mordgrimm ||
Relapse Records (Reissue) || Tartarus Records
My pick of the bunch is 'Astral Sleep'. Speaker-destroying chugging
that could induce psychosis, is lent even more weight by rock solid percussion.
Perfectly placed as the album closer, you get the feeling that all roads
purposely lead to here. By the time it
starts to wrap up it disintegrates into a frenzy right before exhausting itself
and just rolling over in a haze. I love it.
“Scorn”CD//DD//LP tracklisting
1)
Scorn. (11:44)
2)
Rags. (4:36)
3)
I Can't Forget. (3:26)
4)
Antietam . (9:07)
5)
Black Smoke. (3:06)
6)
Stretched Thin. (2:55)
7)
Astral Sleep. (4:52)
The Review
Primitive
Man are
followers of the school of thought that if it's very slow and very heavy then
it most definitely is not broken. So don't you dare try to fix it? Their debut
LP is titled 'Scorn', and with great reason. It's the perfect word to
conjure up images of the unholy racket that they produce. Like an earth mover
with two broken caterpillar tracks; It's gonna get there, but it'll take its
sweet damn time about it, and it definitely won't be pretty.
The
opening track is a beast that clocks in at an impressive near 12 minutes. It's
like somebody scored the end of the world. All magma and lava and insanity. It
moves across its sonic landscape at such a lethargic march that it's a wonder
it isn't moving backwards. Gigantic, monstrous riffs and HUGE drum blasts
compete with each other for control of what's left of the charred planet they
created, purely out of spite for one another. Very impressive for volume
lovers. Feedback is a key weapon in their arsenal and they wield it with
surgical precision.
That
weapon and an obese bass line signal the arrival of track 2, 'Rags'.
Again, the pace never creeps above the mid-range and you pray that it never
will. They continue the mission statement laid out at the beginning of the
album and stick to their guns. Hugely atmospheric in nature, almost mellow
towards the end, even taking into account the background squealing like their
amplifiers are about to croak.
'I
Can't Forget'
is positively eerie. Evocative of master noise-merchants Neurosis, it features discordant
noises that punctuate a low fuzz throughout. It's horrible in a tremendous way.
'Black Smoke' is similar in its experimental construction.
You get the feeling that both tracks exist purely just to throw you off guard.
My
pick of the bunch here is 'Astral Sleep'.
Speaker-destroying chugging that could induce psychosis, is lent even more
weight by rock solid percussion. Like all their instruments are made out of
granite. Perfectly placed as the album closer, you get the feeling that all
roads purposely lead to here. I can see this being a live staple for years to
come. By the time it starts to wrap up it disintegrates into a frenzy right
before exhausting itself and just rolling over in a haze. I love it.
I
cannot recommend this album enough, for all fans of drone/doom. Primitive Man
deserves all the support they will inevitably win, or take by sheer force.
