Richmond's Prisoner layer crust/hardcore and blackened metal in harsh industrial noise and gloom - brutal 100mph riffs, demonic vocals, and ominous synth soundwaves. For fans of: Neurosis, Primitive Man, Thou, Yautja, Fórn In the six years since Richmond VA quintet Prisoner released their first LP, "Beyond The Infinite", the entire world fell apart. Already somewhat apocalypse-curious, the band decided to ride the current wave of doom as far as it would take them, adding synth player Adam Lake in order to bring a greater emphasis on noise, samples, and electronic sound textures. The result is their new full-length, "Putrid | Obsolete", which layers the nightmarish crust/hardcore and blackened metal of their earlier material in a thick coating of harsh industrial noise and gloom.Floating amid a polluted sea of atonal samples and ominous synth soundwaves, crunching guitars lay down brutal 100mph riffs over a powerful rhythm section crunch, even as multiple demonic voices unleash anguished roars. This is the real way the world ends: amid an unrelenting wave of industrial metal/punk brutality.
