drumonymity – The Old Hatred

To call the the debut album from drumonymity ominous would be underselling it. Much like the heaviest offerings from bands like Mogwai, this is brooding, tension filled and dark.

Fortunately, it’s not all caricature or absurdly heavy for the sake of being heavy, there’s melody and drama built in to these songs that gives it an enjoyable cinematic feel. Tracks like “Human Stranding” will definitely register as brutal, big riff escapades but the later half of the album stretches out into some more melodic, almost psych-rock, areas (see “Life at Double Speed“).

All and all, another great entry for the examples of diversity of music coming out of Nashville.