Pic by Rolf Meldgaard

Danish avant steel trio Oxx have so much to supply in a mere 2:36 on their newest single, “The Hypostasis.” The monitor is a crosscut between sludgy lumberings and manic riffing that feels each mathy and chaotic. It’s a helluva trip, punctuated by enraged vocals and a rhythm part that feels prefer it’s been given the unenviable job of constructing sense of full insanity. Clearly these Danes—Alex Bossen (guitar/vocals/lyrics), Martin Aagard (drums), Anders Frodo S. Mikkelsen (bass)—are on some type of wavelength, as a result of what ought to sound like a sonic practice wreck has a type of surprising cohesiveness to it.

The monitor seems on Oxx’s fourth effort, The Primordial Blues, which was recorded by the band, combined by Klaus Q Hedegaard Nielsen and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege (Obituary, Full Of Hell, Eyes). The album is about for launch on August 18 on CD, cassette and digitally by way of Nefarious Industries. Discover preorder choices and extra right here.

That is what Alex Bossen needed to say concerning the monitor:

“Explaining ‘The Hypostasis’ is fairly lower and dry. The tune is a reasonably overt try at synthesizing aesthetics or methods employed by a few our favourite artists and dumbing it down right into a bunch of massive silly riffs.

The shadow of French guitarist/composer Marc Ducret looms giant all through the file, and nowhere extra so than on this one. Greater than something, the tune is an try at translating a few of his very particular approaches to tempo and meter, into sludgy brutality. ‘The Hypostasis’ is a steady stretching and shortening of riffs utilizing totally different subdivisions, reversing and reducing up strains and twisting motifs past recognition.

Moreover, a few sections and transitions are very clearly impressed by among the Alchemist-produced tracks off of Sean Value’s phenomenal Mic Tyson. See if you happen to can choose them out amidst the incessant riffage. The tune is about some unhappy shit, and anyone serious about wallowing in that stuff can delve into the lyrics after they launch. However why would you? It’s a fairly banging monitor, so have some enjoyable with it as a substitute.”