Tag: Primitive Man

  • Primitive Man/Unearthly Trance split

    Primitive Man/Unearthly Trance split

    With both of these Relapse sludgy doomsters known for their droning, drawn-out numbers, I’m surprised this split between Primitive Man and Unearthly Trance is under 45 minutes. Each band gets three songs, with the opening track “Merging” serving as a mysterious one-minute collaboration between them both. Actually scratch that, Primitive Man’s A Side only has…

  • Primitive Man / Spectral Voice in Toronto, March 2018

    Primitive Man / Spectral Voice in Toronto, March 2018

    Devastating death metal is the order of the night. Concrete slab-throwers Primitive Man have returned to desecrate TO alongside fellow Denver inhabitants Spectral Voice – one of the more dynamic acts to ignite the death metal subterranean in recent history. Lee’s Palace is buzzing with extreme metal adherents eager to abuse their aural capabilities. Primitive…

  • Primitive Man – Caustic

    Primitive Man – Caustic

    Caustic is a fitting title for the second album from drawn-out Denver death doomsters Primitive Man, who push the patience with no less than 77 minutes of misery on this release. Having set the tone with their Scorn-ful debut and subsequent series of splits, you pretty much know what you’re getting into when you push…

  • Dragged Into Sunlight – American tour blog 2016

    Dragged Into Sunlight – American tour blog 2016

    I tagged along with England’s Dragged Into Sunlight for their first journey across America in 2012. I did so again for their second American tour last summer that spanned 27 cities. Comparing crowd sizes to their initial go around (about 50 to 75 people per show) to this time (100 to 400), it’s obvious that…

  • Opium Lord – The Calendrical Cycle: Eye of Earth

    Opium Lord – The Calendrical Cycle: Eye of Earth

    Can’t say I’m too familiar with Opium Lord, a UK sludge outfit, but they’re coming to Toronto with Primitive Man on July 17, which is reason enough for me to check out their debut album here. The Calendrical Cycle: Eye of Earth opens right off the bat with the type of down-tuned riffage that instantly…

  • Primitive Man – Home is Where the Hatred is

    Primitive Man – Home is Where the Hatred is

    One needs not listen to a note of this EP to know that it’s gonna be bleak—the artwork is about *thisclose* to getting Relapse charged with supporting terrorism under the Patriot Act.  And certainly, the band’s reputation precedes them, Primitive Man being known for downtuned, punishing sludge tunes and terrifying horror-movie music videos.  And while…

  • Primitive Man/Hexis – split 10”

    Primitive Man/Hexis – split 10”

    Here is something to ruin your day. The new split 10” from Denver’s Primitive Man and Copenhagen’s Hexis available from Halo of Flies. If this slice of wax was playing while you found out you won the lottery while having sex with a supermodel, you’d still want to hang a noose around your neck and…