Slaughterhouse sound the alarm on furiously intense "State Of Emergency"
Slaughterhouse sound the alarm on furiously intense "State Of Emergency"
Slaughterhouse return with “State Of Emergency,” a furious track that exemplifies the band’s sonic savagery and icy demeanor, suffused with the shocking intensity of slasher cinema.
“State Of Emergency” barrels forward with an unstoppable momentum that completely overpowers with reckless impunity. Eddie Cairns and Nick Aguilar trade percussive blows like a pair of pugilists locked in mortal combat, drums and bass refusing to cede in the slightest under the pummeling torrent, egged on by Taylor Ramirez’s crystalline sharp fretwork. Meriel O’Connell unleashes a staccato vocal blitzkrieg that moves with whiplash ferocity, a siren unhinged and howling amidst the unrelenting maelstrom. Uncanny in their ability to wield raw aggression with surgical precision, Slaughterhouse imbue their sound with a pervasive John Carpenter-esque sense of terrifying unease. “State Of Emergency” purely embodies these qualities, stalking menacingly from the fringes of rational consciousness and inspiring an adrenaline shot of animalistic anxiety in response to the band’s sonic assault.
Black and white and crackling with the degraded unpredictability of analog film suffering from prolonged exposure to the elements, “State Of Emergency” comes to life under the co-direction of O'Connell & Kamil Zeglen like a silent film era found-footage artifact of an underground ritual gone murderously wrong. Summoned from beyond the aperture of reality, a wayward soul is drawn unwilling across the ether to inhabit the corporeal form of an unsuspecting vessel. Hellbent for retribution her vengeance is enacted with breathtaking swiftness, cutting back to the band and leaving the gory impact of the final blow to fester in the imagination.
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