Black Tusk - Pillars Of Ash (Relapse Records) 2016
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Savannah’s Black Tusk have faced unexpected tragedy, when in 2014 founding bassist/vocalist Jonathan Athon passed away after a motorcycle accident in his hometown. Pillars Of Ash is the perfect goodbye of Athon, his final recordings and somehow a testament of his profound and lasting legacy with his brothers, fans and family in Black Tusk. Recorded with Toxic Holocaust’s Joel Grind, Pillars Of Ash sounds heavy and angry as fuck, way more punkish than sludgy, an evil and diverse genre fusion blend, a creative statement and the perfect step forward from their previous releases. Somehow between Mastodon’s Blood Mountain heaviness and Municipal Waste endless and confrontational in your face attitude, Pillars Of Ash is the first heavy and essential listening for 2016.