John Frum - A Stirring In The Noos (Relapse Records) 2017
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Enigmatic cult metal collective John Frum have crafted an extremely chaotic, dynamic, and unorthodox album… even for the death metal standards, a genre that has thrived in making things extremer and weirder. The quartet – that has a lineup with members who’ve played with John Zorn, Faceless, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Intensus, etc. – successfully meshes together the brutality of the more old-school death metal with a twisted psychedelic feel, and an untamed experimental vein. A Stirring in the Noos, the band’s debut album, splendidly guarantees the project the status as one of the most exciting extreme bands to watch for. Their technicality is only matched by the musical insanity and the result is top notch songwriting.