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At times, it's fuckin' stultifying, especially when shit's flying everywhere all epileptic - and, more often, when you realize that Knut are metalcore like no other, prowling about with bloodlust like 'Funhouse'-era Stooges, only 100 times more weighty and blood-soaked. And it's those (other) times - like when they lock onto the same riff for nearly 11 minutes during 'Crouch', wield a suspended-in-tar mantra with "Merge" (both from Bastardiser), or craft the climactic surge of "You Deserve Me," arguably the finest track between the two discs- when they're prowling that Knut harness their most POWER and etch their most acidic identity, the MCD perhaps slightly more engaging through better production and more (oft-kilter) groove. Like I said, godly.
[9+9=18] NATHAN T. BIRK
[ terrorizer.com ] Terrorizer Magazine, oct. 01
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