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“Frank Stallone” is the latest single from Florida’s noise-soaked hardcore sludge alchemists MEATWOUND. The track comes by way of the band’s Macho full-length, set for release on May 9th on the newly-...

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I was shocked when my helmet light sputtered out while spelunking some of the sump pit’s darker, less-traveled caverns recently. As I waited for my eyes to adjust to the gloom, I noticed something bright and pink glimmering in a recess of mossy rock. That ‘something’ was Macho, the fourth album from Tampa, Florida’s hardcore sludge noise-mongers Meatwound, and I used its luminescent shimmer to help guide me back to headquarters. Outside of the great band name and cover art giving me strong Warhol meets Boris vibes, I wasn’t familiar with Meatwound and their wares, so I researched. I read a few interviews, dug into the back catalog, and worked my way up from Meatwound‘s 2015 debut, Addio, to 2017’s Largo and then 2019’s Culero, replete with cool Vincent Locke cover art. I learned that Meatwound, aside from churning through drummers like Spinal Tap,1 like to expand their sound on each release without betraying their roots. I sat down, explorations complete, to give Macho a spin, wondering what wrinkle of the Meatwound sound had evolved this time. Meatwound generally plays a form of hardcore-tinged, boisterously dissonant noise-rock that, on Macho specifically, is combined with some electronic industrialism. Once best described as a mix of The Jesus Lizard and Sepultura, Meatwound themselves aren’t sure what they sound like these days and are content, even amused, to hear what bands the critics and fans compare them to. For my money, think what a collaboration between Unsane, Whores., and Godflesh might sound like, and you’d be in the ballpark here. The core of Meatwound‘s sound remains rooted in Mariano Iglesias’ driving, punky bass lines coalescing with the dissonantly noisy chords and riffs of Ari Barros’ garage-band-on-GHB guitar work, and there’s plenty of both on Macho (“Mount Vermin,” “Europa”). But there are also pulse-pounding synth beats, percussive samples, and some power electronics (“Barking Dogs As Plot Device”) at play that, when added to the mighty, hardcore-esque roars of Daniel Wallace and the steady-handed pounding of new drummer Dimitri Stoyanov, make it tough to beat Meatwound for blunt-force trauma. Interestingly, the hybrid tracks on Macho, molding the old ways with the new approach, are most compelling. Macho by Meatwound Building off Culero‘s experimental track “Elders,” Macho‘s expansion into the industrial reflects a Meatwound that’s doing what they want, listeners be damned. Album opener “Compressed Hell” introduces us to Meatwound‘s hybrid experiment right out of the gate, as it builds off of pulsing synths with layers of stick-snapping tom beats and Dan’s screaming snarls before transitioning into full Meatwound mode, a cacophonous swirl of noisy riffs, drums, and punchy bass. Similarly constructed and even more effective is the album highlight “Frank Stallone.” A most Godfleshic track that starts with deeply ominous synth tones, delicately percussive samples, and Dan’s aggressive, vacuous shouts before blowing up like a trailer park meth lab in explosions of beasty bass, swirling dissonance, and dentist-drill guitar shrieks; a perfect example of how Meatwound can successfully mix the two elements like mad chemists, yet not all the elixirs worked. Two and a half minutes of Macho‘s preciously short thirty-three-minute runtime don’t land, tipping the experimental scales too far. “Barking Dog As Plot Device” is two minutes of a statically constant, power-industrial noise tone accentuated with periodic, heartbeat-like, bassy synth beats underneath Dan’s wailing hardcore shouts. The track seemed out of place and distracting but not as off-putting or momentum-disrupting as the thirty-one-second “Chunk”2 which, as far as I can tell, is either some random field recording or otherwise meaningless electronically created bit. Produced by Ryan Boesch, who also owns and operates freshly launched label partner Threat Collection Records, Macho is loud. However, the mix and master fits Meatwound‘s style and harnesses their chaotic energy effectively. Made up of former members of acts like Combatwoundedveteran, The Holy Mountain, and Headless Dogs, Meatwound has spent the better part of a decade carving their niche into the metalverse. By and large, and in exponential fashion, they’ve succeeded. With no real expectations, I was pleasantly surprised by Meatwound’s Macho, and aside from a couple of minor missteps, it works. It’s worth a listen, and, if nothing else, Macho‘s hot-pink aesthetic might help guide you out of any unexpected darkness you might find yourself in. --- Rating: 3.0/5.0 DR: 6 | Format Reviewed: 320kbps mp3 Label: Threat Collection Records Websites: Bandcamp | Meatwound.com Releases Worldwide: May 9th, 2025 The post Meatwound – Macho Review appeared first on Angry Metal Guy.

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