I saw Primitive Man the other night and wow did they fucking crush it. Picked up "Caustic" and wow, what a fucking banger. I don't want to sound like a wise-ass, but I'm legit shocked Relapse is capable of releasing something this good/heavy in 2017.
Bell Witch were tight as fuck too. But it's weird to watch them because it's such a drawn out process. I dig them live, but I definitely prefer the records as an "experience". The record is so good. It's just like, when do I have 83 minutes to really soak it in? I listened to the first half on my way to work one day last week and I was in the hella shittiest mood all day. Like it's pretty rare that I can let music impact my mood like that. Like I listen to heavy bleak shit all the time and I'm always rocking a motherfucking PMA.
Also dude from Bell Witch has the most complicated fucking pedal board I've seen in a hot minute. It's so many switchers and routers it's legit over my head.
The new Monolord is pretty boring. I've played it a half dozen times, and honestly I think they have great "tone" or whatever but every song is the fucking same. HEAVY RIFF, then it gets quiet when the vocals kick in then WHOA HEAVY RIFF AGAIN repeat for EVERY SONG but nothing sticks. It's not memorable. I could hear record one, two or three and I feel like I've listened to them a fair bit and I couldn't tell one apart from the other. They're a band I "like" in theory but I feel like I never need to hear them again. The cover is cool as fuck or whatever though and they seem like legit cool people.
The Intensive Care MLP on Anthems of the Undesirable is fucking great. Hitting near a sort of mid period Godflesh sound I really dig. I'm into it. Great live too.