03/14/2021 15:32

Alluvial

Alluvial: 2nd album 'Sarcoma' out in May

Alluvial's (death emtal from Atlanta, USA) second full-length album, 'Sarcoma', examines people's connection with pain and the hardships that bind us.

"Sarcoma is a type of cancer that grows from connective tissue in the body," says guitarist Wes Hauch. "At the end of working on everything, Kevin Muller pinpointed that each song on the record was about the different perils that happen at the hand of one man to another. These perils live in our connections to one another, so 'Sarcoma' became an apt title."

Track listing:
1. Ulysses
2. Thy Underling
3. Sarcoma
4. 40 Stories
5. Zero
6. Exponent
7. Sleepers Become Giants
8. The Putrid Sunrise
9. Sugar Paper
10. Anodyne

After writing and producing demos at home, Alluvial cut guitars, bass, and vocals with engineer John Douglass (Mr. Bungle, Amon Amarth) in Atlanta. The opener 'Ulysses' begins with warm guitar echoes before building towards an ominous crescendo. It quickly crumbles under the weight of a thrash riff and brain-rattling growl.

"I was always in trouble in my small hometown," Hauch says. "After going to a county jail, I joined the military and took orders as an Equipment Operator bound for the US Naval Mobile Construction Battalions. The enlisted side of the military are all misfits of one kind or another. Because of this, it's really a continuation of high school. The military continued raising us, for better or worse. In 2005, I deployed to Iraq and convoyed throughout Baghdad for seven months. If you were in Iraq from 03 to 08, it was generally pretty bad. Because of that, I wouldn't call my experience in Iraq “unique,” it was just a hot time over there. If you convoyed, you were gonna get shot at, and you were gonna deal with IED's. If you were in a camp, you were gonna get mortared. If you were infantry and you were kicking down doors, god bless you, you were gonna have it the worst out of anyone. 'Ulysses' is a glossary of my hindsight on that experience."

'Ulysses' is a taste of what's to come from a band that's already proven themselves before. They've set the stage for their next onslaught, 'Sarcoma', armed with some of the most vicious, technical riffs and merciless vocals that metal has to offer.

'Sarcoma' will be out via Nuclear Blast Records on May 28th.

Alluvial are:
Kevin Muller - vocals
Wes Hauch - guitars
Tim Walker - bass
Matthew Paulazzo - drums

(source: Nuclear Blast Records)