RACEBANNON - SIX SIK SISTERS (LP)

Racebannon Six Sik Sisters on LP

It's been a scant 3 years since the last salvo from the Racebannon camp, but that time has not passed without vengeful fruit. Offering a handful of 12" singles releases (most notably the Merzbow collaboration, Merzbannon, and the DJ-friendly Wrap The Body 12") the time draws nigh and the skies turn black for a new full-length from the venerable Bloomington, IN firing squad.

Helmed by executive soundscapist Kurt Ballou of Converge, Six Sik Sisters is a stripped-down affair, yet clear and massive sounding. Tempos drop to both their fastest ever, as well as their slowest and burliest ever, with impetuous results. Racebannon is a bile-soaked conjuration of warped speed-metal riffs here colliding with Sabbathesque knuckle-drag, alongside breakneck warp-speed drumming that falls only a tad short of grindcore. As with Acid Or Blood, the "noise" facet of the band is now singularly incorporated into the songs themselves, and not a sonic afterthought. This is a focused beast that feasts solely to sustain itself on pain and suffering.