The Dry Land

Plagued by chronic illness and stifled by a pandemic, HUNTSMEN evidently had to dig their heels in to get to this point. "The Dry Land" is the Chicagoans third full-length album, and the follow-up to 2020's "Mandala of Fear": a criminally overlooked masterpiece, for those who missed the memo. Real life may have interrupted and preyed upon the band over the last few years, but the strength of their vision remains one of the great joys of contemporary heavy music.Ostensibly a doom/post-metal un...

Wenn es darum geht, uramerikanische Musik mit Metal zu kombinieren, sind HUNTSMEN so ein bisschen die Doom-Pendants zu den Black-Metallern Wayfarer. Die geradezu brutale Produktion des dritten Albums der Band aus Chicago würde jeder Sludge-Combo gut stehen und passt auch zu den vereinzelten Blastbeats in den sechs ausladenden Songs, doch insgesamt dürfte es jeden Fan