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SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: PRIMITIVE RACE – CRANIAL MATTER

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Primitive Race is back with a new album, its third, titled Cranial Matter, by a wide array of artists. The followup to their sophomore album Soul Pretender, it includes a wide array of remixes from a multitude of talented artists, all featuring the likes of former frontman for Faith No More, Chuck Mosley, who passed away just six days after the original album’s 2017 release. Members and former members of Melvins, Slayer, Dead Milkmen, Butthole Surfers, and more are featured on this overhauled release. The mix of industrial metal and rock will have your brain searing as the hard-punching sounds will shock your core. It’s easy to get lost in this face-lift they gave their previous album. Slowing things down just a tiny bit is “Heart in Real Time”. The album then roars right back into a techno-dance track, and wraps things up nicely and neatly into a perfect package of sound, making it an excellent in memoriam of Mosley.

Congratulations guys, Chuck would be proud.



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Melinda is a music enthusiast from the US who grew up on vinyl in the 70s and 80s. She's a lover of all genres, but rock/metal runs through her veins. Music is always in the background and in her head. Unfortunately, she has to have a "regular 8-5" job since "Professional Concert Go-er" doesn't pay the bills. Her bliss would be to follow more musicians and bands than "People she may know" on social media. Her ultimate long term goal is to be the old lady just enjoying the show down in front at the barricades at live shows. Her favorite quote is "Where words fail, music speaks".
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