Lauded deathcore purveyors Signs Of The Swarm have a lot of momentum going into their sixth full-length. Containing 11 tracks of their signature brutal sound, they look to build upon that which they have built so far, and this they do, even if there's the creeping sense that you have heard much of what they do before.

The opening title-track pretty much lets you know everything you need to about what is going to follow: it's discordant, it judders, time signatures fuck with your head and there's a colossal breakdown. Throw in some glitchy electronics, and the odd brief moment of clean vocals, and the formula is locked down. There's no denying they are skilled at what they do, keeping things ugly and violent.

They have their moments, to be sure. The strange melodies that weave through t

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