Download the New Track From Brooklyn Sludge Masters Batillus, "The Division"
Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent.
Brooklyn muckos Batillus shatter woofers and spirits as part of the New Wave Of Brooklyn Doom, alongside previous YIMBY favorites like Bloody Panda and Hull. But they are the blackest, bleakest, and orneriest of the lot, emoting and gurgling at a snail's pace, more concerned with creating massive walls of impenetrable ambience than giving a weedhead something fun to bang along to. Usually, it's a creepy-crawly churn slowly tumbling at a BPM no one would have the patience to count. Their recent addition to their MySpace page, "Division," slathers on feedback with the thickest brush possible. It's a haunting squeal broken up by bayonet stabs of monster doom which eventually settles into a Boris-like groove--it's safe to say that Greg Peterson's guitar tone may be the one for New York metal musicians to beat in 2010. Beyond his throaty bellows, new vocalist Fade Kainer adds a subtle shade of space noise that's more Forcefield noisepunk shudder than Hawkwind cosmic slurp. Each note is held for a harrowingly long time, allowing the listener to pore over tone and marvel at shape--thankfully these dudes always supply fans with monstrous-but-manageable high-bit-rate MP3s for maximum exploration of their increasingly expansive sound. Download one below.![]()
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