Melbourne metal band PRIMITIVE are here with their new 6-track EP 'With The Rats and Snakes'!

Pressing play delivers a creepy intro piece with stunning clean guitar chorus tone, sounds very evil and cool. Then you get what PRIMITIVE is really about - Thrashy melodeath riffs and aggression! Fast melodic death in the vein of The Haunted and The Black Dahlia Murder, crossed with the thrashy death stylings of Revocation or even a bit of Lamb Of God.

Aside from the standard guitar dominance, it is immediately noticable that the popping drums and punching kicks are tight as hell, there's even the odd blast in there.

The vocals are super aggressive at all times and works well throughout. There are some really nice guitar harmonies, and the solos are oozing with sweeps and squeels.

Some of my favourite moments on the EP include the big chorus in 'God Is Beneath Us', superb melodies in 'Rivers', and the Behemoth-esque fist pumping start of 'The Last Nail'!

PRIMITIVE have been gigging for a few years and released an EP and a single since 2017. This one is a really solid effort and big step up, so let's hope they will be back with more soon!

8/10 

Vincent van Goat

'With the Rats and Snakes' is out on August 12, 2022.

Pre-order/save here: https://primitiveaus.lnk.to/wtras