This is the debut album from US black/death metallers Primitive Warfare.
Extinction Protocol brims with 31 minutes of violent war metal aggression. Primitive Warfare are here to force the horrors of war right into your face, through your skull, and out the other side.
This is ferociously brutal music, but not without skill. The band – a duo, where both members contribute vocals – are tight and lethal, executing their murderous music with astounding fury. Primitive Warfare are devastating.
Extinction Protocol mercilessly rams together death metal, black metal, and grindcore until it destroys something. There is a large grindcore influence – which works wonderfully – and the black metal plays a supporting role, rather than a dominating one. The crushing guitars are harsh and nasty, regardless of the speed they attack with, while the punishing drums relentlessly batter. The vocals consist of deep dark growls and acidic screams that pierce ruthlessly. All of the components of Extinction Protocol are strong, and they come together to effectively make something greater than the sum of its parts.
The songs are intense and grim, but more coherently crafted than some purveyors of war metal mayhem. It’s all relative, of course, as Extinction Protocol is not for those uninitiated in barbaric extremity, but this is a record that remembers the need for actual songs buried beneath the barbed wire and bloody cruelty.
This is a superior brand of war metal. If you’re accustomed to the sheer brutality of this sort of thing, then it’s effortlessly enjoyable and satisfying. Primitive Warfare know exactly what they’re doing with the style, and their music is executed with zealous intensity and forcefully high impact. Extinction Protocol is a well-built slab of grind/black/death metal carnage that simply rules.
Very highly recommended.
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