Even by the standards of modern doom, the heaviness of Body Void is unforgiving. Not so much a lower and slower Black Sabbath, the anger they trawl through on Bury Me Beneath This Rotting Earth is more like Black Flag played at the wrong speed, a painfully nihilistic collection that ignores fancifully pondering the idea of The Void and instead goes straight for the darkest part of it. And then screams. This anger comes from simply looking out of the window and realising how terrible a path we’re on. On Electric Wizard’s Return Trip, that band’s Jus Oborn declared, ‘I hope this fucking world fucking burns away / And I’d kill you all if I had my way’. With the first part of his wish now becoming reality thanks to climate change, late-stage capitalism and a&nb...
