Of all of alternative music’s recent genre-fusing innovations in the last few years, it’s the amalgamation of trap and metal that has made for some of the ugliest, most creative and uniquely heavy sounds. Stepping up to take his own swing at it is Oxford’s BVDLVD who, on his second album, spits bars with the assuredness of someone who’s been doing it their entire life. Most intriguingly, the album he’s put his name to seems to be as multifaceted as BVDLVD himself. Anyone walking into ABSENCE as someone more familiar with rock than trap might feel a little disoriented at first. But while it’s more trap than metal at first, it’s hardly a weakness. The grimy, rave-ready vibes of INEVITABLE is an early highlight, while TIME WILL TELL’s scratchy riffs and gruff screams bris...