In what is threatening to be a new golden era for hardcore, Jesus Piece seem like elder statesmen compared to fresher-faced upstarts like GEL, Scowl or ZULU. It’s been half a decade since the Philly five-piece dropped debut album Only Self, and while we hardly need to revisit the biggest reason for delay in that period, band members have also been engaged with everything from fatherhood to modelling to playing drums for Charli XCX. On the evidence of its long-awaited sequel …So Unknown, none of this has dulled the impact of their ferocious metalcore. Brutal but maintaining a welcome groove, opener In Constraints takes you right into the thick of it, frontman Aaron Heard’s savage vocal assault sitting atop piledriving rhythms. But Jesus Piece’s dedication to heft and fur...
So Unknown [Analog]
Vinyl LP pressing. Includes booklet. Seven years into a career built on an uncompromising ethos and carefully crafted, brutal sounds, Jesus Piece melds intelligence and aggression in a manner that doesn't just push the genre's rigid boundaries. It sets the standard for the shape of hardcore to come.... So Unknown is the sound of articulated brutality that defies categorization. It's 28 minutes of rage and introspection slammed into the red. From explosive opener 'In Constraints' to the dissonant strains of 'Tunnel Vision' to the caustic 'An Offering to The Night', Jesus Piece's Century Media debut and their first full-length since 2018's landmark, 'Only Self' has been worth the wait. Co-produced and mixed by Randy LeBouef (Every Time I Die, Orthodox), '... So Unknown' is a spectacular second act and a passage to something more intense and personal for the five Pennsylvania natives.
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