In the three years since London metallic hardcore band Ithaca dropped their game-changing debut, The Language of Injury, the UK has seen an explosion of vitriol-filled, boundary-pushing groups. However, listening to the new singles the Londoners have been teasing us with in the run-up to the release of They Fear Us, it was obvious that this record was going to raise that bar tenfold. And raise the bar it does with each track dripping with beautiful fury. An album written to fuck with every notion you have about heavy music, from the moment “In The Way” unapologetically slices through the air, They Fear Us is going to twist and stab at every nerve and sense you have. A record as seething as it is soothing, They Fear Us also sounds more focussed than their chaotic debut. Not that there was a...