Misery Index – ‘Complete Control’ [Album Review]

Having been in the bag since October 2021, Complete Control, the seventh studio album from Baltimore skull-splitters Misery Index has been a long time coming but, now that it’s finally here, it only takes a few minutes in the company of opening track, “Administer The Dagger,” to realize that, even at two decades into their career, the band are as potent as ever. Opening up with a creepy mid-’90s era Slayer-esque intro, it’s heads-down as the group thunder into the opening onslaught. What follows is a savage blend of mid-’00s death/thrash/hardcore. Through “The Eaters And The Eaten,” this neck-wrecking display showcases a band who, far from being at the peak of their career, sounds like they’re just hitting their stride. Three years since they dropped their 2019 disc Rituals of Power, track...

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