WHO I AM confronts a collapsing world on “Imminent Devastation”

French hardcore band Who I Am have unveiled Imminent Devastation, a record shaped by the uncertainty and isolation that followed the COVID-19 outbreak. Written mainly between late 2021 and 2022, and recorded at Studio 6 in England (home to Malevolence, Guilt Trip, Brutality Will Prevail), the album delivers nine tracks of chaotic, heavy-hitting hardcore mixed with new school metal influences, drawing sonic parallels to Incendiary, Suburban Scum, and Terror. “The world seemed to become more and more complex and on the edge of breaking—it still is in a certain way,” the band states. That sense of volatility is central to