Battalions - King of a Dead World
Hardcore/sludge metal kings Battalions are back in town with their fourth album. Four years on from Forever Marching Backwards , Kingston upon Hull's Battalions have churned out a monolithic slab of hardcore punk-meets-sludge glory over the pandemic, full to the brim with stomping grooves and gut-wrenching savagery. Though they've gone back to their roots musically, it's the end result of a season of change for the quartet. As vocalist Phil Wilkinson explains, 'During the covid lockdowns, we underwent a personnel change, namely welcoming drummer Simon into the Battalions fold, so with this we wanted to go for a whole new production process. We chose a brand new studio to us, Nø Studio in Manchester with producer Joe Clayton (Pijn), as we wanted a new sound after using Chris Fielding (Conan) for all our previous efforts. King of a Dead World is us returning to our roots, big grooves rooted in a dirty DIY sludge and hardcore sound. In addition to this, we also chose