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Seattle metallic hardcore crushers Turian are back with a tighter sense of identity and an amped-up sound on their new album, Blood Quantum Blues. Everything is amped up on the new album, including a new focus on electronics and scathing, honest lyrics from vocalist Vern Metztli-Moon.
Both of those things can be heard loud and clear on songs like “Mache” and the title track, which marry brooding, emotional vocals with lively electronics that transition back to guitar-focused heaviness. The songs found on Blood Quantum Blues tend to be, on average, a bit longer than the songs on last album No Longer Human, but the songwriting is tight and the album moves briskly, thanks to guitarist Ryan Metztli-Moon’s jagged riffs and Vern Metztli-Moon’s throat-shredder vocals.
The vocalist spoke about how the album’s artwork, created by Diske Uni, ties into the themes presented in the music.
“I chose this piece because this album is about my navigation of the world as a Yaqui Indian. The Pascola dances represent ritual communication between Yaqui people and the Huya Ania (spirit world). This album is about my ancestors, acknowledging their unheard grief and our transcendental connection to one another. Blood Quantum Blues is about the transmission of ancestral grief spanning multiple generations of my family and my decision to confront and break cycles of destruction caused by colonial genocide. To see a Pascola illustrated in a sorrowful pose was striking since Pascolas are usually the ritual clowns.”
Blood Quantum Blues is an album that should appeal to hardcore and metal fans of many stripes. The songwriting is tight and punchy, made even sharper by the pointed lyrics and energetic performances. Wise Blood Records will release Blood Quantum Blues on June 6, but you can stream it now.
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