Black Insect Laughter: Woorms - Twitching, As Prey

Sunday, 2 February 2020

Woorms have crawled out of a sludge swamp and rolled in the

corpse of rock before unleashing their second album upon us. The

sludge elementis still the driving source but the songs are infused

with ideas and atmospherics that bring a more doomy and psych feel -

combined with a hardcore aggression that keeps the menace swirling

around the tracks.

This is an album that demands to be played in one sitting. You are

carried along in this soundscape from start to finish and as a cohesive

whole blends into an almost epic concept album.

Vocals are screamed, muttered, crooned and chanted with effective

and creepy results. The sound is of course low-end but with many

different effects and playing styles, the middle end of the musical

scales are well catered for. The production is just great - everything

sounds full on without losing clarity or aggression.

Drones and sound effects are used along with quieter passages to bring

the pace and feel down - not to a peaceful interlude though –

this is the good shit.

Thanks to Aaron for sending me the promo.