Immortal Bird - Sin Querencia (2024)

Creating a very unique style of aural abuse, today we have Sludge/Post Metal and Crust outfit Immortal Bird and their third full-length release “Sin Querencia”. Featuring eight tracks and nearly 36 minutes of musical madness, this release is heavy, contrived, chaotic, and downright insanely good. There is some brilliance to creating such dissonance and yet feeling cohesive and devastating enough to captivate the listener, and this release delivers that in heaps.

Opening with “Bioluminescent Toxins” we get a fairly straightforward piece with piercing riffs, crafty drums and a slow progression that feels very traditional for Sludge. However, Rae Amitay’s vocals quickly shift the mood, ranging from hellish harsh screams to sultry cleans, creating very interesting and contrasting sections. Blistering brutality follows with the piercing “Plastered Sainthood”, the trippy “Consanguinity”, and the Djenty “Propagandized”, with the band showcasing raw brutality and tons of weird and crafty ideas.

Things get even more tense with the ravaging Post-Metal-infused opening of “Ocean Endless” as it transitions into crazy Crust/Punk onslaughts. Our favorite tracks have to be the punishing “Synthetic Alliances” and “Contrarian Companions” and their chaotic tempo changes alongside bursts of madness. The band does an amazing job creating very intricate songs that weave back and forth between genres and moods, allowing them to have a very distinct and chaotic signature style.

Closing their antics with the album title track, Immortal Bird once again delivers a fresh sounding release that nicely incorporates elements from tons of genres and bands, keeping that familiar feeling but in a very unique package. Each track of “Sin Querencia” showcases raw brutality and powers, so be prepared to be hit in the face with several bags of bricks as this release pummels through your speakers.

Label: 20 Buck Spin

Release: Ocober 18th, 2024

Genre: Sludge/Post Metal / Crust

Country: USA