Only Red

Two years after An Occasion For Death, Andrew Grant's The Vomit Arsonist returns with a vengeance with his second full-length for Malignant, Only Red. Inspired and galvanized by Brighter Death Now's U.S. shows in 2014, Grant's latest takes on an even more visceral and dynamic feel than works past, and is unquestionably the heaviest thing he's ever done. If An Occasion for Death showed moments of self-discipline, no such restraint exists here, as everything about this record feels amped up to an entirely new realm of intensity. This is The Vomit Arsonist in full attack mode, as explosive and bludgeoning percussion loops emerge from a churning, monolithic pit of corrosive electronics, menacing transformer buzz, chain-dragging atmospherics, and gasping machine exhalations.