Primitive Man
Immersion
(Relapse Records)
3/5
After three years since their last full-length, Caustic, Denver-based doom/sludge metal band Primitive Man are dropping their new studio album, Immersion.
“Heavy,” “furious,” and “demonic”: those are the words to describe Immersion. The album contains six tracks filled with growling vocals, powerful beats, and slow, heavy sounds that present the unique essence of doom and sludge metal. Moreover, every track on Immersion creates an atmosphere of raw death and apocalyptic end times, reminding listeners of horror B-movies.
However, the similarity of the tracks will make listeners feel pretty bored. The music is almost all the same: even though it’s sludge, it’s just too slow and there’s no climaxes building up the excitement, making the album dull and hard to listen for a long time without falling asleep.
However, although Immersion is far from being excellent, it’s still a pretty good album for fans of sludge and doom metal, and especially for fans of Primitive Man after waiting for three years for a new full-length.