“The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must”
If I was making a playlist of my favourite songs from the previous decade Hold Your Children Close And Pray For Oblivion would definitely be on it. Taken from their 2016 album The Whole Of The Law, it’s absolutely berserk. Excoriating, industrial-grade grind mixes with hammering electronic passages. But for all their nightmarish noise, Anaal Nathrakh sure have a way with a hook and cram plenty of them in here. And in Dave Hunt, they have a vocalist versatile enough to deliver them. So when he’s not creating a white-noise shitstorm out of his face, he’s delivering an insanely catchy chorus with crazed metal god vocals and driving the song to a operatic climax. Oblivion has never been this much fun. This is what you wanted, this is what you need.
HEAVY METAL OVERLOAD 
I didn’t know people could drum that fast. Man, that was crazy. Not my cup of tea, but there are some moments that I can see why you like it. It isn’t screaming throughout and when he sings, he can really sing. Interesting stuff.
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I didn’t think this would be your cuppa but it’s cool you gave it a listen. I think it’s all programmed drums on the albums but I might be wrong. They have a live drummer though… it must suck to be that guy!
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Man, that drummer would be dead by the end of the show as he would have to leave it all on the stage to make it through a set.
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I know! Bet he dreams about unplugged sets and ballads.
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LOL!
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By the title I thought at first this was a current events post.
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Haha I know. Its a bit of a worry eh?
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I’m sure it’ll be fiiiiiine.
(sips coffee nervously)
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That’s a good title – if a bit discouraging when that is considered the best case scenario for which to pray!
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I think they’re glass half empty kinda guys.
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Perhaps they’ll save the motivational speeches for a future album!
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Scary!
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I checked the song out. It’s very abrasive. The melody of the chorus sounds great but man it’s hidden in that mix.
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That’s true but I like that they don’t sacrifice the noise and extremity for the “catchy bit”.
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