Carrion Spring “2010 demo”

Carrion Spring is a relatively new band from Portland, OR that formed late last year and has already released this two-song demo of completely fucking awesome, totally top-notch "screamo" (or whatever the hell you want to call it). This is definitely the best material of this nature that I've heard in quite some time, and I'm really flippin' out over the excellence of the songwriting here. The overall approach is fairly familiar in terms of utilizing softer clean passages and lush melodies that explode into surging bursts of frantic drumming and loosely chaotic riffing—loaded with hard-panned guitars that piece together all sorts of dissonant chord phrasings and hammer-on/pull-off runs. And the screaming/shouting vocals don't go overboard either, which is always a plus. The recording is perfectly balanced with just the right amount of acerbity to the guitar parts, a huge bass tone that always hammers away right in the center of the mix, and an overall aesthetic that matches the 90's-styled angle of the music without venturing into overly raw/stripped down territory. The songs completely hit the mark on every level, and I can't wait to hear more from these guys. Love it.

Carrion Spring "Scumfuck Angels"

...these hands may appear to be folded and dormant. Well, these hands they will appear someday around your fucking necks. This year's model has been breaking ground, while last year's heroes are buried, still breathing. So let the bodies pile high. We're bringing out our dead to begin again.

[DOWNLOAD] Carrion Spring "2010 demo" (@ Last.fm)