“My sister and I, my mother in Ethiopia, we had tuberculosis

As always, the production is razor sharp for a metal genre that revels in grit and treble, but the epic length songs demand clarity. For all the divisive criticism Barr receives for his robotic, technical guitar prowess in bands like Orthrelm, he and Marston flex a surprising amount of straight ahead hooks in the midst of noisy blastbeats and pummeling …