The Red Chord
Prey For Eyes

THE REVIEW

The Red Chord are not just a band; they are a wounded beast, a hunted animal, but also a fierce creature thirsty for blood and ready to attack any living form within reach just to survive. The Red Chord will never let go of the bone until they have stripped it clean, and the proof comes from the examination of what is their discographic triad so far released by the Massachusetts formation. First, the ferocious debut with "Fused Together In Revolving Doors" (released by Robotic Empire), then the significant leap in popularity and unaltered sound slaughter achieved with "Clients" and the contract with Metal Blade, and now the definitive confirmation with the new "Prey For Eyes". It is hard to imagine going further (and doing better) along this same musical path, but this problem will arise when Mike "Gunface" McKenzie and company have to compose the next album; for now, we delight in being razed to the ground by the fourteen new tracks. If in the previous work, the grind/death/hardcore sound based in noise rock constituted an absolutely impenetrable, compact, and compressed whole beyond all rational reasonableness, with "Prey For Eyes", while maintaining the primary amalgam unaltered and that sense of controlled schizophrenia, they have slightly loosened the steel chains that enclosed them in a bunker proofed against atomic explosion and have given a more sludge/epic imprint to the compositions. The result is a grand mix, capable of constantly attacking but also delivering unexpected surprises like the instrumental "It Came From Over There" (hinting at Zombi, the stratospheric band from Relapse).

The Red Chord take no prisoners, and the few survivors are tortured to the extreme consequences. Mind-blowing!