Theories - Regression

Theories - RegressionVinyl LP pressing. 2015 debut album from the Seattle, WA based death grind newcomers. Theories, featuring former members of Book of Black Earth, Skarp, and Samothrace, has been performing across the US since their inception in late 2010. They've earned slots on tours with Goatwhore, Fallujah, Toxic Holocaust, King Parrot, and more. The lineup of vocalist Rick Powell, guitarist Lee McGlothlen, bassist Kusha Karimi, and drummer Joe Axler have joined

Averill barely sings on "Born To Night

As The Face so perfectly put it

it is like you are being summoned to a place that's already wrapped inside you but obscured from conscious experience

and each song leads unequivocally into the next

Rachid recognises the strengths that he & his counterpart bring to the outfit: "we have quite different approaches to songwriting and recording

Housed in the original jacket featuring red

and elation

eschews well-trodden fantasy and mysticism tropes of the genre and focuses on conveying the horror and chaos inherent in the everyday reality of the human mind

just happily being our freak selves

and 'Camping'

" an electric guitar heavy ballad with a driving force reminiscent of the Black Keys' 'Brothers'

The record was produced by Kurt Vile