METZ 'II'

METZ return with album number two and it's a direct gut-punching affair. It's much heavier, darker, and sloppier but just as immense. METZ have built on the nihilistic foundations laid by their debut and have developed, in places, a bracing and impressive knack for a killer hook. But the overriding aesthetic is one of immediacy and turbo-fuelled levels of energy accompanied by buzz saw guitars, fuzzed-up bass and steamroller drums. With 'II, METZ have done more than enough to cement themselves as the new kings of transgressive hard rock, and that's a crown which is going to be difficult for anyone to wrestle from them.