There are more times than I care to admit where I wish I could put myself on pause and basically opt out of the events currently going on or what’s likely to unfurl before us. I don’t like being irritated and disgusted all the time, and while I could give myself a break and stop paying attention to the world, that really would not be that productive.
Teeth’s third record “The Will of Hate” encompasses all of those feelings storming in our heads and bodies as the world continues to regress to something that, mentally, is becoming less and less livable all the time. Over 11 tracks and 39 minutes, the band—vocalists/guitarists Erol Ulug and Justin Moore, bassist Peter King, drummer Alejandro Aranda—strikes early and often, piledriving you with a barrage that never gives you time to come up for air. That frustration over facing the cruelty and disgust smeared all over our existences is palpable, and with each song that blasts by, the bitter taste in your mouth gets more and more pronounced.
“Blight” opens in a barrage of fury, growls plastering, and a temporary pullback lets a haze into the room later consuming as the pace trucks harder. Guitars fold as the viciousness floods over, coming to a fully brutal finish. “Loathe” hangs in humidity as the growls lace, the playing bludgeons, and all hell is unleashed. Sinister sentiments sink in their teeth as the growls darken skies, and the battering buries bodies in rubble. “Prison” churns and drills, muddy and gutting playing making tracking tough, the guitars laying waste as the temperatures rise. A pummeling charge strikes as leads melt over top, the searing heat becoming too much to handle. “Pray” clubs as the growls retch, sooty playing meeting with moodier leads, the entire force then absolutely savaging. Growls curdle as the earth shakes, smashing faces and smearing blood. “Shiver” is sinewy, the temperatures rising and suffocating, vicious growls swirling into a haze. The playing continues to rupture blood vessels as a calculated fury floods with carnage at the end.
“Apparition” is muddy and heavy, the violence continuing in full, smothering and thrashing with ill intent. Guitars heat up as the tempo staggers and slurs, a fiery solo warping the final moments. “Writhe” disorients from the start, growls bubbling as the mangling fury becomes impossible to shake, blowtorch intensity melting faces and increasing the heat. The devastation only spreads from there, weighing down on mind and body as things come to a crushing finish. “Seethe” has a mind-altering blast out front, the playing frying brains even as the guitars create something of a fog. Growls add to the menace as the final screws drive forcefully into place. “Churn” opens with punishing growls and the assault destroying, riffs spiraling and drilling into the ground, a steamier aura rising out of that. The guitars take charge as the heat simmers, stabbing to a gutting end. “Realm” has guitars churning as the assault decimates, the weight trudging hard and with certainty, the growls contributing to the slaughter. Internal forces and vicious tenacity re-enter the fray, leaving everything down a path to hell. Closer “Devour” lives up to its name even after starting with a gasp of calm, but it’s not long before every element tears apart flesh and muscle, a hammering fury leading the way. Howls curdle as the guitars take over, glazing and melting, fading out into an eternity of suffering.
There really are times when consciousness is an insult to our being, and Teeth capture that perfectly, violently with “The Will of Hate.” These 11 songs feel like they batter into each other, often seeming like a single diatribe against the forces that continually ail us and make us wonder what the purpose is of handling endless bullshit every day. This is a channeled, smothering display that never relents, barely breathes, and at helps you realize you’re not the only person continually wallowing in a sea of utter bullshit.
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