It took so much reinvention to end up at SpiritWorld&#8217;s glorious destruction. DEATHWESTERN, the Las Vegas metallic hardcore band&#8217;s preposterously awesome new album, presents a fully formed aesthetic — a whole fleshed-out universe of pulpy sonic violence inspired by Westerns, horror, outlaw country, the occult, and the heavy metal classics of the late 20th century.…

Album Of The Week: SpiritWorld DEATHWESTERN

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