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BLACK METAL 2
Artist
Dean Blunt
ReleaseProduct
BLACK METAL 2
Label
Rough Trade
Catalogue Number
RT0253DA
Release Date
June 11, 2021

Genres

Few artists in the contemporary sphere can not only surprise-drop a follow-up to their most celebrated album out of nowhere, but have it met with a universal notion of intrigue across all facets of musical factions. Such unpredictability is just one small part of Dean Blunt’s enduring appeal.

Black Metal 2, with its cover a tongue-in-cheek take on Dr Dre’s 2001, follows on from 2014’s Black Metal in both sonics and approach. Like the first edition, Blunt’s tracks often contrast casual lyrical themes and a low-slung Hackney charm with sincere and grandiose musical backdrops.

The mix of lofi americana in the softly warbled guitars and dusty drums with Blunt’s casual British wordplay gives the album a sense of placelessness. It’s full of emotional peaks - tracks like the opener ‘Vigil’ are built around emotive symphonic staccatos and golden vocals, and the soaring ‘Sketamine’ sounds like Grouper scoring the end credits to a beautiful imaginary film. There’s smoky meanderings in the gently warping ‘ZaZa’, the country-leaning chug ‘La Raza’ and picturesque acoustic scenery on the lush instrumental track ‘Woosah’.

As a whole, Black Metal 2 is a collection of fresh reimaginings of modern and legacy pop culture by a shapeshifting, generational British talent.

Digital Track List

  1. 1 VIGIL 2:30 Buy

    VIGIL

  2. 2 MUGU 1:39 Buy

    MUGU

  3. 3 DASH SNOW 2:00 Buy

    DASH SNOW

  4. 4 SKETAMINE 2:32 Buy

    SKETAMINE

  5. 5 SEMTEX 1:27 Buy

    SEMTEX

  6. 6 LA RAZA 1:44 Buy

    LA RAZA

  7. 7 NIL BY MOUTH 2:40 Buy

    NIL BY MOUTH

  8. 8 ZaZa 2:06 Buy

    ZaZa

  9. 9 WOOSAH 3:02 Buy

    WOOSAH

  10. 10 the rot 3:43 Buy

    the rot

Track List

  1. VIGIL
  2. MUGU
  3. DASH SNOW
  4. SKETAMINE
  5. SEMTEX
  6. LA RAZA
  7. NIL BY MOUTH
  8. ZaZa
  9. WOOSAH
  10. the rot
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Dean Blunt

Rough Trade

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Alternative / Indie / Post-rock

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