BOATMAN’S TOLL: The Fat is in the Fire Review
Reviewed by: Andrew Risch
Much like the best coffees, Metal is more exciting when it comes hard and bold to the senses in a fresh and refreshing way. Boatman’s Toll is not your standard extreme Metal as they offer a unique,bold flavor of several sub-genres. On their most recent release, you will be treated to plenty of sludgy and doom/thrash laden riffs with just a hint of Death and dash of Black Metal to keep the most hardcore fans interested.
For starters, yes, this is a heavy album. It may not come out of the gates and punch you in the throat but it will leave it’s mark with some great sludgy groves. Corporate Indentured Servitude is an awesome Death n Roll track and the intro to Torn is perfection. Nothing Means Nothing is an aggressive track that will get your head banging if you aren’t too busy singing along. In the Falling Away is easily the sludgiest track on this offering with some killer stoner vibes. Finally to close out the album, Boatman’s Toll have included an impressive cover of Acid Bath’s The Blue. Already an awesome classic, this Chicago based group absolutely nail this brutal beast giving this album the perfect send off.
The Fat is in the Fire is currently available through Seeing Red Records here.
Definitely a lot of different brutal sounds happening on this album making it worth listening to on repeat