{"product_id":"geld-currency-castration-blood-red-vinyl","title":"Geld - Currency Castration [Blood Red Vinyl]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: 12\" Vinyl, Blood Red\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCatalogue No.: RR75411\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBarcode: 781676754113\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRelease Date: 09 Jun 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGenre: Metal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"If you’ve ever wondered what Catharsis covering The 13th Floor Elevators might sound like, wonder no longer—and that’s only the start!\" - Decibel Magazine GELD make their Relapse Records debut with their third full length, Currency \/\/ Castration! The Australian band distills a despairingly hellish vision of the world into a thundering crack to the temple through an unsparing fusion of hardcore’s bleakest violence with metal’s ruthless strength-through-conviction. GELD's abrasive take on the genre is distorted through a lense of fuzzed out psych soundscapes; vocals truly sound like unhinged barks, while guitars, bass, and drums crash against one another frenetically, each track burning brighter and brighter. Every moment of Currency \/\/ Castration is urgent. Tracks such as “Chained to a Gate” edge and scratch at a relief that is ultimately denied, toying with the nightmarish promise of a breakdown that never comes. Elsewhere, \"Cut You Down\" pulses with frantically itching riffs that stream forth. \"Fog of War\" snaps and snarls; while \"Secret Prison\" evinces the honed physique of Japanese hardcore fed through the broken brain of someone on a years-long Rrröööaaarrr-era Voivod spin-out. Despite the band's innovative approach to the genre, GELD makes no pretensions at being “interesting” for interesting’s sake - As vocalist Al Smith puts it, “One of the most boring things people can do is try to dress up what someone else has already contributed to a genre and make it ‘clever’… We’re more interested in finding our own position.” With Currency \/\/ Castration, GELD offers no promise of a higher purpose or resolve. Rather, they lean into dissociation, finding truth and meaning in the transcendental joy of simply escaping, surviving, existing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTracklisting\u003cbr\u003e1. Currency\u003cbr\u003e2. Chained to a Gate\u003cbr\u003e3. Cut You Down\u003cbr\u003e4. Clock Keeps Crawling\u003cbr\u003e5. Fog of War\u003cbr\u003e6. The Fix Is In\u003cbr\u003e7. Across A Broad Plain\u003cbr\u003e8. Hanging From a Rope\u003cbr\u003e9. Gas of Corruption\u003cbr\u003e10. Success\u003cbr\u003e11. Secret Prison\u003cbr\u003e12. Castration\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Relapse Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42494996775068,"sku":"RR75411","price":23.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/files\/1_a3aeb017-31e6-47ef-9b05-80140ead88a1.webp?v=1684438014","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/geld-currency-castration-blood-red-vinyl","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}