Obliterate wasn’t written to patch wounds—it rips them wider to let the rawness breathe. Solid within the cataclysmic alliance between Micah Ariss and Chandler Burton, the only detonates heartbreak. With hypersonic post-hard choruses to juxtapose the Mushroomhead-esque verses and a center eight that can throw you proper again to the furore of 00s progressive metallic within the vein of Job for a Cowboy, it throws compositional warning to the wind whereas holding tight to emotional readability.
The choruses convey with them a cathartic launch because the mechanical furore slips away and transforms right into a sonic imprint which permits gentle to refract by the darkness and agony that lit the inventive spark within the observe. So far as breakup tracks go, none hit with the identical bruising brutality as Obliterate, and few handle to match the vulnerability that doesn’t disguise away within the manufacturing—it fuels it as the 2 collaborators convey the anthem to a fever pitch.
Micah Ariss, recognized for translating emotional decay into melodic defiance, channels the identical sense of hopeful revolt that earned him 20 million Spotify streams and over 300,000 month-to-month listeners. His attain spans far past the Pacific Northwest, with 70 million views and 250K followers drawn in by his sincere confrontation of human fragility.
Obliterate is now accessible to stream on all main platforms, together with Spotify.
Assessment by Amelia Vandergast