At the tail end of July, we were graced with another track from Red Fang, a favorite of mine and one that has been featured here on Mainly Tuning out before. "Stereo Nucleosis" comes to us from Relapse Records via the singles series on Adult Swim, a popular place for numerous bands to release new music. It's exciting to see considering we haven't seen much from the Red Fang camp since their single "Antidote" in 2019.
If you're a fan of Red Fang this track will not disappoint you though it's definitely not the crème de la crème of their offerings. It starts with some Mastodon worthy chords and riffing before some washed-out vocals join in over this excellent intro. The chorus has a delightful hook though, "Bloodless, but breathing, no hope," which is sung over an equally catchy musical riff. It's 3 minutes of some excellent Heavy Metal.
The things about this album that take away from it are few, but I believe they are big enough to mention. Most of this track feels like a Mastodon b-side, which isn't a bad thing because most of Mastodon's catalog is full of amazing material, but it does make this track seem a bit like a cover track. Honestly, the reverb/delay that's on the vocals is my least favorite part of this offering, and it's too bad it was mixed the way that it was because I think a tighter vocal track would punch this bad boy into a higher weight class.
Check the track out and let me know what you think! Are you a fan of Red Fang and did this song live up to your internal image of them, or is it meh? If you want to purchase or stream this track elsewhere, you can do so here. Thank you for sticking around while I took a week off as a summer break, and I look forward to curating some more goodness for you in the coming weeks!
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