Within the Earth Once more is about at a glacial tempo, permitting every aspect to coalesce in its personal time. The primary two tracks descend into murky purgatory: Instrumental opener “Outdoors” is led by Pedigo, his plaintive guitar backed by extra axe work from Chat Pile guitarist Luther Manhole, Busch, and Cap’n Ron, who historically handles percussion however performs a powerslide lap metal on a few of these songs. That observe flows seamlessly into “Demon Time,” a hypnotic quantity through which Busch prophesies the burning of all of the castles on the earth and the return of each demon. “And they’ll discover you/And they’ll fuck you up,” he sings, his voice low and even. Regardless of their tranquil sound, “Outdoors” and “Demon Time” are all pressure, no launch. So when “By no means Say Die!” begins with a bulldozing energy chord and a nuclear kick—the primary percussion on the report—it’s pure catharsis. It’s essentially the most attribute Chat Pile minimize on the album: sludgy, detuned, and cruel.
The remainder of Within the Earth Once more alternates between vocal-centric songs and instrumental tracks. “Behold a Pale Horse” is a Pedigo/Manhole duet stuffed with beautiful counterpoint curdled by reverb. “Fission/Fusion” begins as a loud, jolting scrum earlier than settling into one thing extra Metallica adjoining. And “I Received My Personal Blunt to Smoke” finds Busch alone along with his guitar, seemingly interpolating Timbaland. It’s solely a five-note descending scale, however Busch attracts out its melodrama to an virtually cartoonish diploma. It’s onerous to think about that, in gentle of the goofy cultural references he’s sprinkled throughout Chat Pile’s previous work, he doesn’t know precisely what he’s doing.
The place area recordings and tape loops make indelible contributions to the report’s ambiance, they fall flat on its eight-minute centerpiece, “The Matador.” “Issues disintegrate!” Busch yowls a number of occasions, and it’s right here Chat Pile and Pedigo’s shared sensibilities maintain collectively least. They open the music with practically two minutes of tape loops earlier than the drums, bass, and guitar construct step by step right into a monster lick. The music chugs ceaselessly however loses its punch on the house stretch. There’s an awesome four-minute music right here, however the lengthy closing guitar solo is gratuitous, as is the sluggish intro.
