Putrid | Obsolete, the new album by Richmond, Virginia band Prisoner, is out today on Persistent Vision Records.
Stream the album, here: https://prisoner.bandcamp.com/album/putrid-obsolete
Buy the album, here: https://persistentvisionrecords.com/collections/prisoner
Info and tourdates, here: https://thechainworld.blogspot.com/2024/02/prisoner-putridobsolete.html
"Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, heavy quintet Prisoner are a force to be reckoned with... Built on a bedrock of blackened metal and dark hardcore, Prisoner incorporate clanging industrial sounds and hints of death metal, making music that can only be described as violent."
–Decibel
"Richmond's Prisoner combines death metal, doom, crust, and industrial into a distressing, genre-mixing fusion of extreme heaviness and edginess."
–Destroy//Exist
"Like a doomier combination of Napalm Death and Godflesh, Prisoner have produced an innovative and crushingly heavy second album that is unrelenting in its grim vision of the future."
–Distorted Sound
"It's a fun album, if you're into something extremely intense and agonizing and brutal."
–Every Album Ever Podcast
"There are metal bands, there are grind bands, there are industrial bands, there are highly energetic and expressive bands, and then… there is Prisoner."
–Everything Is Noise
"Welding together crust-punk fury, industrial relentlessness and death-metal power, 'Putrid | Obsolete' is a record that clamps its metal jaws down on the listener in its opening seconds and offers barely a moment’s reprieve."
–Ghost Cult
"Emerging architects of a sonic dystopia where death metal, doom, and crust collide with industrial chill, Richmond, Virginia's Prisoner are about to unleash their second album, 'Putrid | Obsolete.'"
–Idioteq
“Prisoner keep it gross and misanthropic... The record uniquely balances the scales between industrial insanity and d-beat delinquency, with a sludgy backdrop to create an all-encompassing feeling of hatred and dread.”
–Invisible Oranges
"To add a sense of churning gears to filthy death metal or punk-inflected tunes can create a sense of unease. Prisoner creates music that provides a sense of unnatural order, to music that should be all about chaos, to great effect."
–Last Rites
"[Prisoner's] brand of industrial-tinged noise and metal feels like skulls melting from insurmountable heat, brains scrambling, and our blood washing away forever... A destructive record that mirrors human behavior."
–Meat Mead Metal
"A release that evokes (for me at least) the industrial ethic of the late 80s and early 90s. Although it reminds me of that period, there is nothing here that suggests it’s a copy of that music. Within the 8 songs, there is a dizzying level of confidence in their material and whilst some moments frustrate, it’s one of the most original albums I’ve heard in a while."
–Metal Epidemic
"Prisoner’s nearest sonic compatriots at the moment are Full of Hell, and like them, I am very curious to see where Prisoner go next. It’s exciting to hear bands engaging in this kind of experimentation and hybridization because the sounds they conjure really seem to capture the nihilistic zeitgeist of our current world."
–No Clean Singing
"Raw intensity and sonic experimentation... A blend of dark, atmospheric soundscapes and blistering aggression."
–RVA Mag
"A foreboding mix of industrial corrosion and crusty hardcore, this eight-track record delivers epic condemnations that encapsulate the simmering rage and distress that has pervaded our society over the past decade. Released under the emerging Richmond label, Persistent Vision Records, this highly anticipated album arrives just in time to coincide with the intensification of the political tumult in our country..."
–The Auricular
–Ghost Cult
"Emerging architects of a sonic dystopia where death metal, doom, and crust collide with industrial chill, Richmond, Virginia's Prisoner are about to unleash their second album, 'Putrid | Obsolete.'"
–Idioteq
“Prisoner keep it gross and misanthropic... The record uniquely balances the scales between industrial insanity and d-beat delinquency, with a sludgy backdrop to create an all-encompassing feeling of hatred and dread.”
–Invisible Oranges
"To add a sense of churning gears to filthy death metal or punk-inflected tunes can create a sense of unease. Prisoner creates music that provides a sense of unnatural order, to music that should be all about chaos, to great effect."
–Last Rites
"[Prisoner's] brand of industrial-tinged noise and metal feels like skulls melting from insurmountable heat, brains scrambling, and our blood washing away forever... A destructive record that mirrors human behavior."
–Meat Mead Metal
"A release that evokes (for me at least) the industrial ethic of the late 80s and early 90s. Although it reminds me of that period, there is nothing here that suggests it’s a copy of that music. Within the 8 songs, there is a dizzying level of confidence in their material and whilst some moments frustrate, it’s one of the most original albums I’ve heard in a while."
–Metal Epidemic
"Prisoner’s nearest sonic compatriots at the moment are Full of Hell, and like them, I am very curious to see where Prisoner go next. It’s exciting to hear bands engaging in this kind of experimentation and hybridization because the sounds they conjure really seem to capture the nihilistic zeitgeist of our current world."
–No Clean Singing
"Raw intensity and sonic experimentation... A blend of dark, atmospheric soundscapes and blistering aggression."
–RVA Mag
"A foreboding mix of industrial corrosion and crusty hardcore, this eight-track record delivers epic condemnations that encapsulate the simmering rage and distress that has pervaded our society over the past decade. Released under the emerging Richmond label, Persistent Vision Records, this highly anticipated album arrives just in time to coincide with the intensification of the political tumult in our country..."
–The Auricular
"This is the T-1000's favorite death metal record."
–The Heavyist Podcast
"The Virginia killers bludgeon you into submission with their ferocious metal hybrid... The unrepentant Richmond crew unite death metal, doom, crust and industrial on their devastatingly heavy sophomore release."
–Tinnitist
"Channeling noise, dissonance and a shot of pure punk adrenaline into one of the most thrilling explosions of sound I’ve heard in some time."
–Treble
"This is a band who lean in hard to their darkest visions and force you to contend with the demons inside their heads whilst provoking those who live in yours. 'Putrid | Obsolete' is not easy listening, but that's not the point. The suffering is the point. The volume is the point. And above all, Prisoner is the point. Dive the fuck in."
–Two Guys Metal Reviews
–Two Guys Metal Reviews
"Like a car crash of industrial metal, synths and grindcore, you can pick out obvious shards of Napalm Death, Godflesh and Neurosis amongst the musical wreckage... The overall theme of the album being that of 'the horrific failure of humanity,' Prisoner have kindly provided the perfect soundtrack."
–V13
"Prisoner are a hard band to put into a neat box. The Richmond, Virginia five-piece could be described as sludge metal, crust punk, industrial metal and more besides. What can be said with certainty is that the band’s forthcoming album 'Putrid | Obsolete' makes for a convincing soundtrack to a world going up in flames."
–Whatever Comes Next Podcast
"Prisoner are a hard band to put into a neat box. The Richmond, Virginia five-piece could be described as sludge metal, crust punk, industrial metal and more besides. What can be said with certainty is that the band’s forthcoming album 'Putrid | Obsolete' makes for a convincing soundtrack to a world going up in flames."
–Whatever Comes Next Podcast
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