Drowningman - Busy Signal at the Suicide Hotline

PUT THIS IN YOUR DEN for an incredibly influential album that was so before-its-time that it still sounds just as freshly insane today as when it first dropped in 1999. Full of time shifts and tempo swings, this is a chaotic sonic assault in the most glorious of ways.  Available on orange wax The late 90s were a bountiful time for metallic hardcore, and few did it like Drowningman. Formed in Burlington, Vermont, the band was a staple of the northeast, fitting in perfectly with fellow acts like Converge and Cave In. In Drowningman’s case, there’s a level of confidence on display in that early work that you wouldn’t hear elsewhere. They could get discordant and heavy as all hell, but finesse songs into more mellow affairs. Tracks like the standout "Sadder Than Saturday" show a level of songwriting that weaves between the extreme and serene. Blending noise rock, big room anthems and gigantic riffs, it’s been an if you know, you know staple among metalcore-heads for decades.Now’s a perfect