Gorevent – Fate (Comatose Music, 2020)

Japan’s Gorevent are the undisputed heavyweight champions of minimalist slam.  Over the course of a decade and a half, the band have successfully stripped the sub-subgenre of slamming brutal death metal down to its molten core; no technical flourishes, no guitar solos, no bullshit, just slam in its purest, grooviest form.  Fate is a testament to Gorevent’s continued dedication to keeping things as boneheaded as possible, and there ain’t a damn thing wrong with it.