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Every song here (one of which you might recognize from The Muslim Highlife) strikes his signature balance of traditional music

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Old Iron Lupus Metallorum (BONE WITH BLOOD RED SPLATTER VINYL) LP Seaglass Blue With Emerald Green Splatter Vinyl as on the low-slung grooveSeattle's Old Iron is a great example of the variation that's found its way into every shade of contemporary metal. On their newest album Lupus Metallorum (produced by Matt Bayles who recorded contemporary metal innovators Mastodon and Isis), they incorporate the plethora of approaches that made their debut LP Cordyceps memorable: chugging riffs locked to the bass drum; dissonant melodic leads; sparse, atmospheric interludes; the occasional pentatonic