ZMAR site visitors in screamo at its most terrifyingly regal. The Prague-based band merges skramz with scorched-earth black steel and glacial post-rock, blowing basement-native music as much as cinematic scale with out ever firming down the frantic depth. Out at present, sophomore album Napořád includes seven completely nasty tracks led by shout-along vocals that sound brawnier and extra electrifying than your common microphone freakout. Some of the titles translate to “Capitalization Of Hatred” and “A Beautiful Place,” so that you’re getting each the style’s progressive edge and its knack for pushing sonic violence in impressionistic instructions. It’s sick, and clearly you must hearken to it.
Napořád is out now on Dingleberry/Zegema Beach.