Fluids – Ignorance Exalted (2020)

March 26, 2024

Muddy, nasty, gory death metal a la Mortician, slightly underdone, more blue than rare, but still tasty all the same. I have a very (penetrable?) soft spot for Fluids despite calls that they are nought but a derivative copy. I think the success of their “rise” through the “world” of “modern death metal” and the number of vinyl and cassettes these guys have sold would perhaps indicate that the haters are indeed wrong (who would have thought?). I know you can’t measure artistic talent by number of albums sold, but in such a small and stifling world as this there are clearly a lot of people listening to Fluids and enjoying it. Anyway, Ignorance Exalted is pretty great – not perfect – and well worth a listen. If you had to do one track only I’d recommend “Capped”.