Here is a record that feels like speculative fiction’s answer to what metal might sound like in a few decades, when genres are suggestions and people have broken down preconceptions that hip hop, trap, house, and tech metal are not musical bedfellows (to be fair, not every iteration of rap/metal should be lauded…). When I got such an opportunity, a chance to take in Texas sensation Polyphia’s recent exercise in future djent pop, Remember That You Will Die, out now via Rise Records, none of my expectations were met-They were shattered. You pour over their surprisingly short back catalog and spend time with the videos that became cultural moments (“Playing God” and “G.O.A.T.” notably), the sort of phenomena that usually happens in hip hop or whenever Taylor Swift crowns herself the “Queen of Sassy Sad Songs for Aging Millennials” for the 10th year in a row. When you have the chance to speak with arguably the premiere artist pushing the boundaries of what metal or guitar-based music can and should be, you savor them and better damn well take advantage.
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