EKTOMORF Black Flag CD (2012)

Hungary's Ektomorf have always been the outsiders of groove metal, a band built on Roma identity and raw anger who spent their whole career being criminally slept on outside of Europe. Black Flag is them at full throttle.

Released in 2012, this is Ektomorf doing what they do best, thick groove metal riffs with hardcore aggression running underneath, Zoltan Farkas barking over the kind of rhythm section that owes as much to Sepultura's Roots era as it does to anything coming out of the American south. If you were raised on Soulfly, got into Lamb of God, and you're still annoyed the nu-metal revival took this long, Black Flag belongs in your collection. Digipak edition, too, which is always a nice touch.

CD digipak. Hungary. Groove metal, hardcore, nu-metal.

Fans of: Lamb of God, Sepultura, DevilDriver, Chimaira, Soulfly, Pantera, Hellyeah.