Blog: Forest Gospel

Evangelista Prince of Truth (2009, Constellation) RIYL = Gowns, Castanets, Valet I never figured I would find another album this year to contend with Ben Frost's By The Throat in terms of apocalyptic tension and aural austerity, but Prince of Truth definitely makes a run for it. Album opener, "The Slayer", embodies just what its title implies, a gnarled, jarringly gritty opus that cuts like a dull axe. Carla Bozulich, the searingly brutal songstress of Evangelista, takes no prisoners again on Prince of Truth [...]

• Evangelista - "The Slayer" » The_Slayer__promo_.mp3