The long-awaited sophomore LP from infamous metalcore pioneers is an inside joke, they’re reflecting on touring and playing this kind of music when they’re ostensibly “past their prime.”

Deadguy innately understood how heavy and deranged their follow-up 1995′s debut LP ‘Fixation On A Coworker’ would need to be, and that’s exactly what they’ve delivered. There are no signs of ‘Near-Death Travel Services’ being a swansong; no winding down, no taking it easy or resting on their laurels. The band was 30 years ago went into hibernation and came back as if no time had passed. How did it happen? How were they able to pull it off? Maybe some egghead professor of musicology can figure that out, but for the rest of us it’s best to just gratefully sit back and enjoy the massacre. From the first enraged scream that ignites the album, this is the kind of merciless chaos that’s been gone far too long. The record is overflowing with angular riffs, clashing guitars, fractured rhythms and gutter bass that no one does better, but with even more red meat and gristle. Instead of moving away from their sound Deadguy have dug in deeper, expanding their songs and giving Tim Singer more room to again show why he’s been one of the best vocalists in extreme music since the first Bush administration. ‘Near-Death Travel Services’ second single ‘New Best Friend’ arrives.

‘Near-Death Travel Services’, tracklist:

Kill Fee
Barn Burner
New Best Friend
Cheap Trick
The Forever People
War With Strangers
Knife Sharpener
The Alarmist
The Long Search For Perfect Timing
All Stick & No Carrot
Wax Princess

Jun. 14 Brooklyn, NY — Brooklyn Monarch (Rich Hall Memorial Show – tix)
Jul. 12 Garwood, NJ — Crossroads (Record Release Show – tix)