Knocked Loose - A Tear In The Fabric Of Life 12”

1. Where Light Divides The Holler
2. God Knows
3. Forced To Stay
4. Contorted In The Faille
5. Return To Passion
6. Permanent

For "A Tear In The Fabric Of Life," Knocked Loose wanted to do something different. What they came up with is a six song-EP that expands on the narratives hinted at on "A Different Shade Of Blue," their 2019 full-length, and grows beyond them sonically. The end result feels like a stress test: six songs that speak to each other in a language that's equal parts Phil Spector and death metal, and that balance the tension between technical mastery and catchiness. Vinyl version includes digital download.
Knocked Loose is the obvious evolution to decades of bands like Integrity, Disembodied, Botch, and others- total and complete integration between metal and hardcore into a singular, seamless entity. While some musical influences are easily identified - Pantera, Hatebreed, Obituary, and more - the band's palette and canvas has expanded by leaps and bounds, incorporating Gothenburg-style death metal (At The Gates, early In Flames), slam metal (Devourment, Dying Fetus), blood-thirsty thrash (Sodom, Kreator), black metal (Craft), and the mind-boggling complexity of latter noisy hardcore like Snapcase and Bloodlet. Clocking in at a lean and mean 37 minutes and featuring guest vocals from Emma Boster of Dying Wish and Keith Buckley of Every Time I Die, "A Different Shade Of Blue: grabs the listener by the throat from the jump and slowly tightening that grip for the duration.