81. Skin Failure - "Radillac"

Black Peaks were on the verge of something really special but then disharmoniously fell apart last year due to the age-old vestige of musical differences. Skin Failure is what vocalist Will Garner and Bassist Will Larkin did next and it fits with the eclecticism of Black Peaks that it sounds nothing like the Black Peaks. What they have produced is theatrical thrash that harks back to the heyday of Suicidal Tendencies, Mr. Bungle and Voivod. It’s thoroughly self-aware and understanding the intellectual capability of playing dumb. It may come across as simplistic and underneath it all it is actually fuelled by highly intricate storytelling. Black Peaks made a (admittedly short) carrier out of never letting their audience pre-guess their direction and I have the distinct impression that Skin Failure may efficiently pick up the mantle.