Review
Trap Them
's third album
Darker Handcraft
was one of the most anticipated albums of the year. The band was definitely not on my radar before seeing all the hype, and that's for an obvious reason: they're not a metal band.
Trap Them play a style of punk combining crust punk, hardcore, and grindcore. I honestly know very little about any of these genres, aside from the places where they cross into metal territory. Metal and punk have had a long conversation, beginning at least as early as
Motörhead. This album is similar enough to metal in a lot of ways that
someone outside the world of punk or metal would be confused about the distinction. It's aggressive, riff-based music, and it's far heavier than most punk I've ever heard. But it's different enough from my beloved metal that I hardly feel qualified to write this review.
