IRON BONES - POISON RIOT

Out February 19 (Unsigned) - Iron Bones’ Poison Riot is a record built around velocity, pressure, and intent. This is the bands third full length, and it sounds like a band focused on pure execution. The self coined “Heavy Speed Roll” tag is less branding than description, with speed metal propulsion welded to rock and roll grit, driven hard enough to strip polish into something functional, leaving any traces of decoration behind.

The album opens with “Chaos and Mayhem,” immediately cementing the governing logic of the record of riffs sprinting, drums refusing any kind of restraint, and songs that value complete momentum. “Strigoi (Bringer of Death)” sharpens the edge, pairing relentless drive with occult imagery. The band’s interest in mysticism, corruption, and inner decay functions clearly as atmosphere.

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What moves Poison Riot away from genre clutter is its discipline. The production is full bodied, allowing the bass to carry real weight and the drums to punch forward without blurring. Guitars are aggressive but somewhat controlled, avoiding all the pointless ornamentation of similar bands in the genre. Tracks “No Mercy Heavy Attack” and “High on Fullmoon” thrive on repetition and pressure, while “Callejón Oscuro” closes the record with a darker, more introspective edge that doesn’t break the album’s logic.

Iron Bones operate here with clarity. This is fast metal that understands structure, attitude without parody, and aggression without chaos. Poison Riot stands as a coherent, forceful statement from a band fully aware of what they are and unwilling to dilute it.

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SCORE 8.5/10

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Words by LearnTwoExist

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