Rifles at Recess

Rifles at Recess' debut album is titled Whisper in Tongues, and that's a very ironic title because their music certainly doesn't sound like a whisper -- quite the opposite, in fact. A bombastic, intense death metal/black metal band with hardcore, metalcore and thrash metal influences, Rifles at Recess thrive on sledgehammer brutality. Robb Johnson's lead vocals are far from subtle; he alternates between metalcore-style screaming and the larynx-shredding, satanic-style growling that death metal, black metal, and grindcore are known for -- and either way, he doesn't believe in t...