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The Body Unearths A Decibel-Clashing Cavern On 'Nothing Stirs'

Featuring vocalist Kristin Hayter of Lingua Ignota, "Nothing Stirs" sees the band set weeping strings and swelling trombone to cavernous beats and droning feedback.
The Body's <em>I have fought against it, But I can't any longer</em> comes out May 11.

The year is 3089. The world looks something like that scene from where society meditates on the most outstanding music of a singular artist. But instead of smoove licks, it's , the extreme doom-metal duo who, by this point, have downloaded their brains into cyborgs. Each day brings new boundary-defying jams and collaborations beyond our galaxy, with aliens who only communicate in high-pitched shrieks that imitate the band's Chip King.

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