SOMNURI

Nefarious Wave

BLUES FUNERAL RECORDINGS

Brooklyn riffmongers bring panache to their punch

elegance to Somnuri’s brand of meaty metal. This comes across as the power trio – led by ex-Tower drummer Justin Sherrell, here assuming the role of guitarist/vocalist – possess a mysterious adeptness at simultaneously sounding like gilded seraphs while peeling off thick slabs of syrupy slick sludge metal. They’re the musical equivalent of a cauliflower-eared MMA fighter tuxedo-ing up for a charity ball; an executive chef creating a gourmet meal out of kitchen scraps; or the manifestation of an angel on one shoulder shouting at the devil on the other. Somnuri are three impressively hirsute headbangers with an uncanny skill at crafting delicate sonic horizons as incoming storms rumble, illuminate and threaten in the near-distance. And they do so despite