Three years following the release of their debut full-length album "Fuel! Flames! Blast!", Swiss sludge-metal group The Crotals return with "Horde", their second full-length album of corrosive and groovy sludge metal.

Featuring guest performances from members of The Giant Robots, Sludge, Samael and Moonraisers, "Horde" is set for release on CD and LP on September 7th via Tenacity Music. Pre-orders are now available at this location.

https://tenacity-music.bandcamp.com/album/horde

Meanwhile, The Crotals who are now a four piece group following the recruitment of Randy Schaller from Voice of Ruin as their vocalist, have teamed up with The Obelisk to premiere leading single "Fissures".

Described by The Obelisk guru JJ Koczan as a "three minutes long and skin-peelingly heavy, moving from the noise rock of the first LP into thicker and more rolling territory" this new track is now playing here.

https://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2018/07/11/the-crotals-horde-release-fissures-stream/

The Crotals are in full control, and for something so aggressive and destructive sounding, it's classy. They're kicking your ass in style.
The Obelisk

Fuel! Flames! Blast! is a thrilling experience that I can't recommend highly enough. Until the new High On Fire album is released then this is the next best thing for you to buy. High praise. Possibly. Justified. Most definitely.
The Sludgelord

'Fuel! Flames! Blast!' lives up to the exclamatory and explosive title, and when it comes to balls-out riffing, you have to hand it to The Crotals for not holding back.
Whisperin and Hollerin

Sludge rarely gets as vigorous and powerful as this.
Merchants of Air

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