Pointless video post - ‘Trot Out the Dead’ by Hammers of Misfortune

Firstly, my apologies for the advertisement-like nature of the visuals on this Pointless Video Post, but the audio is just so amazing that it is well-worth it: some of the most creative, musically intricate, intense and original-sounding American power metal for which this past decade is ever likely to be known, courtesy Slough Feg guitarist John Cobbett and drummer Chewy Marzolo’s band Hammers of Misfortune. The fact that it also happens to feature some of the most caustic anti-war lyrics I have yet heard in a metal song (except perhaps for some tracks on Lamb of God’s Ashes of the Wake) is also very much an endearing factor, at least to my ears, and the mix of Mike Scalzi and Jamie Myers (and occasionally pianist Sigrid Sheie) on vocals makes for a riveting listen. This album gets my very high recommendations. Enjoy, gentle listeners!