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VANGUARDIAN'S III: Inhumanity: When Sludge Metal Gets a Soul (and a Middle Finger to the Machine)
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Finland's Vanguardian are back with III: Inhumanity, and it's the sound of a band refusing to be algorithmic. No autotune, no sterile production: just nine tracks of sludge-soaked fury, prog detours, and a dystopian narrative that feels less like sci-fi and more like tomorrow's headlines.
This isn't just another "technology is evil" concept album. It's the logical, ugly next step from their II: The Heretic EP, where the band left us in a world spiraling out of control. III: Inhumanity picks up the pieces or what's left of them, and asks: What's left of us when the machines take over?
The lead single "..In Humanity" is your first taste of the chaos: brutal, melodic, and unapologetically raw. Guitarist Mikko Saviranta calls it the song that shaped the album's dramatic arc, and he's not wrong.
It's got the sludge weight of Crowbar, the prog weirdness of The Ocean, and a groove that hits like a sledgehammer with a sense of rhythm. The rest of the album follows suit: "Gathering Momentum" crushes, "Dead Space" haunts, and "Electric Sorrow" feels like the soundtrack to a robot uprising, if the robots had feelings (and a serious amp stack).
Recorded in their own Univaltakunta studio in Jyväskylä, III: Inhumanity is a deliberate fuck-you to over-polished metal. The band leaned into their live energy, jamming their way through compositions and embracing the organic messiness that makes sludge metal feel alive.
As they put it: "We didn't remove humanity, we emphasized everything that separates us from computers." Mission accomplished.
Is it perfect? No. Is it real, urgent, and refreshingly unvarnished? Absolutely. In a world where metal bands are increasingly chasing viral moments, Vanguardian's III: Inhumanity is a reminder that the best music still comes from sweat, frustration, and a refusal to play nice.
Stream it. Crank it. And maybe unplug your Alexa for a while.
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CONCLUSION:
Vanguardian's III: Inhumanity is a powerful statement in today's metal landscape. By rejecting sterile production and embracing their raw, human energy, the band has created an album that's both musically compelling and thematically relevant. In an era of algorithm-driven music, this Finnish sludge metal act reminds us that true art comes from imperfection and authenticity.
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