WHIPS/CHAINS (Kentucky, USA) - Master/Slave (sealed LP copy) Deathwish 2nd Pressing: on Traditional Black vinyl - includes insert & download code coupon.
WHIPS/CHAINS is a band featuring Ryan Patterson (Coliseum), Ben Sears (Black God) and Will Allard (Xerxes). They play a brand of heavy, apocalyptic music. Unpolished and pure, the massive sounding down-tuned three piece takes influence from bands His Hero Is Gone, Bolt Thrower and others. 
"Master/Slave" is their debut 12" EP. Taking no time to set a tone, opener "Secular Front" crawls through a wreckage of noise before breaking into a D-Beat stride. 
Other songs "Brick and Mortar", "Trembling and Alone", and "Human Filth" carry this same bombastic quality, but also introduce subtle hooks into the fray. 
These dynamics make WHIPS/CHAINS not only powerful, but also uniquely listenable. Creating a mesmerizing push and pull throughout the grime and fury.  --  Deathwish – DW135