ALBUMRuining It for Everybody (Century Media)
SOUND Louisiana-born, Alabama-based IWrestledABearOnce deliver genre-bending avant-metal on their sophomore release. The five-piece takes care to cohesively stitch disparate elements—like metal, grind, jazz, electronica and show tunes—into one brutally fun disc.
KEY TRACK “Karate Nipples”
Listen to "Karate Nipples" below:
IWrestledABearOnce "Karate Nipples" by GuitarWorld
Photo by Jeremy Saffer
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