Albums
High Anxiety
2019
Release Date: 2019
By Andy O'Connor
Reviewed March 18, 2019
The Chicago noise-rock/thrash/punk/metal/etc. trio continue to hate you, your band, and most other things.
The Chicago trio Oozing Wound have planted their flag in the spot where metal, punk, and experimental meet. Four albums in, they are firmly devoted to keeping that space both weird and uncomfortable. High Anxiety doesn’t stray from their aesthetic: it’s thrashy if not entirely thrash, it’s dirty and smeared at the edges, and they remain sick of your shit, with their definition of “your shit” an exponentially expanding, spiteful blob. Even without changing much, they’re still the freaks underground metal needs.