METZ

2012, Oct 9

Apple Spotify Bandcamp Noise Rock 96 Highly Rated Sub Pop Records Pitchfork 8.5/10 A.V. Club A The Needle Drop 6/10 NME 4/5 The Line of Best Fit 6/10 All Music 3/5 Pop Matters 9/10 Spectrum Culture 60% music OMH 4.5/5 Beats Per Minute 79% The Irish Times 4/5

Pitchfork 8.5/10 The post-hardcore sludge-punk trio Metz have spent the last five years becoming the most brutalizing band in Toronto. For their debut, they've distilled their set-list standards into 29 minutes of pure but artfully rendered chaos.

A.V. Club A The A.V. Club reviews a lot of records every week, but some things still slip through the cracks. Stuff We Missed looks back at notable releases from this year that we didn’t review at their time of release.

The Line of Best Fit 6/10 Strictness, precise savagery, burning frustration and searing guitars populate this serrated set of eleven purposely brutalist tracks.

The Irish Times 4/5 Metz Sub Pop ****