{"title":"Primitive Man","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAbout Primitive Man\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrimitive Man formed in Denver, Colorado in 2012 around Ethan Lee McCarthy. Their distinctive blend of doom metal, sludge metal, drone, noise, and extreme nihilistic and dark lyrical content has positioned them as one of the most uncompromising contemporary doom metal and sludge metal acts. They have been active in the contemporary extreme metal underground alongside contemporaries like Khanate, Sunn O))), and Cult Leader. They have continued releasing material across multiple decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSound and style\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrimitive Man's sound combines doom metal, sludge metal, drone, noise, blackened doom, post-metal, and death-doom with McCarthy's distinctive vocal delivery (use of extreme growled and screamed vocals), extreme slow tempos and dense distorted guitar arrangements, and nihilistic lyrical content addressing depression, mortality, social collapse, and broader existential themes drawing on extreme metal traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDiscography highlights\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScorn (2013, Mordgrimm\/Throatruiner)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHome Is Where the Hatred Is (2015, Throatruiner) - EP\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCaustic (2017, Relapse)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImmersion (2020, Relapse)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInsurmountable (2023, Closed Casket Activities)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFor collectors\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eMordgrimm, Throatruiner, Relapse, and Closed Casket Activities pressings of the Primitive Man catalog have been issued in multiple color variant editions, with collector demand in extreme metal communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhere to start\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eListeners new to Primitive Man typically start with Scorn (2013) or Caustic (2017). \u003cspan class=\"related-collections\"\u003eExplore more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/metal-vinyl-records\"\u003eMetal\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"primitive-man-observance-cassette","title":"Observance CASSETTE","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe album explores themes of social contract, techno-feudalism, and the collective struggles of working-class citizens\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wax Trax Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48540724494519,"sku":"210000099894","price":10.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/5755\/4871\/files\/rr75849.jpg?v=1781154009"},{"product_id":"primitive-man-observance-cd","title":"Observance CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe album explores themes of social contract, techno-feudalism, and the collective struggles of working-class citizens\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wax Trax Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48540735340727,"sku":"210000099893","price":13.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/5755\/4871\/files\/rr75842.jpg?v=1781154055"},{"product_id":"primitive-man-immersion-color-vinyl","title":"Immersion LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis album is described as being extreme, terrifying, and confrontational, with themes addressing existential crises and a distrust of others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wax Trax Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48540772925623,"sku":"210000096145","price":21.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/5755\/4871\/files\/primitve.jpg?v=1781154215"},{"product_id":"primitive-man-scorn-color-vinyl","title":"Scorn LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eDenver, Colorado's Primitive Man unleash a filthy, malignant maelstrom of blackened doom on their debut album Scorn.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wax Trax Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48540791537847,"sku":"210000084849","price":23.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/5755\/4871\/files\/scorn.jpg?v=1781154280"},{"product_id":"primitive-man-caustic-black-milky-splatter-vinyl","title":"Caustic 2LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eDenver’s nihilistic trio PRIMITIVE MAN return with Caustic, their second full-length offering of soul-crushing blackened doom and noise-ridden claustrophobia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wax Trax Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48540913598647,"sku":"210000096143","price":29.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/5755\/4871\/files\/caustic.png?v=1781154701"},{"product_id":"primitive-man-scorn-cd","title":"Scorn CD","description":"\u003cp\u003ePrimitive Man's \"Scorn,\" released in 2013 through Relapse Records, dishes out a visceral metal experience marked by intensity and grit. 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