When it comes to unleashing the most savage breakdowns imaginable, Bodysnatcher have few peers in the deathcore scene. Beginning with the release of their debut EP, Abandonment, in 2015, these hardworking bruisers from Melbourne, FL, swiftly earned a reputation for their beatdown-informed guitar riffs, churning beats, and deeply personal ruminations on pain and alienation courtesy of ferocious growler Kyle Medina. The albums This Heavy Void and Bleed - Abide arrived in 2020 and 2022 respectively, and they find the quartet creating extreme metal that sounds more primal and unhinged precisely because it’s more carefully produced. That’s the mark of a band truly dedicated to crushing heaviness.