���� A putrid debut from this newer outfit out of Portland, Oregon, Besieged bulldozes its way across three lengthy tracks of leaden, spiteful sludge-metal, unleashing a steady stream of anti-authoritarian venom and vitriol that feels like it could have come from the some pissed-off anarcho-crust outfit, but instead got stuck in the hellish glue-trap of Dispossessed's ultra-heavy downtuned riffage, elephantine drumming and strained, shredded vocals that sometimes mutate into a repulsive, death metal-style bellow.

���� Musically, these guys are treading a well worn path, all of this stuff carved out of the same sort of hardened metallic magma as the likes of Thou, Noothgrush, Corrupted and Graves At Sea. But Dispossessed do inject a bit of an overt death metal influence into this stuff that makes tracks like "The Law" and "siege" rumble with a slightly more fetid form of slow-motion barbarism. Combine that with their knack for some achingly pretty guitar melodies that twine throughout thee molten tar-encrusted dirges and offset the oppressive ugliness of the riffs, and you get a damn solid EP from these guys. Those looking for a more experimental or structurally adventurous take on glacially-paced metal won't find it here, but if you've got a lust for more majestic, infuriated sludge along the lines of Thou, these guys deliver a solid take on the sound.

���� Limited to two hundred professionally manufactured cassettes.