The world is blurry and out of focus. It's cold and it's bleak and people need ways to escape its harsh reality. "Real heaviness has a way of not only acting as an intense emotional release, but also giving you the sensation of being overwhelmed and swept along by an overpowering force," says Batillus bassist Willi Stabenau. "If you've ever gotten chills from hearing a really great riff, then you know what I mean." It's catharsis," adds drummer Geoff Summers. "The reality of the world is pretty grim, people are fucked up, and this is sort of a way to get away from all of that for us."With songs that move from bristling blast beats to subterranean crawls, Batillus (buh-till-us) cohere the extremes of heavy music into a surge of massive riffing, rolling over and descending on the listener with the force and intensity of a sudden storm. THE DETAILS: • FOR FANS OF GODFLESH, ELECTRIC WIZARD, ZOROASTER, AND GRAVES AT SEA. • RECORDED AT SEMAPHORE RECORDING WITH ENGINEER SANFORD PARKER (YOB, UNEARTHLY TRANCE, NACHTMYSTIUM, PELICAN) AND MASTERED BY COLLIN JORDAN (MINISTRY, OHGR / SKINNY PUPPY) AT THE BOILER ROOM. • THE BAND HAS RECORDED AND RELEASED A PAIR OF EPS ON THEIR OWN, BOTH OF WHICH ARE NOW SOLD OUT, AND A 12" SPLIT LP WITH MAINE'S HALLOWED BUTCHERY.