Musically this is some serious stuff, though I’m pretty sure the band are having a giggle with it along the way. At heart, it’s grind. Bulldozing, planet-smashing, bones-to-powder grind. The sound is meaty and clotted and everything rampages in a face-scorching Bolt Thrower vs Terrorizer manner. The crowning glory, for me at least, are the solos. They tear across tracks with a wild, reckless abandon; loading each brief blast of heaviness with a demented and malevolent sense of joy. It’s this that raises ‘Stranger’ above the mire, and while I generally prefer my grind’s overriding vibe to be one of pained fury it’s pretty much impossible not to let this mix of brutality and enthusiasm win you over.