Unless you have been living under a rock, you have heard of Oklahoma’s PeelingFlesh. With many bands incorporating the illegible band logo technique, PeelingFlesh, believe it or not, has one of the more legible ones, and you can actually make out the letters.

I have reviewed their last several releases, and hot on the heels of The G Code debut album, last September, they return with the PF Radio 2 EP. The band has been on some hot tours over the past year, and that will continue into 2026. As I have previously stated, in prior reviews, I cannot get enough of this band with their urban hip hop/rap influence embedded into their brutal slam death metal. This ep is no exception.

10 songs with intros/outros. After the intro, “Redacted” erupts with a mid-paced groove equipped with filthy gutturals, hip hop spoken word vocals, and a plethora of well-placed growls. Some cool samples inserte,d and that minute marker slam gets even slower at the 1.30 time stamp. It will be non-stop karate kicks in the pit, so you may wanna stand in the back or risk getting a busted nose. The song is super short and flows right into “Channel Zero”. Opening with a sound sample, this mutha effer slides ride into a monster slam and check out the guitar tone!!! Oofa, it’s amazing, as are the pinch harmonics. Well-placed hip hop vocals signify this sucker is about to go atom bomb with a slam. PeelingFlesh delivers a monstrous slam that will lop heads off by the bucketloads. This song gets even slower with the slam and guitar sounds. More ass-kicking growls, pinch harmonics, and a bludgeoning slamtastic section putting veterans of this style on notice. If you’re not going to have a bombastic production and/or have heaving and monstrous slams alongside some original components, then the newer bands will leave you all in the dust. So reinvent yourselves or something, ‘cause these newer slam bands are owning the scene now!

“Holdin” features Jason Frazier of Corpse Pile and CC from Algor Mortis. After a bluesy hip hop opening section, that isolated guitar riff and growl go right into a slow section, and not a blast, like I thought. More hip hop slang coming our way, then the 1.15 slam groove just moves houses off city blocks far and wide. The hopping slam gets slower, and the guest spots are stupendous by more up-and-coming stars in the scene. Phase shifter effects ignite, prior to an even more vicious slam. There really is no rest for the wicked (RIP OZZY), as the songs continue to slaughter us one by one.

“D.V.P.B.” has a nifty urban intro and then the guitar riff says hello…WHOMP WHOMP WHOMP….as the excruciatingly heavy AF mid-paced slam disrupts the flow of gravity…… JFC, this moment is killer.

PF Radio 2 ep is yet another homerun of a release from PeelingFlesh, who are just shredding the competition. Their rise in popularity and getting great tours is well deserved. Alongside other newcomers like Corpse Pile and BodyBox, PeelingFlesh has it going on!! Heavy, creative, slammy, catchy and extremely fun!!!

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