Ex-Attack Attack! Vocalist Andrew Wetzel channels Disturbed and Nickelback on Nine Shrines’ debut with big choruses and moments of lo-fi emotion, and nods to nu metal with the closing title track’s understated synths and grimy breakdown.
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