With all due respect to groove metal rabble-rousers Sacred Reich, crossover keg-standers Municipal Waste, and British goregrind legends Carcass, I’d like to dedicate this space to Mohawk lineupmates Creeping Death. John Darnielle couldn’t have realized it in 2002, but the Mountain Goats’ track “The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton” prophesied the absolute triumph of these DFW-area riff warriors. Tossing pit-ready hardcore breakdowns, buzzy Gothenburg guitar tones, and the slam-happy gallop of mid-tempo thrash together in one blood-soaked bender, Creeping Death might be the best ever death metal band from Texas, full stop.