Led by former Sword drummer Trivett Wingo, Funeralizer boils hard rock down to its essence. No song breaches the two-minute mark, some even shorter at a mere seven seconds. Repeating the title “The Real Tragedy Would Have Been If Romeo and Juliet Had Lived” takes longer than the actual track. Rocking without a jot of self-indulgence, “One-Dimensional Chess” and “Kallista” cut the fat faster than a methed-up butcher. No vocals, intros, codas, or choruses – just riff after air-guitaring riff.

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This article appears in November 18 • 2016.

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Michael Toland started writing about music in 1988 on the Gulf Coast, moved to Austin in early 1991, and has inflicted bylines upon the corporeal and digital pages of Pop Culture Press, The Big Takeover, Blurt, Amplifier, Austin.citysearch, the Austin American Statesman, Goldmine, Sleazegrinder, Rock & Roll Globe, High Bias, FHT Music Notes, and, since 2011, The Austin Chronicle.