If anger is an energy, thenOld GodsShihads10th studio album since forming in Wellington in 1988 could singlehandedly power our capital city for a year.Old Godsis a step into fury for frontmanJon Toogoodwhose lyrics encapsulate our collective anger at recent world events.

The album states its intent from the moment the crushing, grinding riff of opener Tear Down Those Names explodes to life, and just one song laterToogoodurges for the killing of the old gods in the title track.

Elsewhere,Toogoodtakes aim at conservative talk radio, the legitimization of racism, and the radicalization of a generation fuelled by misinformation.

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