Dub Trio: IV

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For metal fans, Dub Trio might be too arty; for fans of experimental music, the band is a little too hard-rock. In pushing these extremes further apart, IV won’t win new converts from either base. The fully instrumental album IV is Dub Trio’s heaviest collection yet, with a flurry of ideas eventually devolving into thudding sludge-rock. In terms of raw energy, the thrash-frenzy of “Noise” sets a high-water mark for the band, but IV still probably won’t satiate the head-banging crowd: The use of spaced-out dubstep hasn’t gone away, and bad-acid-trip soundtracks such as “Ends Justify The Means” would only confuse the mosh pit.