Following a steady surplus of independently-disbursed EP’s and split releases since their 2009 origin, Tucson-based sludge thugs, GODHUNTER, this week unload a new split 7” with local crew, ANAKIM, as a prelude to their impending debut LP.

GODHUNTER’s groove-heavy, low-end bruiser, "Vulture's Wake," leads off the split. Recorded and mixed by Ryan Bram at Homewrecker Studios, the song rides the band’s archetypal resin-coated, mid-paced whiplash, all jacked-up with a caustic display of vocal aggression. One of the most solid tracks to date from the self-described “five pissed off dudes in a room full of overheated tube amps and a shitload of beer,” no doubt intended for fans of Eyehategod, Buzzov*en, Weedeater and leaving your problems out in the desert in a freshly-dug hole. The B-side of the EP beholds the track, "The Wimper Of Whipped Dogs," from Tucson’s ANAKIM. While the quartet also deploys a slow-motion brew of doom, their tactics are a bit more reserved than their aggro brethren, their stoner riffage on a more cosmic, cerebral jam-out level, citing Black Sabbath, Samothrace and Pallbearer, the track recorded and mixed by Mitch Burbidge at Omniversal Studios.

The GODHUNTER/ANAKIM 7” was mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege, and bears handcrafted artwork by Shona Crawford/Megaspore Studio. Pressed on blue wax in a one-time run of 300 copies, the split is available exclusively through Earsplit Distro, a joint release between Earsplit’s label, The Compound, and GODHUNTER’s own Battleground Records. [The Compound/Battleground]