“A lot of people have been calling our style ‘pissed-core’,” muses Thrown guitarist Johan Liljeblad. “But we don’t really ever talk about genres, we only listen to ourselves.”
It’s a ridiculous label, but, for these Swedes, it fits like a glove. The music they make is obnoxious, crushingly heavy and obviously angry. Those things aren’t unique in metal, but there’s something about the mix of modern metalcore, skull-busting grooves and hip hop swagger in a song like recent single Look At Me that has helped the band become rising stars in a saturated scene. Not that Thrown are too bothered by what you call them.
