Album · Released 13 November 2012
King Animal
Been Away Too Long is a fairly blunt title for an opening song. Fortunately, Soundgarden play it with enough force to make the announcement useful. King Animal begins briskly, then takes the more interesting route of letting the band's familiar sound stretch into less obvious shapes. The 2012 album puts Kim Thayil's guitar back in conversation with a rhythm section that knows how to make a riff feel unstable. Non-State Actor keeps changing its…
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King AnimalOur album review · 1 March 2026
7.8 