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A testament to the power of loss, every moment of Dream Squasher casts the Southern California band into new, deeper depths. \"A conscious effort was made to inject some positivity into the lyrical themes,\" guitarist and lead vocalist Bobby Ferry explains. \"The best we could come up with is loving your dog so much, you'd end up killing yourself if your dog dies.\"  The tragic, violent intent in this expression won't be lost on listeners either; at any given moment of Dream Squasher, -(16)-'s bouldering guitars crash into one another, set atop equally pulverizing bass and drums. Thunderous riffs express equal parts melancholy and fury. For the first time in the band's 29-year career, Dream Squasher sees Bobby Ferry stepping forward and taking the helm on lead vocals, rounding out the band with both monumental moments of singing and pained screams of pure vitriol. From standout tracks like \"Candy in Spanish\", to bruisers like \"Agora (Killed by a Mountain Lion)\" and the mountainous melodies of \"Sadlands\", Dream Squasher proves to be -(16)-'s return to form - where riffs dominate and anger reigns supreme.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Relapse","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50409603793227,"sku":"2189455","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_f20e7ba5_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726621426"},{"product_id":"curves-that-kick","title":"Curves That Kick","description":"\u003cp\u003e'curves that kick', the long out-of-print debut album from socal quartet 16, threw the doors open to a new, post-helmet \/ amrep sound of discordance and discontent. originally released on pushead's bacteria sour label in '93, the album exposed the nascent beginnings of the soon-to-be infamous quartet. as 'curves that kick' proved then and underscores now in its remixed and remastered form, 16 is its own unique, belligerent human animal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50470914097483,"sku":"324599","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/3da9fc86-a6c4-4b6a-8203-e467a0956a1a_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727385213"},{"product_id":"dream-squasher","title":"Dream Squasher","description":"\u003cp\u003e16- return with their new album, \u003ci\u003eDream Squasher\u003c\/i\u003e. A testament to the power of loss, every moment of \u003ci\u003eDream Squasher\u003c\/i\u003e casts the Southern California band into new, deeper depths. \"A conscious effort was made to inject some positivity into the lyrical themes\".\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Relapse","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50474017521995,"sku":"1093831","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50474021486923,"sku":"1093830","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/c253348d-fda6-4b04-92b1-178a8876952a_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727433009"},{"product_id":"into-dust-2","title":"Into Dust","description":"\u003cp\u003e16 return with their heaviest and most devastating record to date, \u003ci\u003eInto Dust\u003c\/i\u003e. The new album, a collection of cautionary tales of survival and redemption, is set to an amalgamation of sludge, punk, metal, hardcore, and stoner riffs, that could only be built through 30 years of commitment to their dark sonic craft, which 16 continues to improve upon. From the frantic opening of \"Misfortune Teller\" to the undeniable pounding and swagger of \"Scrape the Rocks\",\u003ci\u003e Into Dust\u003c\/i\u003e lives up to its name, as they beat the listener into submission through the lowest of ends and the sour, palpable malaise prevalent throughout the album's dozen tracks. \"There's a story arc in the lyrics that start with an eviction notice served amid the ruins of Hurricane Irma in the Florida Keys, to running aground metaphorically and drowning in midlife, bearing witness to the modern suffering of hunger and poverty on the Mexico California border,\" guitarist and vocalist Bobby Ferry says. The negativity persists on tracks aptly titled \"Null and Eternal Void\", and the dizzying, pill-induced \"The Floor Wins\". 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The San Diego band redefines heavy on their new album, Guides for the Misguided. Bobby Ferry returns at the helm as the band's viceral vocalist and guitarist, and in true -(16)- fashion, belts out stories of pain and unhinged anguish - standout tracks like \"Proudly Damned\" see the band playing at the crowd while Ferry shares tales of personal strife and depression - \"To defile and offend\/These are the demons found within\/The sullen face of communion’s alarm\/It’s an incentive to do more harm\" - Ferry is absolutely seething while the band plows through a virulent mix of rock, metal and sludge. Dion Thurman's pounding drum set, Bobby Ferry and Alex Shuster's heavier-than-anything-else guitars and the lowest low end from bassist Barney Firks herald tones so low they're nearly apocalyptic. Guides for the Misguided closes with the soberingly titled \"Kick out the Chair\" - while the track sounds like a culmination of a 35 year career, the band show no signs of stopping; although the road ahead looks bleak, -(16)-'s unrelenting trajectory continues upward. Short form: Nearly 35 years on, -(16)- remain as one of the most enduring, hardest sounding metal entities from North America. The San Diego band redefines heavy on their new album, Guides for the Misguided. 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They have partnered with Heavy Psych Sounds Records to release a collection of covers that function less as homage and more as a possession to be given away. The artwork, rendered by the ever-amazing Marald, completes the ritual, iconic, unsettling, and unafraid.  We’ve always believed that a great cover is not mimicry but revelation.  It’s finding a song that's already lived inside you since youth and letting it crawl out, bruised and changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the early ’90s onward, -(16)- have treated covers as translations rather than as replicas, acts of tribute and emulation, filtered through distortion, fatigue, and lived experience. These are songs that taught us how to stand, how to fall, and how to keep going.  In our collective head, this album exists because these songs demanded it. Because they screamed copy me, and we listened. 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