Precious Metal with Flourishing + Humanity Falls + The Year Is One

Lit's eclectic weekly metal shindig spotlights the very worthy Flourishing. On its new debut LP, The Sum of All Fossils, the local trio nails the swirling, nightmarish riffage of tech-death innovators Gorguts, while at the same time roping in an alt-rock-ish pathos that might have you thinking of the Pixies. This blend can sound uneasy, but that tension turns out to be an asset: In an age of airbrushed metal, Flourishing finds strength in its scars.