Scour

Scour was founded in 2015 by Phil Anselmo, Derek Engemann, John Jarvis, Jesse Chobel, and Chase Fraser. The last two left the band two years later and were replaced by Adam Jarvis and Mark Kloeppel respectively. On the 2016 EP Grey, the five-piece presented black metal tempered in death metal brutality. They kept things the same for the subsequent mini-albums, i.e. Red and the pandemic release Black. For the next five years, the American ensemble did not rush with the release of new material and only in 2025 (right on time for the 10th anniversary of their founding) did they unleashed onto the world their debut full-length record, Gold. Stylistically, it is a continuation of the sound the band introduced on Grey, and Metal Injection deemed it “an absolute black metal masterpiece.”