Can Prosthetic Records do any wrong? The record label that brought us top-notch records from Gojira, Byzantine and Beneath the Massacre in ’08 is off to a fucking stellar start in ’09, having already delivered with records from Scale the Summit, Animals as Leaders and Kylesa. It’s only May, but you can add another record to that hit list, Unholy’s New Life Behind Closed Eyes, which is currently streaming in its entirety over at Lambgoat.

Unholy play some kind of metallicized hardcore that is, thank the lord, not of the good cop / bad cop variety. This is just straight up, ripping metal that grooves, pulsates and pulverizes the entire way through. Nothing the band plays is genre-changing or paradigm-warping, but they’re just so fucking good at what they do that the quality is undeniable. And the band backs it up live, too; I saw Unholy tear the 2nd stage of New England Metalfest a new asshole last month, and the band decimated all in attendance with one of the most high-energy performances of the entire festival.

Listen to New Life Behind Closed Eyes in its entirety, check out the band on MySpace, then go see them on tour when they come through; they’ll be touring the U.S. all summer long.

-VN