Like Rats

A punishing extreme metal quintet from Chicago, Illinois, Like Rats is the death metal /metalcore alter-ego of Windy City power-violence/grindcore horde Weekend Nachos (guitarists Todd Nief and John Regan, vocalist Dan Polak, bassist Andy Nelson and drummer Drew Brown). Citing influences such as Obituary, Death, and Entombed, as well as contemporary blood-spatter specialists including NAILS, Black Breath, and Dead in the Dirt, Like Rats issued a pair of eponymous demos in 2009 and 2010 before taking time off from Weekend Nachos to issue an eponymously-titled debut album in 201...