Adrestia’s fist-raising d-beat, crust, and thickset Scandi death metal was the perfect iron-clad vehicle for channeling the band’s fierce political punk. Bulldozing riffs battered down the walls, while Adrestia attacked bigotry and environmental inaction, and highlighted real-world battles for autonomy and independence. There was nothing oblique or subtle about The Wrath of Euphrates. Tracks like “Punks for Rojava”, “Rise Up”, and “Fight Back” were all rousing calls to arms, with Adrestia hurling similarly incendiary missives throughout the LP.