Yeah, my first thought when I saw this thread being bumped was, "oh, Baroness must have something new out... but they totally fucked up their last two albums by deliberately rendering them unlistenable so wonder if they've finally realised it wasn't a good idea?" And it seems they really have woken up, which is great! Because I literally couldn't listen to the last two more than twice each. Easily the worst examples of brickwalling I've ever heard, well beyond Death Magnetic, for example. And it was totally intentional. Just nuts.
Looking forward to checking out the song.