On their third album, British mathcore trio Pupil Slicer cranks up the mechanized fury in a conceptual work the band insists is not in fact a concept album. Instead, Fleshwork explores the myriad ways in which society oppresses, degrades, and dehumanizes anyone who doesn’t fit the straight, white image of a model citizen. On singles “Heather” and “Black Scrawl,” vocalist/guitarist Kate Davies relates some of their own experiences as a nonbinary autistic person dealing with all the hate and political divisiveness that come with simply trying to exist. Elsewhere, scathing tracks spotlight the playing of new bassist Luke Booth while drawing inspiration from the anime Chainsaw Man and the video games Mouthwashing and NieR.