Review: This Gift Is A Curse – Heir
“Heir” is a suffocating, brilliant, and utterly essential listen for anyone who craves music that’s as intellectually engaging as it is viscerally devastating.
Tag: Vinyl
Review: The Man-Eating Tree – Night Verses
The Man-Eating Tree haven’t just survived their hiatus – they’ve returned stronger, darker, and more compelling than ever.
Review: Maudits – In Situ
Maudits deliver a masterful blend of post-rock and ambient textures. “In Situ” is a cinematic and emotionally charged journey with grace and precision that it’s hard to fault.
Review: Omnium Gatherum – May The Bridges We Burn Light The Way
Omnium Gatherum’s “May The Bridges We Burn Light The Way” roars back with a renewed sense of heaviness and melodic precision, blending thrashy aggression with soaring choruses that remind you why they’ve endured for three decades.
Review: Carved Into The Sun – Silent Tower
The new Carved Into the Sun album offers a deeply atmospheric and rewarding listen for those willing to slow down and inhabit its world.
Review: Despised Icon – Shadow Work
Despised Icon’s “Shadow Work” is the kind of album that doesn’t just demand your attention. No, it seizes you by the throat and refuses to let go until you’re left gasping for air, bruised but exhilarated. This is deathcore as it should be: unapologetic, self-aware, …
Review: Malakhim – And In our Hearts the Devil Sings
Malakhim’s “And In Our Hearts the Devil Sings” is a polished, ambitious black metal album that balances melody and aggression with skill. Yet, for all its technical prowess, it struggles to escape the shadow of its influences, leaving listeners with a record that’s impressive but not quite unforgettable.
Review: Deafheaven – Lonely People With Power
“Lonely People With Power” is a 42-minute fever dream where black metal’s shrieks entwine with shoegaze’s shimmering haze. It’s ambitious and atmospheric and a step back to Deafheaven’s earlier work. Relentless in its assault on the listener, the band manges to infuse many atmopsheric parts …
Review: Heaven Shall Burn – Heimat
In a genre often criticized for stagnation, Heaven Shall Burn continue to evolve, proving that metalcore can be both intellectually stimulating and emotionally devastating. “Heimat” is not just an album, but an experience, one that lingers long after the final notes fade. It’s the kind of record that rewards repeated listens, revealing new layers with each spin.
Review: Sanguisugabogg – Hideous Aftermath
“Hideous Aftermath” feels like being hit repeatedly with the same blunt object: oddly satisfying at first, then numbing. It’s grotesque, absurd, and loud, but behind the noise, you can hear a band circling the edges of its own exhaustion.