Album Rating: 3.0

The unapologetic lack of restraint, memorable hooks, and innovation makes each of these 7+ minute tracks blur together into an amalgam of monotonous sludge.



Bang on assessment of these guys....



Great review btw.



I feel like this particular type of dm really becomes a wheelhouse of repetition. Like they have some super original ideas on preliminary album Everything is Fire and then same old tweaked, original idea.

Album Rating: 2.0

Pretty much. EIF is infinitely better than anything else they've done imo

Album Rating: 4.5

Christ the amount of hate for their recent stuff is really crawling out of the woodwork here. Legit surprised tbh

not gonna lie saw these dudes live and once I got past how skilled the drummer was I realised I could not recall a single moment from the entire set
and then gorguts and marduk played and I almost forgot the set even happened

Album Rating: 4.5

Idk man. It’s a different strokes for different folks kinda thing. Some classical music fans listen to Vivaldi or Bach, I’m more of a Charles Ives, Stravinsky, Bartok dude. If you get used to listening to quasi melodic or flat out dissonant shit, it becomes more memorable over time. You see nuance where it used to not exist. Most of the riffs here are repeated multiple times, and when they move on to different notes, the rhythm in the part before will be repeated or referenced/expanded upon. If you stop looking for resolutions everywhere, music really opens up.

Album Rating: 5.0

“The unapologetic lack of restraint, memorable hooks, and innovation makes each of these 7+ minute tracks blur together into an amalgam of monotonous sludge.“

Are we even listening to the same album? Completely disagree with everything said here. The riffs are stuck in my head all day, many sections of the album are restrained and minimal, and this album doesn’t sound like any other album I’ve heard (I haven’t listened to Stare into Death so that could be an exception)

Album Rating: 5.0

I feel at least some people are just hating on the album because it’s popular and they want to feel “smart” or “unique” or feel isolated because everyone likes it more than they do

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

I understand how someone could hear it like that, their music is generally not immediate



But idk Transfiguration is perhaps the most accessible/catchy song they've ever done, the hooks r very thrown at you whereas that's usually the opposite of hoggards approach

Album Rating: 3.5

Well, this is an interesting first review lol



After a couple listens…



I'm a little underwhelmed. Sounds like Stare B-side. There's some really cool stuff going on but it doesn't seem to lead anywhere. The points this review makes about this being a kind of an amalgamate mush have some merit.

How i felt for a while! It grows

damn til ulcerate dropped an album recently lmao. guess i havent been sputting much lately

hopefully its dope. wasnt as into stare as i was shrines

digging this more than stare, though i think that new convulsing is a much more intriguing listen as far as techy spooky dm shenanigans are concerned this year

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

hell yes ramon brother preach

Is this good gym music or are there lots of quiet atmosludgy parts?

Album Rating: 3.0

lots of atmosphere

Idk I’ve been crushing it at the gym every day since it dropped. Works for me

I guess god really does love ugly 🤔

Album Rating: 3.0

I sure hope so

Album Rating: 5.0

“I'm a little underwhelmed. Sounds like Stare B-side.“

If this is true then Stare Into Death must be the greatest album ever made

Album Rating: 5.0

“Is this good gym music or are there lots of quiet atmosludgy parts?”

It depends on your tastes in metal but for someone as autistically into metal as me, it’s fantastic in the gym