Album Rating: 5.0

This, Kenose, and Paracletus are just fucking unbelievable.



Kenose was the first I ever heard of this band and it just blew me the fuck away

Album Rating: 4.5

I got into them through Paracletus back when it came out, and then I listened to pretty much everything they ever recorded. Kenose is probably the first release in which you could get a glimpse of their genius. Drought is also very good, maybe the best way to get into them, it's relatively accessible.

Gotta check!

Album Rating: 5.0

You're in for a real treat. This is one of the densest and most harrowing albums I've ever heard, yet also one of the most decadent. It's a bit like an artisan cake, except the cake is coming to life and waxing philosophical about God and Satan.



I started with Paracletus and fell in love with it immediately (though according to last.fm I apparently listened to Furnaces when it came out, which I have no recollection of doing at the time), and yet this was still a rather intimidating first listen simply because there's so much going on here, but it will grow quickly if you let it. For me this went from a 3.5 to a 5.0 in the space of a month, and is already one of my favorite metal albums, period.

Album Rating: 5.0

"Kenose was the first I ever heard of this band and it just blew me the fuck away"

Kenose has a little too much ambiance imo but II rips unbelievably hard for like 13 minutes so it's fine

Album Rating: 5.0

Kenose is my fav EP of all time. An absolute masterpiece of combining music and lyrics to create a transcendental and reflective experience. Kenose and this one are out of this world. Best music works ever.

Album Rating: 4.5

"It's a bit like an artisan cake, except the cake is coming to life and waxing philosophical about God and Satan."



based analogy

Album Rating: 5.0

The songwriting, the technical prowess, the lyrics, the intense atmosphere, the combination of a loud wall of sound with a score full of intricacies and details hidden everywhere... everything about this album is sublime.

Above anything I've ever heard outside classical music when it comes to music as a whole experience.

Album Rating: 5.0

Interwoven joy and confusion, a stabbing confusion



Love this line

Album Rating: 5.0

This album is the most I've loved a new discovery since I found Hejira by Joni Mitchell back in July of 2023... and that album eventually reached my top 10 of all time.



Whether Fas will climb that high remains to be seen but it is something truly special regardless.

You guys speak of it with such respect and absolute adoration, it really motivates me to explore this further

Album Rating: 5.0

totally should man. I’ve said it before but this record specifically is so dense that it will probably take a couple of listens to fully appreciate it. There’s just so much going on at any given moment.



If you haven’t really properly checked out much of them, and idk this might be an unpopular opinion, but I would honestly start with Drought. Shorter songs, more accessible songwriting, the whole thing is only about 20 mins. Still fantastic.

Album Rating: 4.6

Yeah I was so-so on this years ago when I first heard it but it grew on me so much over the years. I think Paracletus will always be my fav but man this is special too.

Album Rating: 5.0

ya I think Paracletus is probably a better starting point for similar reasons as Drought.



But I can’t think of a better metal band from like this century… they were just on fucking fire for a solid decade if not longer

Album Rating: 5.0

Absolute gold page. Best album ever. I doubt any piece of music will top this for me in this life.

Album Rating: 5.0

They had a 15 year hot streak. Hopefully their next record, whenever it comes, is the start of another one.

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah I want to forget the last one and pretend it doesn't exist

Album Rating: 4.6

I dig it hard tbh.

same, The Long Defeat is great

Album Rating: 4.6

Hell yeah. Band's past 3 albums are all amazing and are almost on par with Si, this and Paracletus for me.