Abigail Williams A Void Within Existence
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XfingTheSullen
August 1st 2025


5572 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

excellent stuff



doesn't sound like black metal all that much most of the time tho, more like blackened death and even sludgy at times. reminds me of lord mantis. also, "the darkest so far"? I'm not sure I follow today's standards for what "dark" is. the final track even sounds like all those feelgood proggy bands like ne obliviscaris

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
August 1st 2025


116617 Comments

Album Rating: 3.7

Lord Mantis comparison is actually pretty spot on.

Muzz79
August 1st 2025


3942 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

closer the best on here for mine

frozencarl
August 1st 2025


2040 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

it seems i should czech Lord Mantis

Viraemias
August 2nd 2025


684 Comments


I listened to Nonexistence while I read your review and was honestly blown away. I'm not too familiar with their discography apart from the first album, is this peak Abigail Williams?

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
August 2nd 2025


116617 Comments

Album Rating: 3.7

Their previous album is pretty universally praised as their best. After that it really depends on who you ask lol.

Confessed2005
August 4th 2025


7703 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Their older albums differ in style to this, definitely. All of their albums have something to offer though, as do their EP's.

AlkemestRedux
August 5th 2025


770 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I dig it. Didn't really get into it until Still Night but the back half of this album slaps.

hiryu14
October 10th 2025


36 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

no way the new deafheaven is better than this

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
October 10th 2025


116617 Comments

Album Rating: 3.7

Its definitely not better than this lol.

Beardog
November 30th 2025


6498 Comments


not really a fan of the flaccid production and how track 1 sounds musically reminds me of Wolfheart. Will see if Walk Beyond the Dark spikes my interest more.

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
November 30th 2025


116617 Comments

Album Rating: 3.7

Walk Beyond the Dark is their best.

Beardog
November 30th 2025


6498 Comments


Quickly checking track 2 and seems a lot more exciting than track 1 from this one, both production-wise and music-wise.

Futures
Contributing Reviewer
December 4th 2025


17257 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

finally remembered this came out! just completely forgot. very enjoyable as expected. i was caught off guard by how slow and doom-y this is. as well as how not really black metal it is, way more progressive than i thought. lots of dm riffs and very soulful guitar solos. second listen i dug a lot more!



really dig the variety and how the first 4 feel different to the final 3 longer ones, really peaks at the end. the closer is excellent definitely my fav track, cleans surprisingly work. feels very alcest-y. absolutely beautiful. one of my favs of the year.

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
December 4th 2025


116617 Comments

Album Rating: 3.7

There he is!!!

Futures
Contributing Reviewer
December 4th 2025


17257 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

ken sorceron is the man, talented fella



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