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Flugmorph
May 8th 2022


35604 Comments


kusa album

JokineAugustus
May 8th 2022


10980 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

3.5 band. None of their albums ever stood out to me. Haven't heard the most recent one, but I doubt it's any better.

Flugmorph
May 8th 2022


35604 Comments


mordial has a few bangers but yeah its definitely a 3.5 album

Dedes
May 9th 2022


12041 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Apparently the w's here are supposed to mirror the drum pattern to The Sentinel. Real big brain Polyrhythmic thinking I tell you hwhat

Spec
December 13th 2023


41555 Comments


Damn dude their drummer must have three brains.

Zac124
February 6th 2024


4269 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Very much a 3.5 band. Lower the Blade and This Will Do the Job are probably two of their best songs.

AffableMartyr
January 11th 2025


1013 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Lower the blade goes Hard

Butkuiss
January 11th 2025


8748 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Concept better than execution band

Christbait
May 6th 2026


1980 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Don't know what influenced me to come back to this. I've given Car Bomb multiple chances and Meta and Mordial have never stuck. This one is different. It avoids a lot of the pitfalls that come up on later albums. That being the herky-jerky stop-and-go structuring of songs where there seems to be no connective tissue and just a smattering of interesting ideas clipped individually into a "song". It's very Meshuggah-inspired with the recursive riffing and polyrhythmic stylings--harkening back to DEI and Nothing at times. Songs actually sound like complete ideas which helps when grappling with what's going on. Finish It and Lower the Blade are standouts simply because they aren't of the atypical variety. Third Revelation and Recursive Patterns are more on the insane side of things.

Calc
Staff Reviewer
May 6th 2026


18335 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

for those who were not aware:



https://sunguts.bandcamp.com/album/kilonova

Christbait
May 7th 2026


1980 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

It's funny how without vocals, his stuff sort of sounds like he's demoing gear rather than composing actual songs. La Grande is one big NAMM demonstration. Don't get me wrong, the talent is undeniable. Riffs on Sphyxia are fucking fantastic and heavy and blah blah blah, but none of these songs hit like CAFO or something else from Animals as Leaders whose songs seem composed to be strictly instrumental. I dunno, music is hard.

bigweinerdon
May 7th 2026


3159 Comments


Lower the arse

Relinquished
May 7th 2026


50367 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

christbait dawg the difference you’re looking for is the hxc influence ratio

Christbait
May 7th 2026


1980 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"christbait dawg the difference you’re looking for is the hxc influence ratio"



I'm gonna sound stupid: are you saying that his solo stuff lacks the same hxc ratio as Car Bomb or Animals as Leaders?



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