And here we are again! Another month, another album voted on by our beloved users as the best release of the month. November’s winner is Veilburner and our buddy Arthropod has prepared a blurb for us!

Longing for Triumph, Reeking of Tragedy is like a bog: once you’ve stepped in, it’s hard to get out. Except, in this case, you’re going to like it. It’s a 50-minute onslaught of genuinely unnerving vocals and riffs, bone-shattering rhythms and thoughtful unpredictability. Whether it’s guitars going angle grinder mode, suspiciously melancholic leads emerging amidst the extreme metal mayhem or the sheer range of screaming styles, the sound is truly caleidoscopic. And yet, everything here feels perfectly adjusted.

This flaming ride of a record is both consistently filthy and so variable that it’s impossible not to pay attention.  –arthropod