Cool stuff and a band I'll be following. This is blackened crust that navigates both sludge tempos and hxc aesthetics quite well. One of my main gripes is the vocals. They are great in isolation with really raw, distorted prod, but they are a bit overpresent and overwhelming at times. Otherwise the sound is quite great except a couple of faux pas here and there (looking at you track 7). What excites me most is some of the really evil-sounding ideas the band has and some of the riffing that's really nice and aggressive, making 3-5 and 10-11 some of my favourite tracks. 6 is really cool and clever too as a calmer interlude, which contributes to the album feeling well constructed and nicely flowing. A good start (?) for a band that might come up with truly great stuff in the near future. 3.65
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