I generally appreciate the album by album move away from hardcore towards extreme metal. Yet for me personally, this is where the balance is perfect. Kind of like Metallica's Ride the Lightning: subsequent albums were more sophisticated and complex, yet less intense, too. Great to come back to, again and again. jornfin
This recording sounds fantastic. The songs are complex but are also concisely layered -- Blessings don't fuck around here and go for the throat with a unique spaced-punk noise/hardcore approach. Just a thought, but someone should make a "Mixed and Mastered by Magnus Lindberg" shirt. Hmm... I might be the only person to purchase though. Whatever. He's like a sound wizard - every album he touches sounds like a crystal clear recording of an airplane taking off. Quality stuff all around. bcb723
Atmospheric black metal band Sadness and experimental screamo band To Be Gentle channel intense emotions on this split single. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 28, 2021
Eve Beeker of screamo band To Be Gentle stretches her solo work in new experimental directions on this EP, a meditation on gender & healing. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 10, 2021
Toronto band Respire deliver a post-hardcore tour de force on the largest scale possible, orchestrally rich and incessantly uncompromising. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 6, 2021