Conqueror’s lush atmospheric synth hues, kaleidoscopic ambience and dazzling melodic guitar heaviness live up to the billing without simultaneously boring the shit out of you.
Jesu goes towards a poppier direction with Conqueror, but for the most part, it's just an expected follow up to its debut album.
At points on this record, Jesu's pivot towards a more melodic sound yields brilliant results; but overall, 'Conqueror' feels like a more confused record than its predecessor, unclear on exactly what atmosphere it aims to create.
Standout tracks: Transfigure, Mother Earth, Stanlow
This album is a very specific vibe and if you aren't down to zone out or put this on in the background while doing low cardio work than don't even bother. CONQUERER is a weather pattern. It's pouring rain, then it's a sun shining bright. It's a wistful dew soaked foggy morning and a freezing windy night. Above all, the vocals are lofty and rise up above all the drone work below. Lyrically, I don't know what Jesu is singing most of the time. Which is fine because ... read more
Atmospheric Post-Dronegaze for chuds. All the rifts across this album were pretty great, and I liked the contrast of churning drone noise with expansive industrial synths. The lyrics were misanthropic and overly simple. The mixing was a bit shaky with the autotuned vocals and rifts often getting drowned out by the synths. Might be fire for bedrotting.
BEST TRACKS: Transfigure, Conqueror
WORST TRACK: Old Year
| 1 | Conqueror 8:10 | 87 |
| 2 | Old Year 5:46 | 75 |
| 3 | Transfigure 5:58 | 83 |
| 4 | Weightless & Horizontal 10:06 | 82 |
| 5 | Medicine 7:22 | 80 |
| 6 | Brighteyes 7:20 | 71 |
| 7 | Mother Earth 7:16 | 73 |
| 8 | Stanlow 5:58 | 76 |