A processing of powerlessness and reclaiming of that power through self-expression, I Lie Here presents audiences with a less restrained version of Mutinta's songwriting and vocal delivery. It's an absolute gift to industrial hardcore, hip-hop and metal.
Yes, I Lie Here Buried… is an angry album, but it’s one that inspires empathy, solidarity and rueful sadness. In a compassionate and just world, Ashanti wouldn’t be judged for how she self-identifies and presents; she wouldn’t have to pit herself against her family, against society, and against God.
This follow-up is even more focused and impressive, in part due to the centring that one emotion. These are songs that exist at the edge of annihilation, in demonic fever dreams of and drug binges to numb the pain.
Backxwash returns with a tour-de-force of harrowing and hellish songcraft.
Ashanti Mutinta’s writing is strong as always, and the aesthetics serve her concept well, but Backxwash needs to spend some more time at the drawing board to recapture the black magic conjured on God Has Nothing to Do with This.
While she’s been exploring witchy and horrorcore aesthetics combined with trap and industrial metal, it wasn’t until Backxwash’s 2020 album “God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It” that I feel Backxwash turned it from an experiment/gimmick into a fully realized sound, being my second favorite album of the year and garnering her a huge amount of attention with a lot of anticipation for how she follows it up. That followup, which happens to be the second ... read more
Night #24: I LIE HERE BURIED WITH MY RINGS AND MY DRESSES
It's not surprising that I would check out Backxwash's 2021 album since I was a massive fan of her recent release from last year, the album that got me introduced to horrorcore music to begin with. Splendid!
What I love about her music is how it equally terrifies and compels the listener in just a short amount of time and with plenty of brutal surprises.
Backxwash's vocal delivery is pretty aggressive and leaves you on the edge of ... read more
NOTE: This is a reupload of a review I’m rather proud of, but I posted it with very few followers, therefore it never got the attention that I wanted it to. Anyway…
It’s 2022, so I thought why not talk about one of my personal favourite releases of 2021 before some good new shit starts dropping?
The experience of Negative emotions as a phenomenon is a subject that endlessly fascinates me, with a living creature’s cognitive capacity to evaluate a situation under the ... read more
I have heard the name Backxwash a lot so I got interested and put him into my listen list. Finally I went and listened to her let's see if she is good. I heard a lot about horrorcore and decided to get into the genre more after Mista Thug Isolation.
The fusion of horrorcore and metal is crazy but so well done. When I first heard this I was quite surprised. The sound of this is so intimidating and the fury and wrath of this is so insane. The production is amazing and seeing that clipping is a ... read more
Backxwash did a great job here with her wonderful showcase of industrial hip hop & metal, but falls short & mildly underplays to the incredible albums released this year.
1 | Purpose of Pain 1:21 | 71 |
2 | WAIL of the BANSHEE 2:04 feat. SurgeryHead | 80 |
3 | I LIE HERE BURIED WITH MY RINGS and MY DRESSES 4:58 feat. Ada Rook | 85 |
4 | TERROR PACKETS 4:59 feat. Censored Dialogue | 84 |
5 | IN THY HOLY NAME 3:35 feat. Lauren Bousfield | 84 |
6 | Blood In the Water 1:39 | 79 |
7 | SONG of SINNERS 4:45 feat. Sad13 | 84 |
8 | 666 In Luxaxa 2:38 | 82 |
9 | Nine Hells 2:58 | 84 |
10 | BURN TO ASHES 4:01 feat. Michael Go | 88 |
#3 | / | Exclaim! |
#20 | / | The Needle Drop |
#23 | / | Beats Per Minute |
#26 | / | Treble |
#41 | / | PopMatters |
/ | Bandcamp Daily |