Wow this wasnt completely shit! It was cheesy sometimes but it did some interesting stuff too, not mad at it overall
The only thing that truly holds this project back is its length. It goes on for 17 minutes longer than it should. A tighter listening experience would absolutely benefit this record. As it stands though, one of the best death metal records I've ever heard, and certainly the best deathcore album I've heard.
AOTY's recomendations #3:
Indwell - Methwitch
Person who recommended:
Phobix
Certainly the most messed up metal album I've ever heard, Indwell is such a complicated puzzle that it often loses its sense of self.
Look, I have minimal experience in deathcore - or in metal, for that matter - and so I feel I don't have what it takes to analyze the album in a better way, but there are still points that I think are worth discussing
First of all, Phobix had already recommended this album to me a few ... read more
Gassed-up shawty, said I need 'bout 40
Pull up to the party, yeah, yeah, yeah
It's strangely liminal, like being locked in an empty apartment room, not lit outside of a static filled TV with something slowly approaching you from the other side. I can see how this would terrify me if listened at night. I am not the biggest fan of deathcore, but there is a pleasentness to the work here. The vocals especially are delicious in their continued misery and intense insanity, like the sound ... read more
One of the most abrasive, technical, and sonically unique albums I've ever heard tbh. I love deathcore, but I also love that this album wasn't just standard DxC fare - throughout the whole 15 tracks, it's got touches of mathcore, industrial metal, brutal death metal, experimental metal, black metal, grindcore, and freakin' noise/ambient music.
Chaotic genre-blending aside, this album is what insanity sounds like, plain and simple. The drums are very black metal-coded in ... read more
I loved how methwitch just combined noise with metal it just works in such a good way
| 1 | Invoking Clauneck 1:36 | 71 |
| 2 | Uninvited Guests 4:22 | 87 |
| 3 | Devil in the Corner 1:37 | 83 |
| 4 | Teeth Like Nails 5:01 feat. Alex Sterling | 88 |
| 5 | Indwell 5:08 | 87 |
| 6 | Crimson Halo 2:31 | 85 |
| 7 | Brimstone Heart 4:26 | 84 |
| 8 | Spiral 4:27 | 84 |
| 9 | Ashen 5:22 | 84 |
| 10 | They Stare Back 1:36 | 65 |
| 11 | Burn Victim 3:07 | 86 |
| 12 | Bed Full of Snakes 4:08 | 87 |
| 13 | Sever 1:36 | 79 |
| 14 | Hellslave 4:24 | 86 |
| 15 | Exhale (Last Breath) 7:38 | 89 |