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After such a colossal exercise of trauma, Lingua Ignota’s followup strips back its harsh electronics, harnessing acoustic ruin for a harrowing spiritual journey.
90
Despite its theological bearings, this is no self-indulgent enlightenment project. It’s no less urgent, or immediate than previous works, and alongside flexing her multi-hyphenate musical capabilities and assertion as a visual and artistic auteur, Lingua Ignota once again exceeds expectations.
90
A haunting, intricate, yet wonderfully complex piece of work, Sinner Get Ready is uncategorisable – still instantly recognisable as Lingua Ignota while managing somehow to sound like nothing you’ve ever heard before.
90
Lingua Ignota comes off much more sombre and reflective, and Sinner Get Ready is nothing short of a strikingly effective album, sounding more like an incantation than a mere collection of songs.
88
On Sinner Get Ready—her first release for Sargent House—she leans more into the droning classical, chant-based material from Caligula while introducing a more minimal, Appalachian-folk influences to her orchestrations
88
These nine songs will still speak to those willing to listen, speak of the arrogance of those claiming superiority, of the delusion of lovers and anger of those left by the wayside; of the loneliness of the mortally confused, and of the jealousy of those left behind.
80
Sinner Get Ready spotlights the itinerant Californian's magnetic vocals by removing harsher textures ... She's more lyrically expansive too.
80
Sinner Get Ready is driven by a penetrative imagination, a preternatural sense of empathy, and an innate awareness of the paradoxical nature of human existence.
80
Without a single blastbeat or power chord in earshot, Kristin has created the heaviest, most intense album you’re likely to hear this year, one that makes a tremendous addition to what is becoming one of the most idiosyncratic bodies of work in modern experimental music.
80
On SINNER GET READY, Lingua Ignota resides in the world, but not of it, crafting a bone-chillingly cathartic final product that deals in righteousness and reflection in turns.
80
Kristin Hayter weaves layered harmonies and folk instruments into a formidable platform from which to express her tangled relationship with Christianity.
80
Kristin Hayter’s latest is an intense and frightening religious inquiry, incorporating traditional Appalachian instruments and samples from televangelist sermons.
80
Twisting her industrial metal into a warped kind of folk, Kristin Hayter deepens the furious desperation of her lyrics into something elemental to the human spirit.
80
Where LINGUA IGNOTA has previously been used as a mouthpiece for Hayter‘s heart breaking torment, SINNER GET READY is more conceptual. The emotions it evokes aren’t quite as extreme as those forced from us on CALIGULA (be thankful for that), but this remains a record of huge gravitational pull.
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Singer, songwriter, screamer, multi-instrumentalist, cuntkiller, death dealer, butcher of the world, and lover of Cheez-It’s Kristin Hayter AKA Lingua Ignota has been making more and more noise in the experimental and underground metal communities, having a sound that draws from so many various inspirations yet bent to be incredibly unique to her. Due to her eclectic background in classical music, heavy genres, academia, and an almost ... read more
It is always very complex, sometimes impossible for an artist to leave her comfort zone, the one that made her known to explore new horizons, moreover with a concept as complex as the main task. Yet Kristin Hayter managed to climb her third step with genius, to offer us one of the most thrilling, terrifying and sensational musical experiences of the year.
Kristin Hayter is a woman who has been damaged by life and has become one of the most talented artists of the last 5 years. A victim of ... read more
The departure from the harsh vocals was a negative for me but this shit still ethereal and esoteric (I have no clue what those words mean, I am illiterate) as fuck.
Grand. folky. brutal. demanding sounds emanate from this grandiose experiment that delves into religious trauma and abusive relationships. Lingua Ignota succeeds in both terrifying and empowering listeners.
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Track List
| 1 | THE ORDER OF SPIRITUAL VIRGINS 9:10 | 92 |
| 2 | I WHO BEND THE TALL GRASSES 6:28 | 90 |
| 3 | MANY HANDS 5:15 | 89 |
| 4 | PENNSYLVANIA FURNACE 5:46 | 94 |
| 5 | REPENT NOW CONFESS NOW 5:48 | 88 |
| 6 | THE SACRED LINAMENT OF JUDGMENT 5:22 | 88 |
| 7 | PERPETUAL FLAME OF CENTRALIA 5:34 | 90 |
| 8 | MAN IS LIKE A SPRING FLOWER 7:16 | 94 |
| 9 | THE SOLITARY BRETHREN OF EPHRATA 5:11 | 92 |
Total Length: 55 minutes
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3mo
With a name like Kristin Hayter, you were pretty much born to make anti-religious music.
3mo
every time i listen to Man Is Like a Spring Flower now i'll think of Lingua right in front of me singing beautifully while we lock eyes . incredible night . thank u Kristin <3
Added on: April 2, 2021