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Short and sweet, daunting and droning. The guitar on Woe Unto Us sounds like an earlier version of Trespassers W, but the ambience is completely different. While I get why it's the top rated song on this EP, I think The Icon And The Axe is one of HANL's overlooked gems. Slow and droning, maybe, but if you have the patience to sit with the somewhat lengthy 6 minute track, and really embrace the ambience, it's everything I love about HANL.

The ability to sit with misery, and the ... read more

This album has a ton going on at all times; I mean noise is in the genre name. The thing is though, it's excellent in depth, not just a blaring wall of sound. Beneath the blown out drums and at times screaming vocalist, there is a ton going on, and everything is mixed incredibly well, letting you hear the full vision of their sound.
This is such an awesome album, and despite its long runtime, there's never truly a dull moment, constantly bouncing between a gentler voice on the verge ... read more

The Cure's defining gothic album... no goth pop like they're usually known for. This album is dreary and dark, dragging you into its ghoulish world. While shorter than what they'd later be known for, this stands tall as one of their most solid albums, oozing with everything which makes The Cure great.

Absolutely amazing tracklist, and I'm not even into synthpop in the slightest. But this album is so fun and unique, obviously super creative, and so filled with bangers that I think many are generally overlooked. This is one of those albums that transcends genre, and is just generally amazing... thank u magalena bay....