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When you take Dream Unending into consideration, it really shows how natural Tomb Mold’s artistic progression has been. Also this is the closest any death metal band has gotten to recapturing the clean passages to Cynic’s Focus.
Their best work yet. Refines the sickly grooves of Christfucker but manages to be even nastier and more to the point. Everyone gives an amazing performance but special praise goes to drummer James Beveridge for his clever use of syncopation. The fact that these tracks work with just strings is just icing on a cake filled with eyeballs and spiders. I’ve seen people say like “one day POG will release a masterpiece” and while this isn’t quite a masterpiece, Devil Music ... read more
Kind of a mixed bag overall (Prismatic Shame is one of their worst, but The Cutters Theme is one of their best) but I’m glad it exists and adds another dimension to Underneath. I don’t think I’ll come back to it much but I really appreciate these guys honing in on their synth nerd sensibilities.
lyrics are corny as hell but i don't care this shit goes
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2y
Oh yeah for sure, and I can definitely see this one growing on me a bit. I hope in the future this trio pushes the shoegaze influence harder because I'd be super into that!
2y
Yeah! So, I think that it’s really good! But to me, it still sounds a lot like Pyrrhon just with less chaos and ugliness. That’s not bad because Pyrrhon is one of my favorite bands, but I was kinda hoping for something that sounded a little less like Pyrrhon before it had its morning coffee, ya know? And I know these musicians can do something different because their other bands don’t sound like Pyrrhon!
Definitely a really good album that I’ll be listening to some more though. And who knows? Maybe it’ll grow on me a bit!
Definitely a really good album that I’ll be listening to some more though. And who knows? Maybe it’ll grow on me a bit!
2y
Yeah totally--in a lot of ways, it's harder to hide imperfections when the production is so soft, but at the same time requires careful listening to find the nuance underneath the murkiness of the sound. And I think that's why Pd'H has such a magical sound to me--the movement of the melodies behind the abrasive wall of lo-fi sound strikes me as so delicately powerful!
I do also prefer more out there and experimental stuff, but I think Pd'H will always do it for me because of that.
I do also prefer more out there and experimental stuff, but I think Pd'H will always do it for me because of that.
2y
Hey--good question! This new one is very different from the typical Pd'H album in a lot of ways so it's definitely good to dip your toes into some of his back-catalog. Last year's Im Wald is incredible, but the 2-hour commitment is pretty huge if you're not already a fan. My fave Pd'H album is actually his self-titled--so I'd either start there or with Das Tor which is equally majestic. Both of those will only take an hour of your time and really capture the magic of Pd'H. If you like those you'll probably like anything he's put out!
