Dedede3996

I didn't like it.
The instrumental performances I found really cool, and there was a bit of spoken word in there that I found refreshing in Black Swan. The interlude of Latvia and the transition into the title track are well done.
But all in all the album feels a little too monotonous. After you've heard one track, you've heard it all. In princinple this isn't bad, but the way it is executed here is uninteresting and has a distracting effect from the music. The vocalists ... read more

1970s musique concréte with aurafarming and hype moments. I get why they smoke and drank so much before the 2000s.

Holy shit it's as if the br*tish took clipping., Rage Against The Machine and a single drop of Death Grips and mashed it together. Of course this is polarizing. Bobby says as much, "It's too black." The problems they're addressing are by no means new and I'm not about to act surprised that they still ring true three years afterwards, in fact, they have worsened. In that way, the RATM comparison feels pretty apt. If you trace back these supposed radical criticism of ... read more

I didn't like it.
I discovered Calva Louise in 2022 and really liked their singles Belicoso and, later, Feast Is Over. I suppose alternative metal does describe their general direction, with an * for metal that leans more towards rock than the extreme, despite Jessica's frequent screams. On top of that, it seemed like with Over the Threshold, they were starting story with concept albums. I'm a sucker for these, despite the cheesiness I associate with them now they're what ... read more