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Mamaleek's journey has been an interesting one, and perhaps provides important context for their most current albums, including Come & See. Their two earliest albums, Mamaleek and Fever Dream, are experimental heavy black metal assaults that easily pair the genre with industrial that at its heaviest reminds me of Sutekh Hexen. Since then these two anonymous brothers have fashioned a sound that is distinctly more rock influenced- although not without its experimental metal moments, and Come ... read more

I feel like I have underappreciated this album up until this current listen. Until now I did not appreciate the seamless melding of shoegaze fuzz with black metal's more atmospheric sounds, or the way they balance this with a post-metal influence to give it space to breathe and become a more cohesive album from start to finish. This album right deserves its praise within the blackgaze genre, I am happy to say I am a convert.

This is the post-punk 2019 needs. This album is a combination of the deep and slower style used by Ian Curtis at times, with a crisp and catchy (the latter applying particularly the bass) instrumental backing. The incredibly catchy "Закладка" opens the album and sets the stage for what's to come, and "Пустота" with its sluggish thick bass giving the ending its dark bouncy feel. The album clocks in just over half an hour, and leaves me desperate to hear the ... read more

As a huge Boris fan I wish I could rate this higher; it is not one of the worst modern Boris albums and I have been looking forward to it ever since the single was released. However, the album's defining feature for me is that it is a mediocre album that lives off of Boris' previous successes. I do not mean to say it is bad: it was a pleasant listen and worth the time of any Boris fan, but it is also far from AOTY.