liminalia

Incredibly cold and desolate album for something that goes so hard, but maybe I just don't listen to enough death doom to recognize it in other releases. Where death and doom usually has a 'hot' sound to me, the guitars are thin (but still crunchy), and the drums cold and hollow with so much reverb. Haunting and beautiful, and slugging along at such a slow pace at times, this was such a dreamy listen for me, and a big discovery of an old release for me. For fans of music with a bit more ... read more

There are two types of metal I like: the first is metal that is unsettling, an absolutely bad time, striking a personal sense of fear and trepidation that I can relate to. The other is bizzarro spooky monstrous metal that hits like a truck. This is the second, and a practically perfect metal album for me.
This goes HARD. And there’s weird riffs, spooky synths, incredible solos, and an honestly exciting amount of stylistic diversity among the tracks. It’s not showy or proggy in ways ... read more