punochka

i guess that's on me for thinking that just because btmh managed to make something that slots right into my synapses once with post survival human horror, then im set for a treat with this supposed continuation of the project. that affects how negatively i perceived this record, too, because the more i listened to it, the less interesting their genre mimicry sounded, the less compelling i found the themes of it, the blander the features sounded. yea it will make nik nocturnal cum on camera ... read more

incomprehensibly boring despite having all the right ingredients and aesthetics to theoretically capture my attention

BANGER after BANGER after BANGER after BANGER

i really took my time with ingesting inferi and their whole discography and at first, merely found them to be the perfect background music for brain-intensive work: the uninterrupted flow of such high intensity metal track to track, album to album is just that good at helping to keep focus for hours

it is entirely wrong to assume that's all there is to inferi. the band has a seemingly endless well from which they pull out melodies, and they play ... read more

my first impressions of vildhjarta were completely covered by the memetic scene from knives out where blanc says, exasperated and confused: "it makes no damn sense! compels me, though"

it sounds so damn awful! compels me, though

i'm glad that they released the instrumental versions alongside, because the vocals, though fitting, sometimes do feel somewhat slapped on "just to be there" (thankfully, not often!). guitars absolutely take the lead in every passage and dominate ... read more