Vampyroteuthis infernalis

(PurpleGoblin)

This one just didn't do it for me, no matter how much I love gothic doom.
Everything was clearly performed and put together by a very talented and competent group of musicians. It's not bad music. I just found it very... forgettable.
To me, each song seems like one single idea stretched to the 7 minute mark, and there's no real hook to any of it. I feel the female vocalist is very underutilised. Seems like they just give her the song title and a few other lines and hope that it ... read more

This album really has me torn in two.

Musically, great. A winning combination of Ghost and Unto Others, with some emo and gothy undertones. A real guitar album as well. Every solo, every riff, every melody, well crafted and played. Production is great too, bass has plenty of room to shine.

But I can't get with the vocals. I know Tobias Forge from Ghost has a ... different singing voice that certainly sits high and nasal, and isn't everyone's cup of tea. But Cam here, it's ... read more

A collection of death-doom tracks that, while hardly breaking new ground or standing out from the crowd, are comforting in their familiarity and high quality musicianship and production.

Sebastian Görlach is somewhat of a veteran of the genre, having spent 16 years in German doom troupe Decembre Noir, and in his separation from the band and formation of this new project here, he stated his intention to return to "the same forces that have always defined my relationship with ... read more

It's always refreshing when an album comes along that I really like but have no idea of why.

It's all the weirdness of recent Melvins, with Barney from Napalm Death providing some growls, and Shane Embury's many side projects thrown in for good measure.

"Tossing Coins" could've been one of the more experimental cuts from the last Napalm Death release, the dark synth and industrial passages sound like peak Melvins fuckery mashed with Shane's Dark Sky Burial ... read more