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This album fucking BANGS HOLY SHIT. This was a recommendation from my mother, and apart from Mr. Blue Sky I’d never heard a single track off it even mentioned. But oh my god this goes hard. There’s a slight dip in the middle of like 2 tracks that had me worried this would be frontloaded but absolutely not, it picks right back up with some of the best tracks in the 2nd half. Crazy good Synth/Orchestral/Classic Rock, man the 70s are goated. Also yes Mr. Blue Sky doesn’t crack ... read more

Pretty awesome first track, very hypnotic, Post-Rock/Noise that took me a few minutes to get used to but then I became obsessed with by the end, for sure deserves that long runtime. The second track however is kinda terrible to listen to. It’s Harsh Noise Wall I knew that going in (although I thought the first track was the HNW half lmao) but it still kinda hurt my head. Yeah that IS the point but that doesn’t mean I have to like it. I’ve heard some HNW stuff I’ve liked ... read more

AOTY had me thinking this was going to be nothing more than a Sunbather rip, I should’ve known better, but those release dates line up surprisingly well. Anyway, yeah this was incredible, not as emotional as some Blackgaze records I’ve heard, but melodically very interesting and it has its own sound within the genre. The usage of synths and melody-focused bass lines are fantastic, the screaming is well-mixed and not intrusive in the slightest and the songs just hit right, I was ... read more

Altar is near unparalleled atmosphere, it takes the best elements of Boris with their thoughtful and dense droning ambience and combines it with the strings and unrelenting loops (even within Drone) of Sunn O))). I may not have been a huge fan of Life Metal, I think that indulges a bit too much, but the ideas here are far more reigned in while still doing really cool stuff. As for Boris, they hardly ever miss, it’s not their peak but it’s damn good and has some showings that could ... read more