Yobyoni

The Sludgiest of Sludge Metal

I think of this as “sleep paralysis: the album”. It’s hard to explain, but listening to this feels like a heavy weight is pushing down on your chest and you are just forced to endure it, while at the same time, a parade of drugged-up lunatics dances frantically in the background. That is what this album sounds like. It is dense, it is raw, it is heavy. It is everything you could want in a sludge metal album. I don’t find myself going back ... read more

I seriously can’t wait to see what the band makes next. More than half a year later, this remains my favourite project that has been released this year, and it’s not even that close. ‘Hands of Man’ is just beyond gorgeous, with other highlights like ‘The Wheel’ (minus the a cappella section) and ‘I’m Happy You’re Here’. Instrumentation is beautiful and poignant. The vocals are very strong. And the fact that the project is only 6 songs, ... read more

The quintessential breakcore album

The amount of technicality and interesting use of breaks in this is just astounding. I really can't understand how you can make stuff like this. And I mean it when I say this is the peak of breakcore, and may remain so for a long long time ahead. It's a shame Venetian Snares hasn't made any other albums that have quite reached this level of originality and piqued my interest in the same way this one did.

'Epidermis' may still be the ... read more

this might actually be my favourite dds release yet, not that i'm the biggest fan of their other stuff anyway