At last, I’ve learned to live inside all of this beauty, and bask in the glow of high spirits! To finally feel the pull of joy, not merely observe it. No longer will I wrest myself from its hold. I know it looms, just out of view. A storm which I’m uncertain calm will follow. I know it looms, such is the quall. But does my fear have warrant when I did form it? Hold fast, these clouds mask a sun whose rays will make stark my darkest shadow. I have felt this bearing down on me forever. And all of a sudden… I feel it is lifted!
I generally appreciate the album by album move away from hardcore towards extreme metal. Yet for me personally, this is where the balance is perfect. Kind of like Metallica's Ride the Lightning: subsequent albums were more sophisticated and complex, yet less intense, too. Great to come back to, again and again. jornfin
Seattle band Adzes craft sludgy dirges with elements of noise rock, post-metal and shoegaze, united by a staunch moral compass. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 3, 2020