møl–Jord
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal, Post Rock
FFO: Deafheaven, Wolves in the Throne Room, Ghostbath
Deafheaven‘s Sunbather was a cultural phenomenon. While they weren’t necessarily the pioneers of the “blackgaze” movement, there is no doubt that their sophomore LP helped bring said musical style to the mainstream spotlight.
Many bands have made their attempt to recreate Sunbather‘s success, and few have succeeded. The movement has sadly become saturated in my humble opinion, and it has proven difficult to find hidden gems in the shuffle.
Denmark’s møl are the band I was searching for. Their debut LP is a brilliant, mesmerizing piece of music that doesn’t try to hard to be different but instead offers some of the finest, strongest, most-well written tunes the genre has to offer.
Our Place of Worship is Silence–With Inexorable Suffering
Genre: Death Metal, Black Metal
FFO: Behemoth, Morbid Angel, Spectral Voice
Los Angeles act Our Place of Worship is Silence offers listeners a pulverizing experience that fits comfortably in the mold of classic acts such as Entombed or Obituary.
With Inexorable Suffering is everything a Blackened Death record should be and then some.
Rolo Tomassi–Time Will Die & Love Will Bury It
Genre: Experimental Rock, Post Rock, Dream Pop, Mathcore, Grindcore, Screamo
FFO: Converge, Oathbreaker, Pity Sex
The UK outfit known as Rolo Tomassi has released record after record of intense, unpredictable, brutality. They have never allowed themselves to be pigeon-holed to a particular genre and boast a sound full of twists and turns.
Time Will Die & Love Will Bury It is the group’s latest and most mature, well-written LP. The transitions between Rolo‘s soft and most aggressive tendencies are smooth and continuous.
Eva’s vocal presence can be viewed as charming, sugary, and sweat and absolutely horrifying within seconds. The instrumentation can be described as euphoric dreamy indie pop one moment and suddenly find itself exemplifying math-enhanced, blackened Grindcore along the lines of Converge or Oathbreaker the next with subtle and effective usage of synth.
Be sure to give the new Rolo Tomassi record a spin if you’re looking to add something new and unpredictable to your palette.
Wrong–Feels Great
Genre: Alt Metal, Groove Metal
FFO: Helmet, Snapcase, Torche
Featuring members of Torche, Kylesa, and Capsule, Miami’s WRONG proves quite clearly with their sophomore LP they are not just another Helmet imitation band. They are better at being Helmet than Helmet has been at being Helmet in decades.
Feels Great showcases each member bringing their “A game” honing in each element that made their previous bands so great.
Prepare yourselves for eleven groovy yet crushing jams.