I have no idea how they did it. This album literally is the exact sound I’ve been looking for my entire life, like this album fires off all the serotonin in my brain 10/10 I ordered a shirt
Exactly the same for me, been looking for a good atmospheric/viby metal band that still slaps hard at the same time. Finally found it when looking around on Amazon Music of all places lol
i remember i had made a normal playlist and heard the transition and even with rhe cut off i never realized they were different songs it was so beautiful
I love how they add elements of Shoegaze, Nü Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal, Electronic, Metalcore, Art Rock, and Progressive Metal all in one. This album was like a breath of fresh air. My favorite release this year. They have so much potential.
Not enough people are talking about the drummer. They switch so effortlessly and cleanly through every genre it's amazing Edit: how the hell did a pronoun argument start in the comments? I just used the word “they”
This is trite, but I can confirm the drummer is a man, so you can say "he" instead of "they" as people do in normal every day speech. I agree, he's v good!
@@koozdorah the use of the word "they" has absolutely nothing to with gender in this context the word they is used by everyone in normal english, you're literally just making shit up lol there was zero implication about the drummer being anything other than a man just because the word they was used grow up
@@trevorjennings7810they in English dictionary is a meaning of two or more people either in a setting or a place at the same time, of which does not make any sense as a person cannot be 2 people at the same time
I've been listening to music for almost 30 years now. I've listened to countless bands and genres as I'm sure many of us have. This is my first time listening to these guys. I can't express how I'm feeling right now having listened to the full album. I'm absolutely dumbfounded at how this album has almost immediately risen to the top of that "imaginary favorite band/album" list we all keep in our head. The last time I ever felt like this about music was when I first heard "Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)" while playing Matt Hoffman's MXBX on PS1 and later the entire Around the Fur album on the school bus. This album, in my opinion, is a masterpiece. Plain and simple. Thanks to these guys for bringing back that overwhelming feeling of pure amazement.
Fuck it. This is my favorite album of all time. My top pick, this mixes horrific soundscapes, beautiful chord work, delightfully heart wrenching ambience, gruesomely heavy riffs and vocals, and the aching singing and inspired melodies of emo. I have very specific tastes and this album hits all of that. Unless if their next album somehow gets better writing and more cohesion, this is my favorite album and is my GOAT. It has everything I need.
@rose4526 If I can convince you to listen to Nirguna "Convergence" album too, that would be sweet. Please, try - it's an easy listen as an instrumental-only.
Yeah you called it. I see and listened to so many suggestions and comparisons in the comments, but there's nothing else like this album quite honestly. It's in a league of its own.
Thanks for validating how I have felt over the passed year. A new number 1 band and an album that I literally can not stop enjoying, and yes, I have tried. ILII...AITE is as good as it gets here on Earth, and Loathe are some of the most endearing dudes from all I can tell. Let's all be fans they deserve and have their backs in the trying times to come in the wake of this pure gut busting rawness, never before seen by the likes of mankind 🎉✨
@@justinunger3526 Vexed too, but their sound is blatantly deftones worship. Boris has elements of this every now and again, but like Loathe they're (famously) all over the place.
Hearing it for the first time today. I'm a colossal Deftones/ Crosses fanboy so... I don't need to say more than that to express what I think of this album
Wow I have to say this was an experience. I was coding and I thought I would listen some music while coding, so I joined to youtube and this appeared in recommendations. The album started with an Intro, and then 2 good songs, at this point I thought, "ok this is good, I'm actually doing some good coding with this band". But then "Two-way mirror" kicked in. Man I had to stop doing what was doing becase I knew this would be an experience, and I don't want to miss this out. and ohhh man I wasn't wrong. Then "Is it really you" started. I knew this would be breathtaking. So at this point I decided to enjoy and let myself in. I opened a beer and sat in my couch. From "Two way mirror" the trip started but from "Is it really you" my whole day changed. This is a masterpiece and it took me by surprise. Beetwen the technical caos and the Deftones feeling, I really can't describe the sound of what I heard. I have never listened to this band and it appeared in my youtube recommendation I'm glad it appeared.
I love albums that I can listen to from start to finish, back to back. This is one of those albums. The diversity and range that they have is astounding. I get so many vibes from Deftones, Danza, Glass Cloud, Title Fight, The Contortionist, Deafheaven, etc. like wut. This album is a masterpiece.
This is my fav album of all time. Like I get the deftones comparison but I feel like its so overused with this band they've really made their own thing. I get the fact that they use long strumming chords and have similar progressions plus the singing is similar but to me it feels like they really made that sound their own. Deftones feels like chino is singing about sex right into your ear while Loathe feels like Erik is singing about his love for beauty and peace in your ear. Also kadeem's screams are so aggressive its amazing.
Comparing them to Deftones imo is a massive compliment. The reason you dont hear other bands sound like them is because that sound is hard to get right. These guys did it while still obviously having their own sound. Deftones was never this heavy or gritty. Its really refreshing.
This record is ahead of modern Deftones in almost every way imo. I say this as a lifelong tones fan. "I let it in and it took everything" really pushed the limit. It has naturally heavy and mellow parts. It smashes, it slaps, it builds up, it blows up, it does fucking everything. Modern Deftones do not. What a legendary record
Recently discovered these guys and honestly I've had a hard time consistently listening to other music and not coming back to this album. Never has "it hits different" felt like such an accurate description for something till now personally
I've also just discovered them like two days ago and I'm in love with them already. It's just beyond my understanding, how they can literally rip your head off in one song and make you cry in the next. Spotify did an amazing job
This album, and band is truly special! Nothing like it. I grew up at the age of 12 in love with white pony. while the influence is strong, and it brings the same feels, it's a whole different beast on its own!
Was watching this metal TV show in Costa Rica, they put the "New faces in the dark" video....I was immediately hooked with them. To this day, in monthly repeat with this album....
Fun fact: That voice is the bass player's mom saying "Broken Vision Rythm" in Arabic. The guitarist (Erik) edited the audio which makes it sound sinister af
I started watching The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Official Pre-Launch Trailer and at the same time this album auto-played in the background. I think I just found a new "Pink Floyd and Wizard of Oz" combination, it worked perfectly.
As many listeners have added their experience of the album, I'd like to share mine. It is incredible how the intro and the first two songs bring me to such a rush of adrenaline and euphoria. The rhythm gets faster and faster, the riffs angrier and angrier. And then you let all that adrenaline go and Two-way mirror starts. Of course the album is much more then those four first tracks, but I just wanted to highlight what a musical opener is these set of "a intro + three songs". They would have been perfect even if in an EP alone. But luckily these guys decided to continue to tell the story of this LP.
Cool band. Beautiful clean parts and the heavy parts they have remind me of a project called "Nemertines" that I encourage everyone to check out if they like this.
Sabrina is seriously one of the most underrated metal artists. He's brilliant. I still get goosebumps every time I hear the first note of "The Birds Are Back". That dude delivers an eerie atmosphere like no one else.
I thought this right away lol, glad others know about and even notice Nemertines' fairly distinct sound in other projects. Another project those sections remind me of heavily is one called A.I.(d), which is like if Nemertines listened to Veil of Maya's [id] (they even covered "Martyrs" from that album, it's almost better than the original, arguably) and also started listening to a lot of chillout and EDM... so yeah it's like Nemertines but with 20x more glitchy electronic sounds to it, basically. Oh, another one that's super down the djent-route is Djanks & Drewves, some parts make me feel hints of that sound, too... They're basically glitch-djent, but they are less like Nemertines or A.I.(d) and more like Anup Sastry's solo albums (which kick ass, btw) and Save Us From The Archon, if SUFTA was glitchy, basically.
Listening on a recommendation from a RU-vidr whose assessments of music I generally respect and often end up agreeing with. Yes, this is interesting and very tasty. Bewildering but in a good way. I like the compositional approach and execution. And I'm stopping there while my attempts to describe my reaction still make sense.
Criminally underrated band, criminally underrated album. As soon as I finished listening to this masterpiece I found out they're playing near my city this month. Instantly bought tickets.
Adding to the plethora of comments akin to this. I first heard "Two-Way Mirror" through Spiritbox and ERRA fans. And I liked the song, but it didn't completely take me over until a few listens without interruption or background noise. Then I heard Screaming, New Faces in the Dark, Is it Really You and fuck me, I'm a Loathe fan now, dammit. A Sad Cartoon, the Title track, the list goes, on, sure, 1 or 2 songs aren't my favourites, but they are still really good. This album does things to you, man. It's like you know others won't get the same reaction you did, but you still go "you've goooooot to check these dudes out" anyway. The funny thing is that I'm constantly hearing people compare elements of their sound to Deftones, and I definitely get why, but I really don't like Deftones that much, yet this is fucking incredible.
this album came when i was drinking heavily, when the last song would come on and those distorted guitars came in with those high pitched guitar tones and the screams come in, “succumb to shock and fear”, that shit would take my soul to another place.. broke me tf down
It's weird how you discover bands. I've never even heard of these guys until just recently. I dunno how I haven't heard anyone talking about them until now. They're actually pretty amazing. I was just scrolling through the sharptone videos because of currents and 156/silence. Definitely my favorite label for this kind of music! Thanks sharptone!
First time hearing these guys and I'm absolutely hooked. I keep hearing so many sounds and influences from the Deftones to almost a Silent Hill/Akira Yamaoka influence in the melodic tracks. "Screaming" sounds straight out of SH3's ost at times. Brilliant.
I think the most exceptional thing this band does is take it's similarities and influences, brings them into their songs, but not to the point where it feels like theyve ripped off anyone's sound. They are the perfect For fans of ________ band. I hear Deftones, Periphery, Dillinger Escape Plan, Norma Jean, and many others. Talk about genre bending.
The day they launched this album, (i didn't listen to the singles) I was preparing myself, since i listened "Theme" i was thinking, "im about to listen the best album in my entire life". And that's it, the best album in the 20"
Check out Alcest for a combination of similar genres. It's a French band that pioneered the blackgaze genre. Their album souvenirs d'un autre mond is waaay more tame than this album but well worth a listen.
In bloom, you sing Such beautiful colours What a shame In this world, that beauty alerts the others Fray from the light 'Till you see it I'm gone "Stare into my eyes I'll show you who I am inside It's simple I'm certain from behind the curtain It's in your hands this time" Colours are swirling Now that we're falling What are the odds? Now that we're falling Colours are swirling Why were you lost? Inside a room of red Through the window Just know you found me So now you know "Stare into my eyes I'll show you who I am inside It's simple I'm certain from behind the curtain It's in your hands this time" And still, it wasn't enough to make you say "What would you do if you weren't afraid?"
This album played next after something else and I was gonna change it but got distracted. What an unexpected surprise, this was exactly how I was feeling. Great album.
I found it, the heaviest band out there with 6 strings that I have heard and one of the few who have baritone guitars in their music. I like how at times this band reminds me of the Deftones while still remaining their own. I think they should go on tour with the Deftones.
Take a step back Knowing all that's real Breathe out Alone again Drowning in the noise The slow learner Distance in fire that surrounds us There are pyres all around you Can you see? Do you see them? Distance Leaving Like the first time I did Screaming Like the first time Doesn't always have to be so black and white Pull the wool over my eyes one last time One last time Take a step back Letting go the fear Tonight I am alone again All I hear is noise Deafening Hopelessly I have no voice But I'm screaming Living in tragedy And now nothing is how it once seemed Distance Leaving Like the first time I did Screaming Like the first time Doesn't always have to be so black and white Pull the wool over my eyes one last time One last time I will write to you Through the stars and the clouds With threads in the air Trade your dreams with mine Distance Leaving Like the first time I did Screaming Doesn't always have to be so black and white Pull the wool over my eyes one last time One last time One last time
Face away Deal with the pain Your own way How could they deal with the pain? I knew That it was mine too And you? Is it really you? Let's search the sky for a while You and I Collide like two stars for a while You and I Crushed by silent snow Not the first I know Caught in ebb and flow I'm bleeding out, oh you know Is it really you? Let's search the sky for a while You and I Collide like two stars for a while You and I
For so long, I've moaned and complained about how so many metalcore bands shoehorn in different styles (like clean choruses, interludes, etc) because "that's what they're supposed to do" - aka their label told them they had to. I hate that. Make it work or don't put it in at all. There is nothing worse than a fast paced metalcore song being interrupted by some poppy generic clean section with a basic 8-5-0-3 chord progression. With that being said, this fucking album, is like 10 different genres, all executed perfectly, in a way I have never before witnessed. It's so organic despite every style seeming like they should clash with one another. Post-rock, shoegaze, psychedelic rock, grunge, nu-metal, metalcore, deathcore, hell even how they chromaticize some of their heavy sections is EXTREMELY reminiscent of how blues and jazz musicians organize their progressions. I have never seen a band of any genre show such ability to not only switch styles on the fly, but to do so in a way that is so well done, and so powerfully executed, that every time the style changes leading into another section, it does so in a way that literally PULLS you out of the section that was just playing and engulfs you into what seems like an entire new song, almost as if you changed playlists. And they somehow do this while still keeping every section and song within context. Absolute insanity. One in a million.
I stopped listening to metal because it seemed like everything got corny, found this two years two late and haven't been able to stop listening to it for the last three weeks. Fucking new favorite band. Going to see them in Omaha! I can't fucking wait!
At the end of this album I had to have a big inhale and yawn. You know the one when you dropped acid / MDMA 6-8 hours previous and your brain is just depleted. What a ride. Bravo !
