porcelainheart-
This has an equal mixture of atmosphere and riffs that give the music an ethereal sound that's so prevalent in early post-metal bands, all accompanied by a vocalist who sounds tormented beyond belief. FFO The Moth Gatherer, Minsk and Cult of Luna.
Favorite track: Alone in the Column.
Plinchmo Larduktin
Got to be honest, I’m still breaking this album in. I never comment my thoughts on music until I’m completely familiar - however, I’m so utterly taken by this. I first listened to The Great Imitator. As soon as it ended, I restarted it. Had to help my mind process the lead wall that just smashed it into jelly. After the 3rd repeat, I was fully prepared to go on this masterful journey that Lesser Glow has created. No regrets. You’ve got a new fan.
Favorite track: The Great Imitator.
Darknight
After few seconds of listening to this I was hooked, this is an awesome album. Fantastic vocals and a brilliant sludge metal vibe bristleling with darkened rage and immense doominess. I had to buy it!
Favorite track: Versterven.
"Nullity", the new album by Lesser Glow.
Out now via Pelagic Records!
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LESSER GLOW was born from an ever- growing sea of noise, swirling together the sounds of humanity into a churning vat of anonymity, in which as individuals, sometimes we are drowning.
The Boston five-piece's debut album “Ruined” made waves in 2018: a “felicitous nihilistic debut coup” (Metal Hammer) containing “the best doom single of the year” (Visions), making “the excitement of what they might come up with on their sophomore release nearly unbearable upon first listen” (Ghost Cult).
Well, here it is: “Nullity” brings an undeniable heaviness, with lyrics and music coexisting in the same beautiful, dynamic and volatile space. Heavy but not excessive. Massive yet not gratuitous.
Meticulous. Focused. Direct.
“We wanted to make the record sound more forward and driving, while implementing a lot more movement into the sounds and mixes. Pull the drums forward. Up the grit a bit more. Give the record more teeth in the heavier moments and more lush space in the melodic and ambient passages. We gave ourselves a lot more time in the studio to track this one over all, diving deeper into tones and choices along the way and leaving time for plenty of experimentation and improvisational passages written in the studio. Overall our approach was consciously much more immersive this time around”, comments guitarist Andrew Nault.
“Nullity” is based around the concept of human beings existing on earth as parasites. The scope both widens and focuses throughout the course of the record, touching on creation myths, existence within nature, interpersonal and internal struggles, and finishing out with the mass extinction/cleansing of mankind.
The idea of LESSER GLOW grew as a response to the unrealistic progression of heavy music in recent years... generally feeling over-technical, over-produced and sometimes entirely fake. “I was caught in a major 90s binge, listening to a bunch of stuff like Unsane and Failure, and feeling like that raw, palpable energy and songwriting was slipping away from modern heavy records”, comments Nault. “I was tired of genre-choked bands, and missed hearing songs instead of riff parades.”
The lineup of the band came together organically, “though now the combination of individuals feels incredibly fortunate”, comments Nault. Alec is the sound engineer of Chelsea Wolfe, Ben is the manager of Cambridge, MA's finest live venue Sinclair, Seth is a session drummer and music teacher and Andrew is not only the guitarist in LESSER GLOW, but also session drummer for electro-post-hiphop outfit Arms And Sleepers. The fact that all members are experienced professionals is a restraining factor (when it comes to aligning schedules), but it has also helped the band stay focused on the essentials.
With their upcoming sophomore album “Nullity”, Lesser Glow rips open a massively wide and confident blend of traditional doom meets melodic metal, paired with the likes of hardcore, post hardcore, noise rock, post rock and beyond. Molding all these into one cohesive mix, LESSER GLOW stand out as a refreshing and unapologetically brutal take on heavy music.
You know that point where you have consumed perhaps just a little too much of your chosen intoxicate. That's this album.
Fucking heavy!!! Obstacle of Affliction
Unfold the God Man is the complete masterpiece in which the word flawless comes into the mind of every genius. This stunning album will take you away, into another dimension and beyond. This band who call themselves Psychonaut are untouchable in the world of music,time and space. Darknight
It plunges me into an abyss of sound that's both harrowingly dark and profound, a sonic deepness that swallows light and breathes out an engulfing, cathartic darkness. lecassette8
The debut full-length from Kenoma is full of spacious, haunting songs that steadily build to great rushes of sound. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 29, 2017