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*Casually drops a double album while exploring sludge and makes one of the better records in a long time*

Long Live Acacia Strain. We don’t deserve them.

Best Atmospheric Black Metal in the game. He has this vibe nailed down, perfect, 10/10, no notes.

I think this takes a few listens to really absorb but once it clicks, it really clicks. I’m too dumb to understand the musical intricacies of what and why she is doing what she is doing but all I can tell you is it makes my dumb lizard brain feel very good.

I love the jazzy, clean influences. I know some death metal purists are annoyed at this direction but they’re simply wrong.

Just a behemoth of a record that does everything right. They are better than Thou, I won’t apologize. Insane vocals, insane riffs, just about as dirty as you can get.

Blight Year from Anti-God Hand is a phenomenal black metal record. Perfect modern post-black metal. I ate this shit up. The vocals here - literally perfect. Fantastic riffs that mix the feeling of hopelessness and hope. Chaos and Tranquility. You get it.

A definitive gem in the death metal genre.

A classic for a reason. What most black metal aspires to be.