Release Date: September 03rd 2025. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: DD
Quietly Unpresent - Tracklisting
1.Unwater 02:48
2.Nonexisting People with Familiar Voices 03:05
3.Quietly Unpresent 03:28
4.To Live Secretly in Someone Else's House 04:20
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Mila Cloud - Everything
Review
Doom/Drone/Post-Black Metal solo artist Mila Cloud with their first release in over two years with their spellbinding new EP Quietly Unpresent which sees a slight change of pace from Mila. As this EP is more reflective and stripped back of aggressive Black Metal creative energy that Mila has released previously. This record is more emotionally charged and taps right into the Shoegaze and Doomgaze structures that a lot of Post-Black Metal outfits are currently down.
The LOW & SLOW melodies is a refreshing change with deep levels of FUZZED OUT DOOM appearing that appear within the haunting opening track of Unwater. The sound is perhaps Post-Rock obsessive at the best of times but Mila does add a sprinkling of Drone Metal to elevate the song into a cautionary style of Alt Metal that reminds me of Deftones in places.
Second track Nonexisting People with Familiar Voices continues with the Shoegaze/Doomgaze vibe with a sound that has a meaningful extended instrumental energy to it all. The song is purposely slow with Mila expanding upon their Drone and Post-Rock creative heritage which sees a sense of Ambient textures forming before epic sludgy guitars appear. The sound is still cautiously slow but offers a heavier vibe for some brief moments of emotional clarity.
Third track Quietly Unpresent is the heaviest track with thick layers of destructive Ambient based Drone/Doom Metal being played against each other. The mood is highly destructive and sees Mila generate a brooding and aggressive style of music with the distorted soundscapes once again capturing a long drawn out style of Doomgaze with flashes of psychedelic tension along the way.
The final track To Live Secretly in Someone Else's House is another reflective Ambient/Post-Rock number with Mila once again laying everything on the line where listeners can't help form an emotional connection to the lush surroundings of the music being played here. Perhaps not the heaviest track to begin with but easily the standout track with Mila combining subtle Drone, Doom, Fuzz and Alt-Metal elements that allows Quietly Unpresent to end on a highly satisfactory conclusion.
Words by Steve Howe
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