SISTERS - Wings Of Deliverance (Album Review)

Release Date: August 29th 2025. Record Label: Spartan Records. Formats: DD/Vinyl

Wings Of Deliverance - Tracklisting

1.Wings of Deliverance 01:55 

2.Home Is Where The Heart Is 02:58

3.Peoples Temple 02:22

4.The Angels of Violence 05:02

5.Golden Sunbeams 03:28

6.The Planning Commission 04:29

7.White Night 05:58

8.Death Is A Friend 08:56

Members

Jason Blackmore (Molly McGuire)

Mario Quintero (Spotlights)

Review

Wings Of Deliverance is the second album from Noise/Grunge/Sludge/Post-Punk/Stoner Rock outfit SISTERS who return after a two year absence with a more abrasive, aggressive and sludge based offering. This feels like a different band compared to their 2023 acclaimed debut album Leecheater. SISTERS features Jason Blackmore from Molly McGuire and Mario Quintero from Spotlights with this band featuring many similarities to those great bands but also carving up their own heavy riff driven sound. SISTERS still offer a deep sense of Melodic Rock though you wouldn’t expect this after you experience the delightfully violent and pissed off title track of Wings Of Deliverance. 

This is the nastiest and heaviest track that SISTERS have delivered yet with a highly ambitious take on Industrial Metal with flashes of Post-Punk, Noise Rock and deeply rooted Electronica Beats. The vocals are harsh with a mid nineties/early noughties influence lingering in the background. The instrumental beats move from glitches to full on Electronica beats with a sudden shift into Heavy Power Mechanical Doom that feels like NIN crossing swords with Author & Punisher.

Second track Home Is Where The Heart is continues with the warped Industrial/Sludge grooves but added a melodic Sludge/Stoner Rock flavour that has similarities to TORCHE and RED FANG in places but with SISTERS adding their own distorted level of streetwise attitude and full-on catchy melodies. The vocals from both Jason and Mario are both clean based and in a stark contrast to the opening track. This is the type of music they brilliantly excel at but you’ll still be treated to outbursts of violent  Sludge Metal when the time calls for this.

Third track People’s Temple is another sonic odyssey with SISTERS employing a cool sounding melodic vibe that doesn’t necessarily play it safe with the COMMERCIAL ASPECTS that appear within the whole creative flow of the album. There is an epic nineties Alt Rock attitude with the swirling grunge based guitars and stunning rhythm sections that Mario and Jason equally contribute to. This is where SISTERS start to really hit their creative stride with subtle Psychedelic and Fuzzed mid-tempo changes which lasts the course for the rest of the album.

Songs such as The Angels Of Violence, Golden Sunbeams and The Planning Commission offer a classic Post-Punk attitude with flashes of Post-Rock and Doomed Out passages with SISTERS demonstrating their own great style of music. The lyrics are quite deceptive and observant which adds a mysterious edge to the whole album. I forgot to mention this album is about the following: 

“Wings Of Deliverance tells a chilling narrative about the cult of personality and the horrors of Jim Jones and the Jonestown tragedy”

Despite the harsh subject matter that SISTERS deal with on the record there’s still some uplifting moments told through the groovy melodies that once again remind me of TORCHE in places. However, SISTERS are never too far away to bring the mood to a slightly depressing Post-Punk and Sludge Rock vibe especially on the final two tracks of the record White Night and Death Is A Friend.which brings some moments of Progressive Metal attitude into the mix. 

These two tracks offer the heaviest, hard-hitting and bleakest parts of the album with challenging lyrics and vocal harmonies being added to complicate matters. Though, SISTERS once again play outside of the rules of HEAVY MUSIC to craft something brilliantly original and in their own aggressive image. This allows Wings Of Deliverance to be one of the most thought-provoking and sonically original records within the Alternative Rock/Metal scene (next to MOON DESTROYS and MUSEUM OF LIGHT) you’ll hear this year.

Simply unmissable!!!

Words by Steve Howe

 

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Adur - We Fail To Love Ourselves (Album Review)

Release Date: August 29th 2025. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: CD.DD/Vinyl

We Fail To Love Ourselves - Tracklisting

1. Arrival

2. Silhouette

3. We Fail to Love Ourselves

4. The Longing

5. Null

6. The One Percent

7. Self Control

8. Nothing Grows

9. Nothing Lives In This Soil

10. Permanence

11. The End Of Us

Members

Review

We Fail To Love Ourselves is the debut album from Post-Metal collective Adur who are made up of members from bands such as Grave Lines, Aerosol Jesus, Johnny Truant, and Sea Bastard. With great talent like that involved then you expect an album of great magnitude and Adur delivers that right across the board. Adur blends Post-Hardcore, Sludge Metal, Doom Metal and a sense of classic METALCORE keeping up the aggressive elements for the band to play the heaviest moments on the record.

Adur will appeal to fans such as BOTCH, CAVE IN, MASTODON, CULT OF LUNA, DEFTONES and CONVERGE. Though, there’s a sense of Pitch-Black mentality which could easily see bands such as THOU and DEAFHEAVEN being added. The record is constantly evolving atmosphere, moods and sheer brutal technical ability with Adur not settling on one straight-forward sound. 

The Post-Metal vibe is quite downbeat, violent and chaotic for the most part but there’s a sense of hopeful melodies that allows a brief sense of happiness and reflection to appear before Adur return to their fucked-up and destructive world. The emotionally charged themes and dark subject matter that Adur have written for this record offers a true reflection of the nasty shit going on in the world with the band telling a captivating story through the power of music.

The length of the track varies from a couple minutes to six minutes in length with frenzied Post-Metal passages appearing throughout. I’m not the biggest METALCORE fan but Adur have that aspect implemented brilliantly well especially on the technically impressive POST-METAL beats of tracks such as Silhouette, We Fail To Love Ourselves, The Longing, The One Percent and Self Control. Though, the shorter tracks that appear show Adur’s more tender Psychedelic, Ambient and Post-Rock side that allows the listener a breather before putting through another round of HARSH SOUNDSCAPES and intense Progressive Sludge Metal melodies.

The record has some huge talent involved behind the scenes with Wayne Adams (Petbrick) producing, proving once again why he’s one of the best producers around. You also have the legendary mastering talents of James Plotkin (Khanate) helping out as well. This helps We Fail To Love Ourselves to sound epic and brutally heavy from start to finish.

Adur have crafted a real punishing slab of Post-Metal that should open a lot of doors within the UK underground Sludge/Post-Metal scene where they can preach their music to the biggest audience possible. 

Words by Steve Howe

Thanks to Since Always Press for the promo.

We Fail To Love Ourselves will be available to buy from all good digital stockists from August 29th 2025.

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Exclusive Premiere Of Doom/Grunge/Stoner Rockers FISH HOOK SMILE New Song/Video For RATSTAR

"Ratstar”, the second single from Fish Hook Smile’s upcoming self-titled album, out August 20th via Glory or Death Records

On August 20, Fish Hook Smile returns with their second single, “Ratstar” - a track that refuses to look away from one of the harshest realities of our time: the humanitarian crisis of homelessness.

The single is part of the band’s forthcoming self-titled album, due out on September 5.

“‘Ratstar’ dives into the merciless world of homelessness, told through the eyes of someone society chooses not to see. It's a visceral cry for recognition and connection — a reminder that all of us are only one or two strokes of bad luck away from living the same fate.” - Fish Hook Smile

Built on suffocating atmosphere and unflinching lyrics, “Ratstar” captures the weight of marginalization — the empty pockets, the systemic neglect, the fight to maintain dignity. Sonically, the track delivers sharp distortion, a throbbing low end, and vocals that shift between anguish and restrained fury.

The track paints a bleak, brutally honest portrait of homelessness, told from the eyes of someone long ignored by society. With gritty textures and lyrics that ache with lived experience, “Ratstar” demands empathy - and warns how fragile the line is between stability and collapse.

This is not just a political message. It’s a deeply human one - one that demands to be heard.

Fish Hook Smile emerged from the vibrant alternative scene of St. Louis in the 1990s, blending influences from grunge, punk, and alternative rock with raw, biting lyricism. Known locally for their intense live shows and visceral sound, the band gained underground momentum before dissolving, without ever releasing a full-length record.

Fish Hook Smile was a St. Louis band that was originally formed in 1991 by Jason Busiek, Dan Policarpo(guitar) and Ken McCray(drums). In the Summer of 1991, Misha Avrushenko, Matt Lake and Bryan Pollard joined the band. Although he wasn't originally in the band, Matt Pekny was at damn near every practice and show in the 90’s and was a natural fit for 2nd guitar. These songs were written by Jason Busiek, Matt Lake, Misha Avrushenko, Bryan Pollard and Dan Policarpo. Although Dan is not on the recording, he was a major player in the formation, writing and the overall honing of this sound and we are forever grateful for his contributions

Decades later, members of the original lineup reunited, unearthing unreleased material and channeling the same urgency that defined their early years. Now spread across different cities but still driven by a shared creative fire, Fish Hook Smile returns with renewed purpose and sharpened vision.

This year, 2025, they joined forces with Glory or Death Records to release their long-awaited self-titled debut album digitally. Slated for release on September 5, the record is preceded by two blistering singles: “Shiver” and “Ratstar” - with lyrical manifestos confronting authoritarianism and the brutal realities of social invisibility.

Fish Hook Smile is not just a comeback. It’s a scream that never died.

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Still In Love - Recovery Language (Album Review)

Release Date: September 05th 2025. Record Label: Church Road Records. Formats: CD/DD/Vinyl

Recovery Language - Tracklisting

1.Tell The Truth

2.Nervous Impulse 

3.Preserve & Cherish feat. Sam Carter

4.Feathered Nest

5.Inherit 

6.The State Of Things To Come

7.You Have To Let It Go feat. Andrew Fisher

8.Pillar Of Strength

Members

Vocals/guitar - Jordan Hunsucker

Vocals/guitar - Alex Marr

Bass - Rob Pedroza

Drums - Elan O'Neal

Review

Recovery Language is the debut album from Hardcore/Punk Rock/Metallic mob Still In Love which is made up of members from bands such as Dead Swans, Throats, Brutality Will Prevail, Last Witness and Bring Me The Horizon. So a supergroup of sorts from the UK Hardcore scene and it maybe different from the usual Doom, Sludge and Stoner Metal fare I usually feature but Recovery Language is a brutal slice of Metallic Hardcore that fuses elements of Doom, Thrash, Noise and Heavy Metal into its creative roots. 

The songs are short, precise and full of pissed off passion with the grooves being played straight to the point with a real violent and emotional quality appearing throughout. The sound is quite melodic with twinges of Psychedelic swagger appearing but Still In Love focus mostly on their Post-Hardcore/Metallic Metal roots and the music is quite different to some of the members of their more famous bands.

The lyrics are gut-wrenching and aim for a technical knockout each and every time especially on tracks such as Tell The Truth, Nervous Impulse, Preserve & Cherish and Feathered Nest allowing the first half of the album allowing the band to play some of the finest and emotionally charged hardcore beats I’ve heard in some time.

The record shows that the UK Post-Hardcore scene is in very good hands indeed with bands such as Still In Love not afraid to experiment with genre conventions and adding other areas of music into the mix such as Psych, Thrash and Post-Doom influences. The end result is an album that’s absolutely ferocious but also equally uplifting in places despite the dark lyrical matter contained within the tracks.

The instrumental passages are delivered with superb technical precision with some of the music being played at 100 miles per hour especially the frantic drumming and jagged guitars. The vocals are quite jarring but add to the overall aggression and heaviness of the whole experience with Still In Love impressing even further on the second half of the record when some outstanding SONIC inducing moments appear.

The band have called upon the amazing vocal talents of Sam Carter (Architects) and Andrew Fisher (Basement) on the album's standout tracks of Preserve & Cherish and You Have To Let it Go. It’s always have sublime musicians such as Sam and Andrew to call upon to appear on your debut album and this still remains Still In Love’s show with the band putting in a devastating and commanding performance before everything is said and done.

My only complaint is that the record is too damn short but it’s better leaving people wanting more and nothing at all. However, with that being said, Recovery Language is everything you want from a debut album if you're a dedicated follower of the UK Post-Hardcore and Metallic Punk scene. Still In Love are no doubt going straight to the top with this incredible release. 

Words by Steve Howe

Thanks to Church Road Records for the promo.

Recovery Language is available to buy on CD/DD/Vinyl via Church Road Records.

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Alt-Rock/Stoner Metallers Sisters new single “Home Is Where The Heart Is” delivers heavy and melodic rock

Sisters have been carving out their own heavy, melodic world since the release of their debut album Leecheater in 2023 — a record that laid the foundation for their signature sound: raw, riff-driven rock with an unflinching honesty. Now, the duo Jason Blackmore (vocals / guitar / bass / keyboards ) and Mario Quintero (vocals / drums / guitar / keyboards), return with Wings of Deliverance, a darker, more experimental follow-up that examines Blackmore’s fascination with cults, religion, and power structures led through a conceptual exploration of the Jonestown Massacre.

Having set the stage with title track and album opener “Wings of Deliverance,” the duo now enter the next phase with single “Home Is Where The Heart Is.” The track emphasizes Sisters balance of heavy and melodic, as soaring vocals ride over heavy riffs. The track centers on the propaganda and comfort cult leader Jim Jones amplified to his followers, as Blackmore expands:

“Belonging. Unity. Joy. Jim builds a devoted following at his church. These people trust him and feel as if they have finally found a place that they feel safe in. A place they identify with. Home.”

You can listen to “Home Is Where The Heart Is” below:

Wings of Deliverance will release on August 29th through Spartan Records and is available for preorder now.

Both Jason Blackmore and Mario Quintero have a wealth of experience that feeds into Sisters’ unique approach. Blackmore, a founding member of Molly McGuire, a band known for its heavy, emotionally-charged sound, brings years of songwriting experience to the table. Quintero, best known as the guitarist and vocalist for Spotlights, has contributed his technical prowess and musical vision to a band that’s been recognized for its atmospheric, heavy tones. Together, their combined experience in crafting songs for bands with distinct and powerful sounds has shaped Sisters into what it is today.

Wings Of Deliverance tells a chilling narrative about the cult of personality and the horrors of Jim Jones and the Jonestown tragedy. The record explores the devastating consequences of blind faith and how easily minds can be swayed by egomaniacal leaders. Sonically it enacts the floaty heart of Deftones with the experimental energy of Nine Inch Nails, boasting through a combination of alternative metal, industrial, and noise rock. Recorded in Quintero’s basement, the production is raw and exclusive. The album packs depth in both sound and concept, digging deep into the darker corners of the human psyche and delivering Sisters most true to form body of work yet.

Wings Of Deliverance Tracklist:

1. Wings of Deliverance
2. Home Is Where The Heart Is
3. Peoples Temple
4. The Angels of Violence
5. Golden Sunbeams
6. The Planning Commission
7. White Night
8. Death Is A Friend

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Alternative Metal Duo Sisters announce cult concept album Wings of Deliverance out August 29th on Spartan Records

Sisters have been carving out their own heavy, melodic world since the release of their debut album Leecheater in 2023 — a record that laid the foundation for their signature sound: raw, riff-driven rock with an unflinching honesty. Now, the duo Jason Blackmore (vocals / guitar / bass / keyboards ) and Mario Quintero (vocals / drums / guitar / keyboards), return with Wings of Deliverance, a darker, more experimental follow-up that examines Blackmore’s fascination with cults, religion, and power structures led through a conceptual exploration of the Jonestown Massacre.

The premise of the record comes to life in title track and opener “Wings of Deliverance” out now. As Blackmore divulges:

“The beginning. After preaching and holding healing revivals for two years at the Laurel Street Tabernacle Pentecostal Assemblies of God Church, Jim Jones leaves in 1955 and starts his own church.”

The track boasts a noise punk meets industrial electronic sound, setting off with an unhinged scream into a persuasive vocal delivery. The lo-fi video for the song mixes trippy graphics with imagery of Jim Jones and his followers, try not to get brainwashed. You can watch the video HERE and the track will hit streaming services tomorrow.

Wings of Deliverance will release on August 29th through Spartan Records and is available for preorder now.

Both Jason Blackmore and Mario Quintero have a wealth of experience that feeds into Sisters’ unique approach. Blackmore, a founding member of Molly McGuire, a band known for its heavy, emotionally-charged sound, brings years of songwriting experience to the table. Quintero, best known as the guitarist and vocalist for Spotlights, has contributed his technical prowess and musical vision to a band that’s been recognized for its atmospheric, heavy tones. Together, their combined experience in crafting songs for bands with distinct and powerful sounds has shaped Sisters into what it is today.

Wings Of Deliverance tells a chilling narrative about the cult of personality and the horrors of Jim Jones and the Jonestown tragedy. The record explores the devastating consequences of blind faith and how easily minds can be swayed by egomaniacal leaders. Sonically it enacts the floaty heart of Deftones with the experimental energy of Nine Inch Nails, boasting through a combination of alternative metal, industrial, and noise rock. Recorded in Quintero’s basement, the production is raw and exclusive. The album packs depth in both sound and concept, digging deep into the darker corners of the human psyche and delivering Sisters most true to form body of work yet.

Wings Of Deliverance Tracklist:

1. Wings of Deliverance
2. Home Is Where The Heart Is
3. Peoples Temple
4. The Angels of Violence
5. Golden Sunbeams
6. The Planning Commission
7. White Night
8. Death Is A Friend

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Mæth Dæmon - Dogma (Album Review)

Release Date: June 27th 2025. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: DD

Dogma - Tracklisting

1.Dogma 02:29

2.Phalanx 04:11

3.Cargo 05:10

4.Fossils 02:13

5.Prompt Engineering 04:02

6.Wake, Woke, Woken 03:34

7.The Hangman 01:10

8.Settlers 03:54

9.Screen Time 04:56

10.Allegro Ma Non Troppo 01:59

Members

Luca Zadra - Drums

Daniele Ticconi - Guitar

Alexander Startsev - Vocals

Matteo Grigioni - Bass Guitar

Guest Musicians

Alessio Bernardi - Flute / Sax

Ludovico Franco - Trumpet

Review

Dogma is the debut album from Mathcore/Post-Hardcore/Sludge Metal misfits Mæth Dæmon where they also add instances of Noise, Punk and Japanoise into the mix. The end result is an experimental style of Sludge Metal that has a twisted sense of sound, purpose and identity. Adding flutes, saxophone and trumpets is also a big “turn-off” for me as I’m not a fan of those instruments being added to Doom, Sludge and Stoner Metal. 

Those elements don’t really work here but I will say they’re superbly played by the individuals (Alessio Bernardi and Ludovico Franco) who play on this blistering, pissed off and fast-paced record. Mæth Dæmon (which is obviously a pun on Matt Damon) and it shows the band do have a sly sense of humour and I’m beginning to wonder if they were inspired by Team America and instead of Good Will Hunting that’s mentioned on their BandCamp Page.

The record is violent, chaotic and feels like you’re being pummelled to death by a mighty sledgehammer over and over again. Mæth Dæmon perhaps falls within the more experimental side of Sludge Metal with their harsh growls and glitchy electronica beats that craft a warped sense of security. There is a drug induced psychedelic environment forming within the record which comes alive on the excellent second track Phalanx. 

For the most part Mæth Dæmon changes musical direction throughout the album with different levels of glitchy FX sounds and trip-hop beats that gave a murky Sludge Metal makeover on tracks such as Cargo, Fossils, Prompt Engineering, Settlers and Screen Time. You can hear influences as diverse as Melt Banana, NIN, The Melvins and Mike Patton which allows Dogma to be quite an unsettling and highly unapologetic record which some folks may turn off before everything is said and done.

Whilst the production values are not perfect with some vocal moments being quite hard to make out with the onslaught of multiple levels of crazed heaviness going on. However, this adds to the overall crazed nature of Dogma with Mæth Dæmon excelling in the least likeliest of places that makes you glad you've listened to the album in full.

If you’re looking for something weird, experimental, daring and different then Mæth Dæmon may be the band for you. 

Excellent and Highly Recommended.

Words by Steve Howe

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Stoner Rockers Portland's BELONGING Announce The Vinyl Re-Release Of Their Debut Album HOLLOW CELLS

Following up the release of their debut LP, Portland-based post-hardcore trio from the Upper Midwest channels grunge, doom, and psychedelic rock into a haunting re-release via Dipterid Records.

What began in isolation has returned with force. Belonging, a genre-defiant trio with roots in North Dakota and Minnesota, is reissuing their debut album ‘Hollow Cells’ through Portland-based imprint Dipterid Records. Originally self-released, the album is now being offered a proper platform to a hidden gem waiting to be unearthed by a broader audience attuned to its raw emotional depth.

The band—Bryce August (guitar/vocals), Jeremy Hansen (bass), and Shane Heilman (drums)—formed out of the tight-knit DIY scenes of the Upper Midwest, later converging with the heavier and more experimental currents of the Pacific Northwest. The result is a massive, emotionally complex sound, blending the raw urgency of punk and screamo with the heavy, hypnotic energy of sludge, psych, and grunge.

“Hollow Cells was the culmination of a lot of different influences,” says guitarist and vocalist Bryce August. “We wrote and recorded a lot of these songs during the Covid quarantine — so there's a sense of alienation, isolation, creeping dread… and a desire to cut silence with noise.”

The record’s thick atmosphere of disquiet is met with a visceral, melodic pushback. Fuzzed-out guitars groan and bloom. Basslines writhe under crashing drums. Each track captures the tension of breaking free — of finding belonging in dissonance.

The band draws on the Midwest’s punk/hardcore pedigree as much as the doom-laden legacy of Pacific Northwest icons. “Initially we fused my punk and screamo roots with Jeremy's experience in Portland noise rock bands and Shane’s post-metal drumming,” Bryce continues. “As we refined the songs, we took a lot of influence from PNW bands like Sunny Day Real Estate, Melvins, alongside the more psychedelic elements of bands like Lungfish and Black Angels.” That background of evolving influences carries weight, not just in tone, but in atmosphere—textured, heavy, and deeply rooted in emotional contrast. As Bryce concludes, “All of that together surfaces as the heavy, hypnotic energy of stoner/doom that flavors our particular take on post-hardcore.”

The reissue comes courtesy of Dipterid Records, a label devoted to underground sonic oddities. Founder Kevin Curty recalls: “I discovered Belonging through a mutual friend of Jeremy's. When I heard ‘Hollow Cells’ I was honestly shocked it hadn’t already been picked up. It was love at first listen.”‘Hollow Cells’ from Belonging is coming out on via Dipterid Records. 

Pre-order here.

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Guiltless - Teeth To Sky (Album Review)

Release Date: March 07th 2025. Record Label: Neurot Recordings. Formats: CD/DD/Vinyl

Teeth To Sky - Dirtmother

1.Into Dust Becoming

2.One Is Two 

3.In Starless Reign

4.Our Serpent In Circle

5.Teeth To Sky 

6.Lone Blue Vale

7.Landscape of Thorns

8.Illumine

 Members

Billy Graves: Drums

Dan Hawkins: Guitar, Noise

Sacha Dunable: Bass, Noise

Josh Graham: Guitar, Vocals, Noise 

Review

Guiltless is a new band featuring members from Intronaut, Generation Of Vipers, A Storm Of Light and Battle Of Mice. Between them, they’ve made some of the most important and critically acclaimed Post-Metal records over the last two decades. They’ve left a wake of destruction in their midst and Guiltless continues that journey with their debut full length album Teeth To Sky. Guiltless did release their debut EP Thorns in 2024 to much critical acclaim. The record’s mix of Noise, Post-Metal, Experimental Rock, Industrial, Sludge and Doom was an exhilarating experience within the short run time of the record.

Guiltless sound has been amplified to the most destructive level possible with Teeth To Sky as the record is more vicious, aggressive and a deceiving level of melody. Taking cues from their love of bands such as SWANS, NEUROSIS, BREACH and even some Stadium Rock fare along the way.

For the most part, Teeth To Sky has quite a visceral and street level style of Noise Rock/Post-Metal with outbursts of aggressive Sludge Metal surroundings with a harsh Hardcore Punk sound which comes to life spectacularly well within the opening tracks of Into Dust Becoming, One Is Two and In Starless Reign sees Guiltless use each individual band members knowledge and history from the Sludge/Post-Metal scene to maximum effect.

Guiltless members maybe from other well known bands but this is a band creating their own identity and sound within the overall Post-Metal scene. Teeth To Sky is brutally original and superbly honest with the lyrics the band have written for the whole album where they preach a few home truths about today’s modern world and how it’s all going to shit at the moment. 

The industrial landscapes and soundscapes allows Guiltless to sell the bleak desolate journey to everyone that listens to the album. Distorted grooves and down-tuned Post-Metal sounds are put through the Industrial Rock/Noise Rock machine especially on tracks such as Our Serpent In Circle, Teeth To Sky and Landscape Of Thorns.

Teeth To Sky is deeply rooted in the Post-Metal lore of the last thirty years or so but there’s still a strong sense of modern day carnage to their overall sound with Guiltless allowing modern styles of Post-Doom, Ambient Rock and Post-Rock to form a chaotic style of Sludge Metal which allows Teeth To Sky to become one of the most important and prominent Post-Metal debut records to emerge in quite some time.

With one foot in the past and one in the future, Guiltless are paying huge respects to what has come before them whilst breaking new ground for future fans of Post-Metal to be inspired and influenced by. Teeth To Sky is a wake up call for today’s disillusioned generation and the music is KEY on how GUILTLESS will deliver their music to the Post-Metal masses.

Words by Steve Howe

Thanks to Rarely Unable for the promo.

Teeth To Sky will be available to buy on DD/Vinyl via Neurot Recordings from Friday 07th March 2025.

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