““The Industry of Death” excoriates rampant consumerism’s human price, “Raw Blink on Hari Kiri Rock” lambasts passivity in the face of police violence, and the title track spotlights the ease in esc...”
From the shadows and static: Cliff & Ivy's Angels Eyes conjures vintage death rock forged in the Alaskan wilderness, with chugging guitars and commanding vocals that make it 2026's standout goth release. Coma Beach's Passion/Bliss delivers a five-track fever dream straddling punk abrasion and post-punk hallucination, drawing on Beckett's existentialism and a 30-year legacy. Chris of Wilderness's Weeks Like Worms dives into the paranoid circus of the panopticon — sonically dense hardware synths and samplers made in just two takes. John Titor's Time Machine offers a Squid- and Siouxsie-influenced concept album chronicling a time traveler's unwilling voyage into an eco-brutalist, Mormon-dominated hellscape.
““The Industry of Death” excoriates rampant consumerism’s human price, “Raw Blink on Hari Kiri Rock” lambasts passivity in the face of police violence, and the title track spotlights the ease in esc...”