Short and Quick - April 2025
I've been a fan of Endon for a while now. They bring a certain unhinged energy to metal that a lot of the more sanitised bands usually don't. While a lot of metal bands try to be as over the top and brutal as possible, this often results in performances that feel inauthentic and gimmicky. Endon on the other hand is a band that managed to produce metal that sounds genuinely unhinged. Records such as Through the Mirror and Mama present horrifying accounts of the human condition with a wide variety of influences like noise rock, black metal, grindcore and harsh noise. Considering the band's origins as a harsh noise act on their 2011 split with Pain Jerk, it's really not surprising that they would release a full on death industrial record. Fall of Spring strips away any trace of metal and instead pursues a style of death industrial popularized by new wave acts like Uboa or Puce Mary. While they execute this style very well, especially on the last track Escalation which adds some nice power noise to the mix, I can't help but feel that this record is just another good death industrial record in a sea of them while their previous metal style was largely unique in the scene.
The Dusk in Us is the latest solo record from Converge and a record that I have listened to a couple of times over the last few years before returning to it a few days ago. This record really is a testament to why Converge deserve all the praise they get as one of metalcore's finest acts. Nearly 30 years into their career, they still sound just as urgent and emotional as they did on Jane Doe or You Fail Me. Of course, most of the mathcore influence of those days is gone and everything has become a bit more melodic, a development that already started with Axe to Fall, but songs like A Single Tear, I Can Tell You About Pain or the title track find emotional resonance without needing the insane chaos of a Jane Doe. For anyone interested in Converge or metalcore in general, this is certainly a must listen.
Now for some Songs !
Does This Ski Mask Make Me Look Fat is a non-record single from the Veteran era, released both as a single and on the 2018 version of the Not On Veteran! EP. Aside from it's hilarious title that I still chuckle at whenever I see the song in my Spotify library, it's another great track showing the same influences as many of Veteran's songs giving a more experimental twist on the trap/cloud rap sound that was popular at the time. The lyrics mostly consist of the same confrontational themes Peggy still uses today with him saying ,for example ,that other rappers have to be on drugs to come at him and that he will put them on smack DVD. Overall, just a fun, energetic song featuring what is probably my favourite JPEGMAFIA sound.
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