Scar Sighted
Using black metal as nihilistic cement to hold all sorts of other nasty styles together, Jef Whitehead takes his one-man project in a multitude of directions on this 2015 album. “The Smoke of Their Torment” and “Dawn Vibration” tear you limb from limb with death metal, but they’re linked by a biblical passage and punctuated by phantom screams. Droning doom, industrial noise, and avant-garde effects seep in elsewhere. Especially in the morose 10-minute title cut, the landscape shifts nonstop.
The black metal musician Jef Whitehead has become infamous, his name forever linked to domestic assault charges. For some, he will remain a felon convicted of domestic abuse. For others, he’s a dark person caught in a darker situation. But the truth, at least as suggested by his new album, Scar Sighted, is something more complex.
The black metal musician Jef Whitehead has become infamous, his name forever linked to domestic assault charges. For some, he will remain a felon convicted of domestic abuse. For others, he’s a dark person caught in a darker situation. But the truth, at least as suggested by his new album, Scar Sighted, is something more complex.
Leviathan’s excellent new album sounds like...death metal! From the crushing low-end riffs, to the guttural vocals and pinch harmonics, this reminds me less of Under a Funeral Moon and more like Where No Life Dwells. Both voices are clearly present, but one is markedly louder than the other.
Leviathan’s excellent new album sounds like...death metal! From the crushing low-end riffs, to the guttural vocals and pinch harmonics, this reminds me less of Under a Funeral Moon and more like Where No Life Dwells. Both voices are clearly present, but one is markedly louder than the other.
A review of Scar Sighted by Leviathan, available March 13th in Europe and March 3rd in North America via Profound Lore Records.
A review of Scar Sighted by Leviathan, available March 13th in Europe and March 3rd in North America via Profound Lore Records.
Leviathan - Scar Sighted review: The first truly great Leviathan album stands heads and shoulders above the wrest.
Leviathan - Scar Sighted review: The first truly great Leviathan album stands heads and shoulders above the wrest.