Magus
This is album is dedicated to the sacred ego, that wellspring of individuality and unique complexity. Sing the song of the Inner Voice. Recite the hymns to the Celestial Will. Rebuke all desire to succumb to corrosive idolatry—be it the militancy of extremity, the beneficence of untempered ideology, or the divinity of cherished relationships. Rebuke the impulse to capitulation, to hide beneath of hard shell of callous disregard and secede from the world. We surrender our power only to those worthy of wielding it. And we will not hesitate to strip authority from and war against all those that prove unworthy.
The Baton Rouge sludge-metal quartet’s fifth proper full-length marks the latest tsunami in the endless storm of defeaning sound, political fury, and overwhelming prolificness that is Thou.
Wild Nothing returns to glorious form on Indigo, while Danny Brown and the Bruiser Brigade Reign Supreme on their Twitch-only stream, and jazz improvisers Szun Waves conjure a bright New Hymn To Freedom. Plus: the latest from Thou, Troye Sivan, Big Red Machine, and Muncie Girls.
The latest from Thou continues to position them a step ahead of their peers
Magus is sludge/doom metal group Thou's first proper full-length since 2014's colossal Heathen, although it follows collaborations with the Body and the HIRS Collective, as well as three EPs that explored different facets of the group's sound (noise/drone, acoustic folk, and grunge/alt-metal).
BEHIND THE MASK, ANOTHER MASK. BEHIND THE MASK, ANOTHER MASK. BEHIND THE MASK, ANOTHER MASK.
Thou's sludge-metal circumvents straight-up catharsis on new album 'Magus', instead they go for full-blown self-exorcism.
A review of Magus by Thou, available August 31st worldwide via Sacred Bones Records.
'Magus' by Thou album review by Andy Resto. The band's debut for Sacred Bones comes out 8/31. New single, The Changeling Prince is now available to stream.