Title: foolish mortals! hiss
Product review: It's kinda funny how something once seen as subversive like dissonant lo-fi black metal can be milked with the careerist intensity of your average rock band. All Xasthur albums pretty much follow the same formula, so if you've heard one, you've more or less heard this one too. And at this point, the pathos is strained and seems disconnected from the real world in the worst way; Xasthur's angst is like a hissing cartoon vampire cursing a smiling cartoon sun with sunglasses.The Europeans did this stuff a lot better. Try Mutiilation instead; they flirted with some of the same "grim kvlt" cliches but put out some really strong and distinct albums.
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