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Horrendous

Tech/Extreme Prog Metal

3.83 | 12 ratings

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Hey now, Horrendous, don't put yourself down! You might have the most self-deprecating band name in death metal but this stuff is pretty good!

Idol is the first album I've heard from Horrendous, but it's leaving me inclined to dip a little further into their discography. Apparently, they dial up the psychedelically-tinged progressive sides of their sounds here; what you get is a mixture of technically proficient, complex death metal, progressive song structures, and the occasional quieter, spacier moment - the short instrumental Threnody being perhaps the most sustained example of the latter.

Combined with lyrics which manage to be confrontational and compelling without being performatively edgy, this presents a thoughtful vision of death metal from the opening salvos all the way to the doomy album closer Obulus. In short, not horrendous at all - though I suppose "Very Good" isn't exactly a good band name.

Warthur | 4/5 | 2025-2-26

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