Time for Goreworm to crawl out again.
For their second album, Miasmic Solitude, Brent Moerschfelder (guitar, Antheraea), Jordan Estrela (guitar), Spinny Guilbault (bass/vocals, Sentiment Dissolve), and Kyle Sharpe (drums, A Tyrant’s Lament, Sentiment Dissolve) have chosen to join Transcending Obscurity Records.
Conjuring immediately assaults the mind with an initial burst of violence as complex as it is chaotic, never hesitating to trade its frenzied pace for slower yet equally oppressive passages, and then it’s with a furious Old School touch that Monuments to Murdering comes to strike us in turn. Technicality is never set aside, even during waves of accelerations, each more brutal than the last; then, borrowing from Brutal Death, The Enthralling Grave beats us down almost nonstop, also adding plenty of shrill, dissonant leads. Orbweaver barely takes the time to calm things down with a slower intro and an epic solo, but the brutality returns with a vengeance at a blistering pace despite a few heavier sections, then we return to a driving rhythm on Amor Vincit Omnia, a track that is bound to spark the wildest mosh pits at live shows. Note the break that lets us catch our breath, then the leads kick things back into gear with thick, aggressive sections, but a more ethereal touch awaits us before handing the baton over to No Reprieve and its natural aggression paired with headbang-friendly speed. Everything about the track invites us to bang our heads and raise our fists, even the much more technically driven section after the central break, while Eve of Flagellation focuses on a much groovier and almost accessible sound (relatively speaking, of course). The track cuts off then explodes all at once, returning to its devastating cruising pace, relentlessly building up before transitioning to Jarrell, where the musicians grant us a few seconds of calm only to run us over all the more fiercely afterward, imposing their frenzied riffs before moving on to Strelly, an instrumental track that will delight musicians and other fans of pure yet relatively melodic technicality. The album concludes with title track Miasmic Solitude, the final composition where the four musicians give it their all to bring this new chapter to a spectacular close, even adding some keyboards to enhance the imposing sections between two devastating assaults.
Miasmic Solitude sweeps you up in an instant with its relentless onslaught of violence, technical prowess, and more violence! Playing at a blistering pace throughout, Goreworm masterfully crafts their riffs to deliver an excellent album that (I hope for their sake) will leave its mark on 2026!
95/100