leshy Emotionally textured and beyond heavy- so heavy it’s oddly gentle. Favorite track: Consumed.

Luqas E.H. Sumac NEVER disappoints! Favorite track: Consumed.

tremorchrist84 Wow... Sumac has really come a long ways!

Sam Being in the same room as these guys while they play was fucking amazing, so much talent and wonderful noise. I love other projects by each member but this album feels like each's best work, respectfully. Favorite track: Yellow Dawn.

Urso X I've spent days listening and trying to come up with a coherent and original review for this stunning album, but I seem to be at a loss for words (a rarity for me). The most cogent thing I can say that hasn't already been said is that SUMAC's musical evolution and sprawling, semi-improvisational style strongly calls to mind a metal version of the critically acclaimed late 8os/early 90s post-rock pioneers Talk Talk. Singular artists, uncompromising vision, every album a masterpiece. Transcendent! Favorite track: Yellow Dawn.

chandlerhank This album is a 10/10 all the way through, defining the dotted line of experimental. Favorite track: The Stone's Turn.

Dlshfie0w an album I didn't realize I needed Favorite track: Seething and Scattered.

Dududil The titans of sludge metal is back. This might well be their best work yet. Heavy, massive, and at times hypnotic. This is the album to hold onto in these desperate times. Favorite track: First Red Rays.

Michael Carter This feels like a new beginning, forget about everything, just focus on this....passion and honesty, bare your soul....ignore ridicule, or tags that try to define you.....a portrait of a world....what's next?

øko —DISCLAIMER— this release compiles:
“Released from Love” + “You, Whom I Have Always Hated” :)

everythingryan Such a fertile period for both bands, the collision of which is so pummeling it almost can't be captured in a recording. Great supplement to the 'You, Whom I Have Always Hated' vinyl. Favorite track: Her Strongholds Unvanquishable.

Nocturnal Egg (Jordan) Mille neuf cent quatre-vingt-dix quatrillions de tonnes : Gojira nous aura appris qu'il s'agit de la masse du soleil mais ça peut aussi convenir pour ce Body Collaborations. Déjà parce qu'elle réunit Thou et The Body, soit les deux entités les plus massives du sludge/doom metal. Ensuite parce qu'elle comprend non pas une mais deux collaborations, lui donnant une dimension monolithique. Enfin parce qu'elle repousse les frontières de l'extrême en incluant noise, dissonances et sons industriels. Favorite track: Manifest Alchemy.

seanmcg_ One of the most beautiful, heaviest metal albums I've ever heard. Thou are one of the best doom/sludge bands ever. Top 5 metal album for me rn Favorite track: Ode to Physical Pain.

Ezra With this release Thou steps up their melodic parts and makes them unbearably beautiful. The songs aren’t only extremely sludgy, they’re also gorgeous now and I’m here for it. Favorite track: At the Foot of Mt. Drisskill.

Harold N’Hiver The lyrics on this record are absolutely phenomenal. Read them as you listen. Take them to heart.

Pairs well with the “Our Enemy Civilization” split with Salome, particularly with the track “The Song of Illuminate Darkness.”