Droidglow - Neon Inferno

Review by Karl Magi

Overall Album Impressions

DroidGlow’s Neon Inferno strikes with a sense of monstrous dread. The album oozes eldritch shadow and hungry evil from every musical pore, filling me with shadowy foreboding. The way in which DroidGlow combines absolutely titanic basslines with fearsome percussion and guitar that towers and tears with sinister strength creates music that is unrelenting and absolutely fatal. The atmosphere that seeps from this music is full of malevolence and ever-present danger. In combination with the talented guests included on the album, the artist has forged a lethal musical blade with which to sever the listener from reality and transport us into a realm of apprehension and death.

At the heart of Neon Inferno is the malefic atmosphere exuded from every musical element. This is a realm of massive shadow and lurking, bloodthirsty creatures. The way in which each musical element combines to create a hellish sensation of doom is superbly considered and results in music that fills me with trepidation, drenching me in the sensation of truly awful things waiting for me in the darkness. As this album opens its fanged maw, I feel engulfed in delicious horror.

The way in which all of Neon Inferno’s musical elements, from the gritty and terrified synth sounds, to the guitar that tears its way through the music with indomitable might, to the locked-in weight of the bass maelstrom and the drums that attack like horrific weapons, mix together to create utter horror is something that impresses me deeply. The music here is perfectly pitched to generate uncomfortable and ghastly sensations as it unfolds. DroidGlow has a special talent for drawing me into the darkness and showing me what awful things lurk there.

I also want to acknowledge all of the guest artists on Neon Inferno. Each of them contributes a fresh sonic profile and new ideas to the overall tone. They bring skills to bear that deepen and intensify the emotional terror of the album while allowing us to experience other sides of the music through their own distinctive approaches to dark synth.

My Favourite Tracks Analyzed

“Neon Inferno” comes to life as raging drums and bass collide cataclysmically. The rhythm is relentless as the angry wall of guitar hacks into the music with eager fangs, uncompromising and full of murderous intent. The guitar charges forward with ferocity while the raised synth adds a stormy surge, galvanizing me with its wildness. The jumping beat smacks hard as the track drives on into silence.

Hissing sounds shift before a repeating mantra echoes with thunderous percussion to start “The Hunter.” The wild chanting rings with ancient power as the battering underpinnings rocket into speed. The guitar is a mad rush of destructive strength, tearing its way through the track with lethal power. The low end smashes as the guitar shreds with deep wrath. Now the chanted vocals move again, driving home the music’s emotional strength as the colliding beat shatters hard.

The shifting bass rumbles with a threatening weight while the vocalist grabs hold of me with his powerful performance, shaking me. Massively punching drums accelerate as the screamed lyrics are joined by the devouring guitar that snarls while the track breaks and subdivides with digital glitchiness. As the track moves to an end, the vocals ring with dramatic muscle before silence falls.

We are warned that the narrator is the hunter who “stalks these neon streets at night, looking for devils.” He talks about burning chrome for the song’s subject “under the killing moon.” He says that he’s the hunter and the other person is the hunted who he’ll pull under. He speaks of his immortality and being “ever eternal,” pointing out that he’s “what you see as you take your final breath.”

“TOTEM” begins with far-away static and lacerating bass that shreds with unbelievable speed and anger. The beat erupts with volcanic heat as brilliant notes dance like a hellish flame. A choir chants with fell resolve as the low end collides with it. Clapping percussion moves with the broken bass as it shatters with lethal impact.

Sounds burn like napalm as the clapping percussion continues to accelerate. I enjoy the music as it shears with unforgiving power and the choir calls out again, deepening the feeling of approaching demonic forces. The low end jumps with crushing speed before distant sounds echo and a fragmented drum beat hits hard again. A raised sound howls before thunder strikes and the heavy foundational pulse surges.

The entire track exudes the sensation of a truly horrible being approaching with unremitting dread. The beat is subdivided as the low end gashes its way through the track. The harsh percussion rattles and an awful feeling comes over the music as the guitar attacks and the choir calls out again before the song growls its way to a conclusion.

A rushing sonic wall strikes the track to commence “Revenant.” As the terrific underlying power surges, sharp-angled guitar makes its way into the track with ragged claws. A more peaceful sound ripples out through the music as a lushly unwinding synth contrasts with the low end’s explosive anger. Saw-toothed notes move with ever-growing while the percussion speeds on.

The guitar is a cry of endless hunger, rising from the grave while the bass interlocks with the beat below. Impressions of something unholy fill me as digital sounds trickle and the guitar forms a massive tide that cries out with pain and darkness. The grounding pulse shoves forward as the guitar evokes a bereft feeling and terrible danger. The entire track radiates the sense of something undead that is both hungry and hurting before it ends.

“WORSHIP” commences as drums erupt with tremendous potency and a warning sound cries out. The foundational weight growls before bursting out with relentless strength. Snapping, skittering percussion moves with high notes that undulate in a hellish cry while the screaming, string-like sound adds even more anxiety.

Hollow sounds vibrate with spectral sensations as the percussion clatters and surges hard. The low end tumbles and churns like a rip current as a ramping sound tightens the tension. As the broken percussion smashes against the walls of bass, I am compelled by the horror that washes in a deadly tide. Elevated notes scream with increased tension as the underlayer grunts and strings twist with a sense of growing apprehension. Elevated notes drop away as the bass thunders with true menace before the rhythm erupts again and punches the music hard. The hollow notes drift with disconnected delicacy in contrast to the crushing power below before the track ends.

Grinding bass moves with echoing vocals to open “LIFE.” They repeat, “Having the time of my life,” as the percussion collides with the drums in a ragged rush. The weight is staggering and the muscled power is tremendous as elevated notes howl in agony. The rhythm adds violent forward motion while wordless female vocals twist with a minor key melody full of ache and tenderness.

As the vocals speak of having the time of one’s life, the low end is full of terrible premonition as the percussion fades away before growing again with a towering bass fortress. Foreboding fills me as the broken pulse rips at my throat and the rushing sounds above twist. A demonic grunt moves below before the gritty, angry sounds are rejoined by the haunting vocals that levitate above them. The percussion trips as the low end urges forward again and silence falls.

Deep foreboding fills the creaking, tumbling synth to kick off “Lapsus.” The dark sounds grow in ferocity before leaping forward into a crushing, churning rhythm. The percussion slaps in between as the shadowy growling is touched by distant bells. The low end is an ominous pulsation that grows in strength along with lacerating sounds that slash the music before the hypnotic beat presses forward.

The massive grinding of the bass rumbles through my body, transmitting increasing danger. The tumbling notes fall again with twisted darkness, grunting and being joined by rushing beats that accelerate into the hammer blows of percussion that strike the music. The surge below is heavy and persistent, shoving it forward with enormous violence. The foundation is as heavy as the grave while the accelerating beat erupts again into a trance-inducing pattern as elevated notes trickle and the entire track slams to an end.

“Oscillator” opens with a soul-destroying beat that slices hard. The ritualistic drumming of the low end is joined by bass that pushes down with nearly irresistible weight as the guitar slices in sharp lines that draw blood. The foundational pulse is absolutely huge and has a metallic power that is intimidating beyond words.

The rhythm pounds with inexorable strength as the gnarled notes in the distance lacerate again. The drums strike body blows as the guitar reaches out to tear with unforgiving claws. The metallic sounds pass again as the endlessly throbbing underpinning is joined by percussion that ticks like a clock. The bass is full of formidable weight before silence falls.

Shadowy sounds loom and a growling tone moves beneath to start “Goodbye.” The thumping bass moves with razor-sharp guitar and a trumpeting sound that echoes with forbidding strength. After a voice whispers goodbye, the entire low end surges with unbelievable muscle and life-threatening intent.

The track heaves with enormous energy while the guitar screams a plea to the heavens, ragged edges slipping through. After a brief moment of silence, portentous sounds shift and dark growls are joined by the heavily churning underlayer.

As warning sounds howl like the damned, the guitar rips at the track with horrible hunger. The percussion shatters before dropping away into an unsettling sound, then returns with the slamming bass and a choir calling out with evil emotion while the guitar rises like a tortured soul, before strange, malevolent sounds move and the bass is joined by elevated tones that cry out into silence.

Conclusion

Neon Inferno is heavy with sinister force and creeping fright as it unfolds. The way in which each different element combines to form a tapestry of terror leads me to return to this music over and over again, discovering new elements that fill me with shadowed sensations and pleasurable horror.

Future Analog - Hope – Vol. 2

Review by Karl Magi

Overall Album Impressions

Future Analog’s Hope – Vol. 2 is an emotionally nuanced, passionately charged album that combines the soulful vocals of Wesley Reid with Future Analog’s production skills to create music that grabs hold of your heart and won’t let go. The way in which the singer’s vocal chops combine with the synth palette used by Future Analog creates a lushly woven tapestry of intense feeling. When one adds first-rate melodic writing, the end result is moving and deeply touching.

The heart of Hope – Vol. 2 is most definitely Wesley Reid’s vocals. He has tremendous range and the ability to express complicated and conflicting emotion. Whether his voice is broadcasting broken-hearted pain or hopeful dreaming, it takes every nuance and gives it to the listener with full-throated strength and deep feeling. The way in which Wesley Reid carries the music is essential to why the album works so well.

Future Analog combines an interesting sense of synth sounds along with different tones and textures to paint pictures in sound. The way in which he can draw directly into one’s imagination helps to convey the lyrical and vocal beauty within the songs. The different instruments used create unique soundscapes and carry listeners into the world created by the music.

On top of this, Hope – Vol. 2 features strong melodic writing by Future Analog. His melodies complement the emotion within Wesley Reid’s voice and the lyrics that unfold. Each melody works with the words to drive home the feelings within each song, and all of them come together to create an album that is intensely ear-pleasing.

My Favourite Songs Analyzed

“Before I Found You” starts off as powerfully swelling tones gleam with a thousand tiny lights and the foundation of the music rumbles as a phone dials. A distant female voice rises as the cleanly snapping drums move with scintillating chords, erupting in sunlight. Wesley Reid's voice is smoky and resonant, carrying the melody’s joy. The underpinnings cut with a strong pulse as Wesley Reid takes hold of the words and fills my heart with their emotional strength. His tender vocals are luscious and gripping while the chorus shines with opalescent luminosity and the frolicking synth sparkles like early morning light.

The bass undulates as a trickling synth gives off pearlescent light and the beat is broken. The chorus climbs with sincerity while the chord changes add crystalline tones and clapping percussion presses on. As the song ends, the chorus is cut by the guitar, which irradiates the music with brilliance and doubles down on the song’s touching emotive core.

The storyteller “couldn’t find the middle ground” because he felt down. The other person came into his life and “turned my world around” as well as upside down. He asks the song’s subject to hear him and what he has to say because “I was lost without you.”

“Before I found you I couldn’t see the light,” and nothing felt right for the narrator. When he found the other person, he realized that they were going to come around and be by his side. He concludes that before he found the song’s subject “skies were grey” and there was no escape. The other person’s light illuminates his darkest days and every step they take. He finishes, “I was lost without you.”

Rushing sounds move with exotic percussion to begin “Lights Shine Bright.” A synth erupts with warming luminosity, joining Wesley Reid's silken voice as it carries the uplifting melodic pattern. The drum beat is strong as a broadly glowing synth exudes light like a city skyline at dusk, while the vocals wrap around me with caressing expression. The melody has a rising, positive quality as the angular bass cuts and quickly flashing notes move like streetlights flashing past. The resonant vocals jump with joyful soul as the steadily guiding underlayer rushes forward.

As the synth shines like skyscrapers lit up at night, the vocals unfurl with a sense of contentment, escaping from the world’s gloom. Wesley Reid fills his voice with worshipful encouragement as the intensely glimmering lights illuminate like neon in the darkness. The foundational pulsation drives forward as the lyrics are captured by the moving singing before the track comes to a close on the rippling synth and choral joy.

“Hold on to the starlight, let it be your guide tonight,” is what the storyteller encourages the song’s subject to do, as they are “dancing beneath the pale moonlight, chasing all our dreams tonight” and fighting the world’s darkness and sorrow. He urges the other person to hold on because “we are wild and free, one spark, feeling the energy.”

As they stay awake until dawn, our storyteller points out that the city is asleep, so he and the song’s subject can dance all night and “reach for the skies, like stars on the rise.” He says they will “paint the darkness with shades of light” as they shed their worries and let their dreams fly while darkness guides them and lights shine brightly.

The narrator says the sun will rise, “but now we’re free, chasing all our wildest dreams.” He says that, holding his hand, the song’s subject will find a reason to believe. He wants to show the “yearning hearts” who have broken dreams and lost promises how “it has to be, one spark, we’re feeling young and free.” He concludes that they both know the “sun will rise, defy the night.”

“Second Chances” opens as a worshipful choir moves with a rippling synth and a swelling female voice. A deeply peaceful feeling washes through as Wesley Reid's broken voice is joined by rising synth that shines like a new dawn. The low end is shaping as Wesley Reid's honeyed tones carry a melody full of hopeful ache. I enjoy Wesley Reid's soulful energy as rebounding percussion joins the chorus, which leaps out with anticipation. Elevated tones glimmer like the stars while the bottom pulse drives on.

A strumming guitar adds another level of brightness as the interlocking underlayer throbs. Wesley Reid reaches out with his chanting vocals as an echoing female voice adds a warming quality. The chorus shines with lushly glistening light, like a star to wish on. A synth arpeggiates with silken luminosity as the song fades into silence.

Our narrator asks the song’s subject how they’ve been, adding that it’s good to see them once more. He continues, “I’ve been here every day, hoping you would come my way,” because he’s been missing them. He adds, “Each day I feel blue, I’ve been longing for your touch.” He wonders if they can make it right or if he’s losing the other person, so he asks, “Do you believe in second chances?” because he’s asking for one.

Now the storyteller talks about how he missed the song subject’s smile and their embrace, as well as how they “light up every space.” The world’s changed, and they have too, but “all of our worries, let them be.” He doesn’t want to have a clandestine meeting because he’s choosing to be with the other person. He asks if they can make it right and points out that he’s listening to them.

As our narrator says, “I won’t let the past define me anymore, I’ll prove I’m worth a second chance,” he adds, “In the ashes of the past, I’m hoping we can find a way to start again.” His heart knows the truth, and he’s meant to spend his life with the song’s subject because he’s asking for a second chance.

A lonely piano drifts with exhaling notes as Wesley Reid's voice chants to start “All I See.” A hectic bass pulse moves with the heaving rhythm as the piano continues to create desolate sensations and luminous synth flashes. Wesley Reid's tremulous, pained voice carries the choppy melody as the rhythm throbs. As Wesley Reid captures the hurt of this world, guitar moves with distorted drama.

The synth adds flaring brightness as Wesley Reid stabs me with the sincerity of his feeling. My heart is pierced as the broadly woven synth radiates force and the guitar floats smoothly. The chorus cascades as the chanting adds a distorted darkness while the beat throbs with sinewy power.

The guitar shines with raging strength as Wesley Reid conveys his disgust and frustration with conviction. Drifting notes slide past with meditative tranquility, contrasting with the shadow and weight below. Chimes flitter and the track slowly exhales into silence.

The storyteller wonders, “How can it be, you’ve lost all humanity, you don’t see me.” He shouts and pleads as he endures “the heat unleashed on me” while the song’s subject shows no mercy. All the storyteller can see is pain and suffering that “is enough to make me scream, it’s unforgivable.” He asks why it should be that “my hopes and dreams are broken” as he begs to be left alone. He finds himself on his knees with his dignity gone and “your sins uncertain.”

“Searching” opens as colliding drums erupt and a pumping low end is joined by swelling, irradiating synth chords. The lead synth carries a melody full of growing joy as chimes fill the music with metallic luminosity.

Wesley Reid’s voice erupts with celebratory energy while the brilliant synth reverberates with flashing light. The melody sails out with happy fulfillment as tremulous, shining notes wrap around the exciting tune that draws me into the feeling of joy which permeates the track.

Wesley Reid captures all of the emotion within the lyrics as the echoing synth moves with dynamically varied percussion. Angular notes tumble as the scintillating lead synth spills out a tender melody that feels satisfied and fulfilled.

The chorus flies out with encouragement and freedom while the huge drums pound and the bass throbs. The tumbling low end is joined by computerized notes that ripple between stereo channels as a raised synth flashes into silence.

Our storyteller has been searching for the song’s subject, hoping that one day he’d find them. He adds, “Never thought you would come into my life now,” pointing out that his heart skips a beat each time he sees the other person.

In the chorus, the narrator expresses gratitude for having found the song’s subject after a long search. He adds that he isn’t sure what he would’ve done “if my searching had not led to you.”

Silky, rounded synth flows gracefully to commence “Free.” Peace radiates from the synth chords that shift before the groove kicks in and Wesley Reid's engaging vocals reach out with a positively slanted but slightly hurting feel. The rhythm jumps with bouncy dynamism as the vocalist carries the freedom and joyful release in the lyrics.

The way in which the music unfolds leaves me feeling relaxed and at liberty while the steadily pumping beat presses on. As a frolicking synth glimmers, Wesley Reid's voice rebounds with heartfelt strength as the active percussion snaps cleanly. As airy sounds shift, the lead synth contributes pure happiness and light as the driving beat presses on and the song comes to a stop.

When he wakes up in the morning, our storyteller finds a note saying the song’s subject is leaving. He adds, “So you’ll be leaving, we’ve been here before, I’m so tired of all these silly games.” He goes on to say, “I am more, can’t ignore what you did to me,” as he tells the person to hit the door, adding that it was never meant to be. He continues, “I set you free!”

With his eyes open, the narrator has come to understand “the way that you were treating me was all in your plans.” Now he is resistant and says, “Hear what I say, it’s time for you to go. I gave you everything.” He goes on, “Hear me roar, out the door.” He deserves more and can’t ignore that it wasn’t meant to be.

As the song concludes, our storyteller has come to love himself “through the good and bad.” In the case of the song’s subject, he says, “Won’t take this another day, hear the words I say to you.”

“Give Me A Sign” comes into being as delicately trickling notes move with percussion that rebounds between channels and bass that creates supporting undulations. Wesley Reid’s voice wraps around me with elegant, smooth expression as the percussion adds a steady pulse. The vocals echo with breath-warmed feeling as the synth flits past, while the piano carries a melody full of loving sensations.

Reverberant tones shimmer like the sunlight referenced in the song as the hollow synth exhales and notes shine delicately. Pure affection fills Wesley Reid’s performance as the limpid synth shines above the steady bottom-end beat. As the song progresses, Wesley Reid wrings intense emotion from the words while warmly swelling notes float around him, and the track slides to an end.

“In this age of thunder and of rage,” it seems to the narrator that one can feel the ground moving beneath their feet. He says that while he barely knows the song subject’s name, he can feel that “love’s sweeping down on me.” He asks the other person to give him a sign because “you’re like the brightest ray on a cloudy day.”

Our storyteller says that the song’s subject’s smile lights up the room and “chases away this doom.” When he sees the other person, he feels complete and adds, “I hope and yes I pray that you will find a way of sweeping down on me.” He concludes, “Give me a time,” because the other person is like sunlight piercing the clouds.

Conclusion

Hope – Vol. 2 is full of all the complexity and pain of being human. The way in which the excellent vocal performances are combined with intriguing synth sounds and melodic beauty weaves a tapestry that draws me in and holds my attention as the music unfolds.

ANNIEE - Night School

Review by Vero Kitsuné

Last year, New Jersey-based electropop songwriter, vocalist and musical theater composer Anne Eisendrath, or simply known as Anniee, had started unveiling the singles for her much anticipated EP. The time has come for her EP to finally have its moment.

Presenting Night School - a sparkly and kaleidoscopic 5-track offering co-produced with Von Hertzog (VHxRR, Majestic Phoenix) of The Social Club.

“Wearing Black” kicks off the EP with shimmering synthpop energy and a confident sense of renewal. It’s a song about transformation — letting go of heartbreak and stepping into a more empowered, self-assured self in a chic black dress. Against a backdrop of retro arpeggios and crystalline new wave textures, Anniee’s ethereal, classically-tinged vocals glide effortlessly, turning vulnerability into defiance. It’s part heartbreak anthem, part revenge fantasy, and entirely sweet and captivating.

“Danger Electricity” lives up to its name with an electrifying pulse that surges through every beat. Featuring producer Von Hertzog, the track crackles with bright synth leads, glitchy beeps and bloops, and a driving rhythm of thumping kicks and rapid-fire snares. Lyrically, Anniee embraces the thrill of intensity—taking the heat and dancing through the constant danger with fearless energy. It’s a dazzling jolt of electro adrenaline that captures the spark of risk and desire.

“Captured” keeps the pulse alive with its bouncy, thumping rhythm and sleek minimal synthpop production. Anniee’s vocals float effortlessly above the beat, telling the story of snapping a photo of a man — only to find it was her own heart that got captured in that instant. As the track progresses, airy synth pads and sparkling crystalline arps add texture and lift, giving the song a luminous edge. It’s vibrant, romantic, and effortlessly catchy.

“Let Her Hair Down” dives into darker territory, pairing its arpeggiated synth undercurrents with an eerie psychological allure. Inspired by David Lynch and brought to life visually by director Brad A. Kinnan, the track unfolds like a dream you can dance to—poetic, unsettling, and strangely beautiful. Thumping beats and sharp arpeggios drive the rhythm, while airy arps shimmer around Anniee’s haunting vocals. For a song that peers into hidden desires and suppressed emotions, it’s remarkably catchy — a dark pop gem that disturbs the calm while keeping your head nodding.

“Fall From The Sky” closes the EP on a luminous and emotional note, with Von Hertzog once again shaping the track’s radiant atmosphere. Like an angel tumbling gracefully from the heavens, the song glows with jewel-toned synths and soft, starry textures over a steady, bopping rhythm. More dramatic and downtempo than the others, it allows Anniee’s classically trained, ethereal vocals to truly shine—soaring and shimmering like light through the cosmos. It’s a celestial finale that feels both fragile and powerful, capturing the beauty and ache of falling from the sky.

Though Night School spans just five tracks, it unfolds like a complete journey—one that glimmers with heartbreak, transformation, desire, and self-discovery. Each song feels like a chapter in Anniee’s nocturnal world, where vulnerability meets strength beneath the neon glow of synths. It’s a concise yet immersive collection that proves sometimes the shortest stories shine the brightest. With Night School, Anniee turns the dance floor into a diary—honest, hypnotic, and full of heart.

For more Anniee, visit: https://anniee1.bandcamp.com/

Terrordyne - The Seventh Seal

Review by Karl Magi

Overall Album Impressions

Terrordyne’s The Seventh Seal trembles with urgent agitation and carries listeners down dark corridors to places no living human should see. The music is thick with fright, conjuring images of beings from beyond any realm we recognize crawling through portals into our reality. The album is full of murky gloom and intense terror, in a way I find utterly enjoyable and extremely entertaining. This is dark synth music that grabs you by the scruff of the neck and shoves your face into the void.

Atmosphere is a key part of The Seventh Seal. Every scintilla of sound is full of cosmic fear. Rising, deadly night pours from the music as it combines jagged synth sounds with colossal, ragged-edged bass and drums that hammer with tsunami force. Terrordyne produces soundscapes full of evil portent and spectral malice that seep through every moment. The way in which images of dilapidated buildings, lurking horrors, and a night blacker than black rise up through the music fills me with deliciously sinister sensations.

The melodies which fill The Seventh Seal are another strong part of its appeal. These melodies convey nervousness, approaching hazards, and the existential emptiness radiating from the evil that abounds. I enjoy the journey upon which these different melodic moments take me, filling me with the creeping impression of something truly sinister leaping from the dark to seize me. This is music for traveling through the shadowed depths of one’s imagination.

Another reason for my enjoyment of The Seventh Seal is the sheer weight and power of the drums and bass. The underlying percussion and the bass’s gargantuan strength bring a sense of growing threat and shadows that stretch ominously toward me. The low end deepens the imagery of hungry creatures waiting in hidden corners to seize their prey and vanish.

My Favourite Tracks Analyzed

“Last Rites” commences as an unhallowed sound rises with dramatically resounding drums and a tautly wound synth that twists with trepidation. The bass is a cavernous force and the medium-high synth howls ominously. The rhythm detonates with ferocity as a minor-key melodic pattern oscillates and the tempo breaks to half-time.

The main melody carries a hellish umbra as lonely notes descend singularly before a nightmarish arpeggio moves in tortured lines. The bass towers before the rapid drums erupt again, filling me with a sense of impending danger. Once again, hypnotic arpeggios spin while an elevated synth carries the unholy melody above the roiling low end.

Delicate notes luminesce like spook lights as distant sounds keen and the undergirding pounds with demonic force. The rhythm slows again as the raised tones shiver and the track comes to an end.

As “Malice” begins, grating sounds snarl and a growling noise moves. The bass pulsates with an undulating umbra as a distant sound cries with an otherworldly sensation. The beat is unstoppable as high notes wriggle in an attempt to escape. The rhythm heaves with terrible force, radiating pure evil, as the high notes glitter with eldritch luminosity.

As raised sounds scream, a cold shiver crawls up my spine and the trembling, colossal foundation is joined by a shattering beat. Now a shimmering arpeggio shifts nervously while the voiceover reflects twisted dread. Hammering drums and tightly winding sounds that snap add to the forbidding force as the bass swirls.

The voiceover is joined by a melodic pattern that creates a sensation of horrible things lurking at the edge of awareness, waiting to destroy any human unfortunate enough to cross their path. The low end is resolute as it is joined by trembling arpeggios and the track ends.

“The Seventh Seal” comes into being with a monstrous sonic turmoil as a voiceover talks about something coming to get the children. Now the hard-hitting beat moves with an oscillating synth and notes that scream out in panicked sensation, shining with feverish light. The rhythm is crushing as quickly croaking sounds move above the dramatic strings, while the serpentine synth glows uncomfortably. Bells ring with spooky energy as the thundering underpinning rumbles.

As the bass drops away, tense sounds shiver with wicked brightness while the supporting foundation looms. Tendrils of sound reach for me and I recoil as explosive drums are joined by crunching notes. Raised tones create a hallucinatory effect as they churn and the lacerating low end slices. The drums drop into a slower pulse while the horror-struck sounds fade into quiet.

A low, hollow sound moves with slowly drifting piano to start “Daemonibus.” Rising notes add a sense of malevolence while the chimes glitter with the light of ancient ghosts. The low end is forceful, slamming in a tide of hammering percussion while the bells flicker with weird luminosity, filling me with unholy danger.

As the rhythm shatters against the heavy bass, the melody cries with terrible energy. High notes twinkle with sparkling, distant light before the ferocious foundation attacks. The drums break into a slower pulse before accelerating again while the slowly undulating synth exudes dark majesty. The song cries out with extreme evil while the drums rattle. The track comes to an end as elevated sounds contort before the music stops.

“To The Grave” opens as foreboding tones fall over a rising sound that reflects ultimate doom. The cavernous beat moves with churning notes that create a sense of sinister forces drawing closer as an unholy choir cries in the distance. Bone-rattling noises drift as spinning notes send a coil of unsettled emotion through me above the hammer blows below.

As the bass drops out, chains clank and horrified screams echo while a painfully unfurling synth twists. Diabolical sensations reach with dead hands as the string-like notes undulate with emotive power and the colliding low end fades along with the choir.

Orchestral sounds rise with fearful majesty as a rough-edged voice speaks indistinctly and radiant notes ring with nobility to kick off “Oracle.” A screaming sound echoes as classical arpeggios dance with shadow and the underlying pulse shoves the music forward. Strings rise in ghostly knots as the howling synth weaves a spine-tingling melodic pattern.

The low end drops away as chimes float with delicate melancholy, wandering into the misty night. The leaping bottom end pushes forward while twirling notes send dire motion through the music and the raised synth evokes reaching tentacles spilling out of the darkness to grasp me.

As the heavy percussive pulse moves, a hollow-voiced synth whirls in possessed lines and a melody full of threatening strength calls out above the low-end pulsation. The tempo subdivides and the nervous synth spins into silence.

“Apocalypsis” starts off as the tomb-like bass is joined by a whispering narrator. The bass rises with colossal darkness as the elevated notes tremble with unrestrained fear. The drums smash in a wave as the churning notes are joined by a guitar that exudes a minor key melody, full of intimidation.

String-like synth carries a quickly intermingling note pattern as the horror-filled voiceover whispers sibilantly. The huge beat surges again as the growling foundation moves with the cold of the grave. A sense of nearing awfulness fills me before the fragile piano carries an aching melody as the strings glitter, then silence falls.

A sense of doom fills the buzzing synth as it trembles to open “Pale Horse.” A dark voice rumbles before rapidly shifting clouds of looming synth move above the crushing underpinnings. A pipe-organ-like synth churns with worried sensations as elevated notes float like graveyard mist above the crumping drums.

As the pipe-organ synth twists, I am filled with the sense that time is limited and deadly peril nears. While the synth surges in broken pieces, a deep foreboding permeates the music. The tension winds higher as the synth shimmies with growing intensity.

The low sounds are full of slashing power as high notes leap in a melody of flickering spirit light. The bass becomes a living force as worry-filled tones tumble and twist above the urgently throbbing underlayer. Finally, the drum beat breaks into a slower tempo as the higher sounds fade away into uneasy silence.

Conclusion

The Seventh Seal is a slab of dark synth that rips its way into the soul and fills it with dire majesty, allowing the listener to bask in the horrors it evokes. I revel in the way it carries me into realms of maleficent creatures and endless opportunities for beautiful, terrible doom as it unfolds.