Hail, you noise-worshipping ghouls of the Black Metal Archives- Sean here, still shaking off the tinnitus from No Heroes’ debut full-length Brood Eternal. This isn’t just a single anymore- it’s a 29-minute descent into the kind of sonic filth that crawls into your brain and sets up shop. After a decade of gestation, this Minnesota crew (featuring an Ashbringer member) has unleashed eight tracks of atmospheric deathgrind, blackened sludge, and pure auditory violence. Let’s wade into the darkness.
No Heroes don’t just blend genres-they pulverize them. Brood Eternal mashes black metal’s icy malice, grindcore’s frenetic blasts, sludge’s bowel-churning weight, and noise’s industrial decay into something wholly unhinged. Imagine Converge and Full of Hell locked in a basement with a broken amp, while Crowpath and Discordance Axis feed them meth through the vents.
- Atmosphere & Chaos: The album’s production is a masterclass in controlled chaos- guitars snarl like rusted saws, drums collapse into d-beat tantrums, and vocals oscillate between insectile shrieks and hardcore bellows. Tracks like “Drone” and “Servile” weaponize brevity, hitting like grindcore grenades, while longer cuts like “Erase Me” and the 10-minute closer “Eternal” build suffocating tension with eerie electronics and doom-laden grooves.
- Standouts:
- “Whitewalls” (previously released as a single) remains a highlight-a bass-driven nightmare that channels Godflesh’s industrial dread and Converge’s emotional wreckage.
- “Erase Me” starts as a noise collage before detonating into blackened grind, then dissolves into a haunting ambient passage that’d make The Body jealous.
- “Eternal” is the crown jewel: nearly 10 minutes of apocalyptic worldbuilding, shifting from fragile synths to unrelenting blasts, with vocals that sound like a dying broadcast from a collapsing universe.
Lyrically, Brood Eternal wallows in decay-physical, mental, cosmic. Tracks like “Servile” (a noise interlude) and “Numbing Mist” (a dark ambient breather) amplify the album’s themes of erasure and existential rot. Even at its most melodic (see the doomed outro of “Husk of Heaven”), there’s no redemption here- just the slow grind of entropy.
This isn’t an album- it’s a manifesto. No Heroes spit on genre boundaries, dragging black metal’s atmosphere, grindcore’s speed, and sludge’s heft into a unified cesspool. While the sheer density might overwhelm casual listeners, those who thrive on chaos will find Brood Eternal to be a grim masterpiece. Stream it now over on Bandcamp!
RATING: 4 OUT OF 5
RATING SYSTEM:
0: Fucking shit
1: Shit
2: Not Bad Shit
3: Pretty Good Shit
4: Amazing Fucking Shit
5: The Best Shit You Will Ever Hear
Stay vile, you sonic maniacs- crank this loud and let the rot take hold.
PRESS SOURCE: Against PR.
