The sheer scale of their sound is impossible to ignore here, a dense, six-piece sonic force that batters you with precision and conviction right from the get-go. Every track feels alive, shifting between crushing intensity and haunting melody. For me, there’s a deep familiarity here too with echoes of the classic doom metal acts like Paradis Lost, Moonspell, and Tiamat woven deep into their fabric. It’s subtle and powerful but all the time Void Of Light are forging something

There’s a certain kind of beauty that only reveals itself when everything around it is falling apart, and Laursetine, from So Hideous, thrives within that chaos. This is not an album for casual listening, it’s a descent into a meticulously arranged storm. Every track bleeds cinematic grandeur, yet the emotional core is raw enough to leave you scraped and exposed.

With Iridescent, Mountainscape have leveled up yet again. Iridescent is an album that balances scales and emotion, where atmosphere doesn’t soften the blows but makes them land harder. The band prove that instrumental metal just needs a vision, and in that respect, they’ve delivered it in spades