Coffin Born

A wailing siren opens “Coffin Born,” but Endseeker spend most of this five-track farewell charging forward: Swedish HM-2 death metal, crust-punk acceleration, blunt-force grooves, and choruses built to survive the pit. Markus’ Heavy Music Blog calls “Enemies of Peace” “a blistering metal anthem with roots in Scandinavian death metal,” while the faster “No After. No Before.” sharpens that attack with blastbeats and a notably infectious refrain.

The EP’s mood shifts between political anger and old-school morbidity. Metal Addicts hears an “undisguised and clear message” in the anti-fascist opener; “Coffin Born” and “Life Breeds Death” answer with denser mid-tempo weight, dissonant guitar lines, and a grim sense of momentum. Critics largely agree that Endseeker leave at full strength, even if the David Hasselhoff cover divides opinion: some find its Lord of the Lost-assisted gloss a charming surprise, while Twilight Magazin would have preferred a more radical rewrite. Either way, the first four tracks make this a concise, forceful goodbye rather than a padded epitaph.