Review
In "Black-Arrow Acrobats", delicate cymbal tapping and drifting keyboard vapor frame the quiet counterpoint of Jon Courtney and Annicke Shireen before the bottom drops out into bludgeoning, fuzz-drenched riffing. Across its eight minutes, the piece repeatedly contracts into hushed, atmospheric suspension only to recoil into sudden percussive violence, establishing the album's volatile push and pull.
Where its predecessor favored brief acoustic respites, Terrifying Angels lets its compositions sprawl and bruise. The arrangements balance sweeping vocal harmonies against menacing down-tuned guitars and cold electronic undercurrents, anchored by Ravi Kesavaram’s kinetic drumming and the muscular bass work of guests Mariusz Duda and Kristoffer Gildenlöw. Even compact excursions like "Haywire Heart" pivot abruptly between jagged, churning distortion and ghostly, weightless stillness.
