Then comes the standout Hole, inciting even more of this visceral catharsis. What starts as a spooky meditation erupts into a jagged descent, all harsh screams and unrelenting weight. It’s a track about facing trauma head-on, and it hurts. That theme of confrontation bleeds into White Noise, a six-minute slab of inner turmoil and shoegaze-laced doom. Drawn from a diary and delivered with knife-twisting sincerity, it’s as raw emotionally as it is sonically.
Clocking in at eight minutes, closer Meet Your Maker is a towering final spell that is part shoegaze cathedral, part doom-laden underworld. It shimmers, it crushes, and it aches. You can almost hear the wings of dark fairies beating behind the fuzz-soaked riffs, leading you to a brutal, beautiful end.
Faetooth have taken their signature sound and let it grow teeth, claws, and something like a conscience. This is an oddly pleasing journey through shadow and self, making you question the existence of everything.
Verdict: 3/5
For fans of: Lowen, Chelsea Wolfe, Thou
Labyrinthine is released on September 5 via The Flenser