{"id":714178,"date":"2026-07-27T20:30:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T20:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/714178\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T20:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T20:30:14","slug":"nothingness-godslaughter-review-angry-metal-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/714178\/","title":{"rendered":"Nothingness – Godslaughter Review | Angry Metal Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"If there\u2019s one thing we can all agree on, it\u2019s that Supraliminal<\/a>, the 2023 album from death metal act Nothingness, is worthy of a 2.5 and no other rating. I know of no faction that holds it in higher esteem, am aware of no lack of consensus surrounding Felagund\u2019s review\u2013Oh wait just a second. I reviewed the tomes and scrolls, and it seems there was a shitstorm surrounding these guys. The comment section went to war on behalf of this Minnesota sextet\u2019s brand of A24 OSDM. Steel Druhm juuuuust managed to put down a revolution, but the bonfire roared anew when Kenstrosity named Supraliminal <\/a>his Record o\u2019the Year. In the years since, a fragile peace has held\u2026 until now. Nothingness is back with their hard-charging third album Godslaughter, threatening the status quo and giving us the chance to pick old scabs and answer lingering questions. The most urgent of these: who was right?<\/p>\n

Godslaughter is a vile piece of work, even meaner and more antisocial than its predecessor. Nothingness hasn\u2019t abandoned the ambition that led Kenstrosity to describe their style as \u201ccaveman death with a university degree.\u201d The band still brings some of the inventive brio of Gorguts or Nightmarer to a ferocious overall vibe that recalls a less theatrical Autopsy. This latest offering manages to double down on aggression while expanding Nothingness\u2019s sonic palette and the range of their songwriting. If you can survive the onslaught of an opening run that includes the platter\u2019s first two singles (\u201cSkull Evulsion,\u201d \u201cTrenchant Glunch\u201d), these grander designs reveal themselves. The album as a whole is an exhilarating run through nine well-sequenced tracks, seasoned with a flair for composition that makes the verdict clear: Godslaughter is a roaring return and a death metal ripper.<\/p>\n

\ufeffGodslaughter by Nothingness<\/a><\/p>\n

Godslaughter unfolds in three acts. The first commences with the sucker punch that is \u201cIncinerated Immediately,\u201d then proceeds through three additional tracks that lay you flat and kick you around for a while. \u201cVanquishing Providence\u201d slows things to a crawl to \u201cwelcome\u201d you to a middle section that\u2019s built around longer and more varied songs. It\u2019s here that you\u2019ll find the slab\u2019s most ambitious compositions, a pair of seven minute epics that go from first to fifth gear with no thought spared for the health of your spine. Nothingness throws in everything they\u2019ve got and a few new tricks to boot, up to and including the bonging Black Sabbath bell that punctuates \u201cDivine Irresponsibility.\u201d A spoken word sample kicks off \u201cIncredible Violence\u201d and ushers you into the third act of the album. Sonic experimentation worms its way into these three selections, which essentially split the difference between parts one and two of the slab.\"\"<\/p>\n

The album organizes itself into distinct segments, but Godslaughter\u2019s forty-minute entirety remains a cohesive listen. The songs are united by a harsh but thoughtful production. Alex Walstad\u2019s guitars flirt with peaking on tracks like \u201cIncinerated Immediately\u201d and \u201cUmbral Spear,\u201d but it all feels intentional. While there\u2019s no credited producer, returning engineer Adam Tucker knows when to give space and clarity to a riff and when to noisemaxx. Barclay Olson, who is the vocalist for a death metal outfit and not the CFO of a private equity fund, lacks some variety in his attack. His roars do threaten to get repetitive, but the intensity of the music and the concise run time keep things at a rolling boil.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a delicate alchemy, trying to combine familiar influences and elements into something that feels novel. Nothingness has pulled it off for two albums running. With Supraliminal and now Godslaughter, these merchants of digressive death submit a pair of long players to get your neurons firing even as they power wash your central nervous system. Like its predecessor, Godslaughter leaves a rancid mouthfeel behind as it rants its way toward Listurnalia. I\u2019ll probably return to Supraliminal more than I do Godslaughter, so I won\u2019t quibble if you want to ding the new slab by half a point. But all in all, Godslaughter is about as good as their last one.<\/p>\n

Rating: 4.0\/5.0
DR: 5 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Everlasting Spew Records<\/a>
Websites: nothingness.bandcamp.com<\/a>|nothingnessisdeath.com<\/a>
Releases Worldwide: July 31, 2026<\/p>\n

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