Asymmetries by Void of Light<\/a><\/p>\nThe magnetism of Asymmetries is felt gradually and with progressive strength, like approaching a planet\u2019s gravitational field. Things begin almost understatedly in \u201cThe Passing Hours,\u201d with a loose, modulated melody and a steady onward crush that only hints at the depths to come. That is, before the final act gives the game away when soft singing gives way to a jubilant guitar solo over the rush of blackened percussion: a dramatic backdrop for the final reprise. These soaring, energetic guitar lines weave in and out across the record, communicating joy and bittersweet blueness as they variously dance (\u201cSilver Mask,\u201d \u201cEnds\u201d) and float (\u201cThe Passing Hours,\u201d \u201cStill the Night Skies\u201d) over the comparative bluntness. Gentle (\u201cThe Passing Hours,\u201d \u201cEnds\u201d) and impassioned (\u201cSilver Mask,\u201d \u201cStill the Night Skies,\u201d \u201cMirrorings\u201d) cleans add still more layers of emotion as they move in pitch and volume with or in brilliant opposition to the instrumentation, and equally ardent screams (\u201cSilver Mask,\u201d \u201cStill the Night Skies\u201d). None of this would be half as stirring, however, were it not wrapped around the multidimensional rhythmic core that spills over from the percussion to riffs and vocals alike. Rippling fills and agile rolls thread texture upon which singing floats or screams rain down (\u201cThe Passing Hours,\u201d \u201cMirrorings\u201d). Frequent slides into snappy off-beats (\u201cSilver Mask,\u201d \u201cEnds\u201d) and impressively rich, cascading blackened tirades (\u201cEnds,\u201d \u201cStill the Night Skies,\u201d \u201cMirrorings\u201d)\u2014the kind you\u2019d expect from Panopticon\u2014intensify already incendiary peaks where aforementioned guitars dance or soar.<\/p>\n
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Asymmetries, as a name, can only be used complimentarily here; perhaps the worst that could be said is that the album might get even better as it progresses. If I had to be incredibly harsh, I would point to the oft-repeated pattern of songs lapsing midway into stripped-back plucking and singing before the reprise of heaviness. Even then, songs don\u2019t sound the same, and the formula is an effective conduit for tension and emotion, formula though it may be. Really, though, Asymmetries feels ideally formed and structured to deliver the maximum impact as it is: the rhythms growing more fluid and restless, the layers of sung and screamed vocals more multiplicitous, and the returning spaces of poignant ambience serving to gradually dial up the pathos as well as the more tangible force of the riffs, drumbeats, and roars. If the ascendant singing in the final act of \u201cSilver Mask\u201d lifts you up, wait until \u201cStill the Night Skies,\u201d and the cascading multitracking on \u201cMirrorings\u201d. If \u201cThe Passing Hours\u201d jolts you into attention with its final forcefulness, wait until the sudden savagery that closes \u201cEnds\u201d and then how the following songs stack this ardour with that singing, and the consistently gorgeous waves of clear and hazy melody.<\/p>\n
Asymmetries\u2019 power was not instantly obvious, but with every listen its grip grew tighter and the sky around it lost its colours as they were drawn into the void. Void of Light effectively communicate a dichotomy between light and shadow in their sad, uplifting, harsh, fragile debut. And if this is where they\u2019re starting from, then heads, hearts, and score-safety-counters everywhere will need to watch out in the future.<\/p>\n
Rating: Great!
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Ripcord Records<\/a>
Websites: Bandcamp<\/a> | Facebook<\/a>
Releases Worldwide: April 3rd, 2026<\/p>\n\n\tGive in to Your Anger:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Does Void of Light refer to a source of luminescence, or is it shorthand for its total absence?…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[54639,9670,248509,248510,156027,88,248511,216,92297,248512,39174,899,900,114683,248513,91432,248514],"class_list":{"0":"post-560750","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-54639","9":"tag-4-0","10":"tag-apr26","11":"tag-asymmetries","12":"tag-deadly-carnage","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-llnn","15":"tag-music","16":"tag-post-rock","17":"tag-post-black","18":"tag-post-metal","19":"tag-review","20":"tag-reviews","21":"tag-sludge","22":"tag-the-ocean","23":"tag-uk-metal","24":"tag-void-of-light"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Does Void of Light refer to a source of luminescence, or is it shorthand for its total absence? The group might know something about the latter, hailing as they do from the northerly latitude of Glasgow, Scotland. Their musical medium\u2014a sludgy, atmospheric post-metal\u2014also reflects a dichotomous embodiment of light and dark: often crushingly heavy and thematically bleak, but also upliftingly melodic. Asymmetries\u2014another nod to duality and imbalance\u2014is a debut four years in the making, drawing together the fragments of brutality and reflective ambience from the preceding EPs into a bold statement on who Void of Light are. And decisive that statement certainly is.<\/p>\n