There are many blast beat parts, but I don't want to say this is a post-black metal album. Outlier is a genuine post-hardcore band. This album has vivid, direct, emotive, and subtle aesthetics of true hardcore in large quantities.
A great work. ★
FFO: Envy, Oathbreaker. IDE
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