October 2025 Featured Release - The Revolution Edition

So just like that we find that a new month is upon us which of course means that we’ll be nominating a brand new monthly feature release for each clan. This essentially means that we’re asking you to rate, review & discuss our chosen features for no other reason than because we enjoy the process & banter. We’re really looking forward to hearing your thoughts on our chosen releases so don’t be shy.

This month's feature release for The Revolution, nominated by me (Shadowdoom9 (Andi)), is the brand-new 5th album by New Jersey-based symphonic deathcore heroes Lorna Shore, I Feel the Everblack Festering Within Me. Is it possible to maintain such a perfect streak that they've had throughout this decade? Apparently for me! They continue the sound that made them popular while adding in some surprises to keep things exciting for both the heavier metalheads and deathcore fans.

https://metal.academy/releases/62689

Here's my review summary:

3 years after their previous album Pain Remains, the masters of symphonic deathcore are back with their new album I Feel the Everblack Festering Within Me! The new album really is similar to Pain Remains. Elitists can put their hand down though, because as I said above, there are some fantastic surprises that not even Pain Remains has, which we'll get to as the review goes on. The album doesn't have a multi-track suite like that of Pain Remains, let alone have it released alongside 3 singles. Less singles, more anticipation, am I right? And guess what, there are more songs that have no breakdowns! As much as I like breakdowns, it's nice to not hear them in nearly every song. Those songs without breakdowns end up sounding closer to straight-up extreme symphonic metal, so I don't mind this album sitting in The Guardians. When the breakdowns do come on though, they're some of the most crushing breakdowns in Lorna Shore's career. The brutal heaviness is balanced out with the epic melody that makes some songs, including the ones without breakdowns, a few of the band's most glorious songs yet, especially that 10-minute final track. Basically, they've taken the best of those eras and added a few new things including a highly different heavier track. In their perfect 2020s melodic symphonic blackened deathcore era, I Feel the Everblack Festering Within Me might just be the best of the best. Extreme vocals, drumming machinery, blazing guitars, booming bass, and cinematic orchestration make a recipe of unbreakable epicness. And I'm grateful that something like this can be heard all over the world!

5/5

Recommended tracks: "Prison of Flesh", "Oblivion", "Unbreakable", "Glenwood", "Death Can Take Me", "War Machine", "Forevermore"

For fans of: A Wake in Providence, Worm Shepherd, Hope for the Dying