Estuarine - Corporeal Furnace (2025)^{Release ID: 56944}

Estuarine is described as experimental death metal on many websites, and I can't help but think at first that this was born out of a desire to be odd rather than resulting out of musical intrigue. This isn't true, but the opening section does give that impression. It is not constructed out of elements that work together, just ones that were fitted together, but as the album continues, there is method to the madness.
Now, the most unusual part of the band's sound is, well, the overall sound. Yeah, there's growling and the drums are aggressive, but it doesn't really sound very much like death metal outside of that. The closest I can figure for the sound is one of those more melodic '90s alternative bands if they went nuts and uber aggressive. It's the closest I can think of, it's far less heavy than your usual death metal guitar tone. I'd go as far as to say the bass tone was taken from a funk rock album. It's pleasant, just not what you think of when you think of death metal.
Despite being something that I should enjoy, I feel somewhat lukewarm on this. It's pleasant, but it feels like as it drags on it degenerates pretty quickly into endless "look at what cool crap I can do with a guitar" with little substance beyond this.