The Newest Noise for Your Listening Pleasure! | By Nicholas Senior
Pale Misery
Lafayette, Louisiana
Black Candles and Gutter Scum | May 31 | Self-Released
RIYL: Blackened stuffed-crust pizza. Sugar-free jams. Leaving your mind in the gutter.
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The best part of waking up is Folgers in your cup, but the second-best part is the filthy, ferocious blackened crust that Pale Misery serve up on their fucking fantastic debut. Featuring a cornucopia of disgusting riffs and unleashing more aggression than “The Breakfast Club,” Black Candles and Gutter Scum is a delight for anyone willing to meet these miscreants where they are—down in the gutter. This is hardcore-fueled second-wave black metal at its absolute finest, and the triumphant nature of these morose melodies will wake even the most zombified listener. Just like those self-help podcasts you’ve been told to download, Black Candles and Gutter Scum is transformative, albeit with a more honest slant. “The album is lyrically very personal,” vocalist and bassist Thorn Letulle states. “I feel it’s both a glimpse into my own self as well as an affirmation of the suffering of those before me. In a very unitive sense, the album illustrates the turn of one’s moral beliefs in an effort to survive a violent and inhospitable world. It’s real, and there’s nothing sugarcoated about it.” Sugar’s not ideal in the morning, anyway. Instead, for the absolute pinnacle of blackened crust, give Pale Misery a shot. Your energy levels will thank you.
