The Australia-based performer presents her raw-nerve perspectives and depressive narratives with crushingly stark, often barely-there piano accompaniment.
A powerful statement of intent and a hugely cinematic amalgam of heavy metal subgenres, the stalwart Aussie unit's sixth studio long-player draws from old-school melodic headbangers like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, while maintaining some of the seismic post-hardcore crunch of mid-period offerings like Deep Blue and Atlas. - James Monger